Dedicated careers leader in every school
11 December 2017
Every school and college in England will have a dedicated careers leader by September 2018, according to the government’s new Careers Strategy.
The plan to raise the quality of careers provision promises a single framework, with careers leaders using the Gatsby Benchmarks, and the Careers and Enterprise Company taking on an expanded role.
Other aspects of the Careers Strategy include:
- 20 new careers hubs in the most disadvantaged areas of the country
- Improved interaction between schools and businesses, with a particular focus on science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)
- Trials of careers activities in primary schools to engage children from an early age in the wide range of available careers
- Specialist advice for long-term unemployed and those with additional needs
- Ofsted commentary on the provision of careers guidance in college inspection reports
- A strategy to communicate information about T Levels with parents, teachers, students and careers professionals as new technical options become available
- Improved use of destinations and outcomes data to support careers advice and decisions
- A new National Careers Service website to include all careers information by the end of 2020.
In addition, as agreed in the Technical and Further Education Act, from January 2018, schools must give providers of technical education and apprenticeships the opportunity to talk to their pupils.
The DfE has also published
research into how young people currently make education choices at the age of 16 and how advice and guidance interacts with these choices.