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Careers Guidance in Schools (DfE, 2014 & 2015) “good and inspirational careers advice involving a range of stakeholders” National Careers Service & Careers and Enterprise Company (SoS, 2014) “the importance of face-to-face guidance and of good quality assurance” Careers engagement: a good practice brief for leaders of schools and colleges (UCAS, 2014) “the principles of good CEIAG and how schools could become more engaged in careers provision” Endless advice from all quarters

Good Careers Guidance (Gatsby Foundation, 2014) eight benchmarks for providing good career guidance Are we doing justice to Careers Education in our schools? (King, Christopher, 2014) questioned the cohesion of careers provision as well as the quality of information The Foundation Code for Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG, 2015) code addresses key areas in the provision of CEIAG and its effects

Most of students at HMC schools continue to progress to UK universities with many aiming for RG universities.

92% of pupils in HMC schools in the UK go on to higher education. One in five of all those attending the UK's top ten universities come from HMC's 277 schools. 92% of pupils in HMC schools in the UK go on to higher education. (HMC, 2015)

Entry rates increasing three times faster for women than for men 18 year olds living in England and Wales more likely than ever to enter Higher Education Entry rates increasing three times faster for women than for men Young women 35 per cent more likely to enter HE than men, the highest difference recorded More students placed at all provider types, largest increase for higher tariff providers Proportion of acceptances with higher grades at A level reducing at higher tariff providers (UCAS, 2015)

(UCAS, 2015)

Over 75% our employers now actively engaged in the schools market. Difficulties in attracting the right talent with the right mix of skills in the right location are on the increase. Increasingly our employer members are taking a holistic approach to Emerging Talent. Over 75% our employers now actively engaged in the schools market. School leaver opportunities appear to be complementing graduate programmes rather than replacing them…. (AGR, 2015)

Job is to educate Heads, parents and students as to what is available and where they lead. Over two thirds (68.2%) of AGR members offered school leaver opportunities in 2013 -2014; an increase from 54.7% in 2012- 2013 ( AGR employers are predicting a further increasein this activity with almost three quarters (72.7%) of employers planning to offer opportunities in 2014 - 2015. Apprenticeships continue to be the most popular type of opportunity on offer for school leavers. Almost half of AGR employers (47.0%) offered Apprenticeships in 2013 - 14, with the proportion predicted to rise to 51.5% in the next year.

What are the key features of successful careers and higher ed? A long-term commitment from school into employment and back again to school Expert advice from varied sources inc specialists in university admissions and progression to employment Time