1. Fuelling young people’s futures
Tristram Hooley
28th February
National Career Guidance Show, Olympia, London

2. Why careers matters? Economic Educational Social
To ensure that there is a strong link between education and employment and that transitions into and within the labour market work as smoothly as possible.
Educational
So that young people understand all of the options that are available within the education system and are motivated to engage with education.
Social
To support all young people to access the full range of life chances reguardless of their background..

3. Career is…
part of an effectively functioning education and employment system; and a safeguard against ineffective and imperfect systems.

4. Careers and enterprise education
Our theory of change
A wide range of careers and enterprise activities and programmes
Careers and enterprise education
Personal effectiveness
Career readiness
Employability skills
Social capital
Personal attributes
Educational outcomes
Career outcomes
Personal outcomes

5. The Careers Strategy

6. The government’s ambition
“We want every person, no matter what their background is, to be able to build a rewarding career. We want to end the generational cycle of disadvantage which means that people from poorer backgrounds earn significantly less than those with wealthier parents, even when they have the same job, experience and qualifications. We want to break down the barriers that currently mean that people with special educational needs and disabilities, or those from disadvantaged groups, experience significantly lower employment rates. We want to challenge perceptions and raise aspirations so that subject and career choices are free from gender bias and people look beyond their immediate environment to new and exciting possibilities.”

7. The Careers & Enterprise Company
“In 2014, the Government established The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) to be the strategic coordinating function for employers, schools, colleges, funders and providers and to provide high impact careers and enterprise support to young people (aged 12-18).”

8. VOTE
We have a national network that connects schools and colleges, employers and career programme providers to create high impact careers opportunities for young people

9. It is underpinned by investment in high performing programmes
£10 million invested in 85 proven careers and enterprise programmes
75% of funding in Cold Spots
450,000 young people to benefit including 25,000 from mentoring

10. And a set of research and technology resources to drive impact
Cold Spots research
To target effort
Research
Example – Cold spot research
What works research
To focus on effective interventions
System research
To understand what else we need to do
Technology
Compass Tool
To help schools measure performance
Passport
To allow young people to keep a record

11. Going forwards…
“We will use the eight Benchmarks of good career guidance, developed by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, to set a standard of excellence. The CEC will take on a more ambitious role, building on their progress to date by coordinating support for schools and colleges across all the Gatsby Benchmarks. The National Careers Service will be the single service that provides careers information, advice and guidance. Young people and adults will be able to access this online via a new, improved National Careers Service website, alongside a range of tools that individuals, parents and schools can use.”

12. Reminder - Good career guidance
Summarises existing evidence and frames them as eight benchmarks.
Presents it in a way that can be understood by policy makers and acted on by school leaders.
Has achieved wide support amongst policy actors and practitioners alike.
The influential 2014 report

13. The Benchmarks 1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning and careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance

14. State of the Nation 2017
Based on responses from 578 secondary schools gathered through the Compass self- assessment tool in 2016/ The scope of the data is broadly comparable with data collected as part of the original Gatsby Good Career Guidance research in 2014 allowing us to see how provision has changed over time.

15. COMPASS (www.compass-careers.org.uk)

16. Number of benchmarks met by schools

17. Achieved and partially achieved

18. Change since 2014

19. What matters?
No relationship between the characteristics of the school or the labour market in which it is situated and the number of Benchmarks.
There is a relationship between the number of Benchmarks achieved and the region in which the school is located.
There is a relationship between schools’ performance against the Benchmarks and whether they have a sixth form.
There is a relationship between getting a higher Ofsted grade and meeting more indicators that make up the Benchmarks.
There is a relationship between schools which hold the Quality in Careers Standard and those which meet more Benchmarks and sub-Benchmarks.

20. 5 ways to get your school moving in the right direction
Start early (e.g. year 7).
Engage all stakeholders, including parents and employers.
Update your website with information about your careers programme.
Join the Enterprise Adviser Network.
Complete Compass every year.

21. 5 substantial initiatives to improve your programme
Develop careers content in all subjects, not just PSHE.
Take advantage of labour market resources and make them available to all students and their parents.
Provide ALL students with information on ALL routes.
Provide experiences of workplaces for all students.
Adapt existing systems to track destinations and careers and enterprise activities.

22. What works?

23. What works?
Well designed
Experiential
Learning focused
Led and coordinated by professionals
Context aware
Involving employers and working people
High volume
Varied
Recognising the diversity of learners
Providing feedback and assessment

24. References
Department for Education. (2017). Careers Strategy: Making the Most of Everyone’s Skills and Talents. London: Department for Education. Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2017). State of the Nation London: The Careers & Enterprise Company. What works and other research publications are available from

25. In summary
There is a clear rationale for careers provision in schools and colleges. The Government’s Careers Strategy provides new focus and impetus to ensure that schools and colleges engage. The Careers & Enterprise Company exists to support the ongoing improvement of the careers system. The evidence base provides us with clarity about how careers and enterprise provision should be organised.

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