1. Updates Rajmund Brent

2. Destinations Destinations for students completing L3 in 2012 Overall education or employment/training destination 6420 (77%) Any education destination 5150 (61%) Apprenticeships 290 (4%) Top Third of HEIs 2050 (20%) Higher education institution 4100 (45%) Employment with training 800 (10%) Education destination not sustained 370 (6%) Activity not captured in data 880 (14%) Destination not sustained/recordedNEET190 (3%) Recorded as UCAS acceptance for deferred entry260 (3%)

3. Maths and English Progress in English and Maths for students completing KS4 in 2011 Students who did not achieve A*-C in GCSE English at KS4 3897 Students who did not achieve A*-C in GCSE Maths at KS4 4212 Higher level of learning English 22% Maths 13% Same level of learning English 32% Maths 27% Lower level of learning English 7% Maths 6%

4. Careers Guidance and Inspiration in Schools the DfE is no longer afraid to talk about ‘careers guidance’ – it is freely used throughout the document in place of ‘advice and guidance’. there is a significant strengthening of the guidance there is no new money on the table other than the funding for the Careers and Enterprise Company which still hasn’t launched It asserts the value of improved careers guidance in preparing young people for employment and employability

5. Careers Guidance and Inspiration in Schools There is a need for schools to have a strategy for careers guidance(but not an annual plan) It explains the role of the new Careers and Enterprise Company; but the assertion that it will ‘transform careers and enterprise provision for young people’ has still to be tested. It emphasises that schools with post-16 pupils should pay attention to the new study programmes It mentions the new post-16 opportunities database that should be up-and-running by October 2015

6. Careers Guidance and Inspiration in Schools It significantly strengthens the guidance to schools on ensuring adequate support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. It recommends that all schools should work towards a quality award for careers education, information, advice and guidance. – the school’s career programme, the independent providers within the school, the schools career professional