As a Careers Leader, you can use this revised checklist as an annual review of provision to support your planning for the following year.

This resource, developed by the Black Country Skills Factory, helps Careers Leaders identify whether or not careers are embedded within curriculum subject areas.

Feel confident that your interpretation of the eight Gatsby Benchmarks aligns with that of other schools across the country by using this handy set of prompt questions.

With our free Compass+ tool you can benchmark, manage, track and report on your school's careers provision at individual student level.

This newsletter, developed by the team at our Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Hub, includes lots of useful templates and examples to support all areas of Gatsby Benchmark 1.

Developed by the Career Leader at Bedford Academy this resource is an example of how destination data can be analysed and used to inform future provision

Use this example to plan out how to collect data, follow the correct procedures, and analyse and report on the destination data itself.

Developed by the team in Swindon and Wiltshire Careers Hub, this resource supports Careers Leaders with approaches to feedback and effective evaluation of their careers programme. There is a longer guide for Careers Leader available along with a shorter quick reference version

Example strategic careers plan from The Link School, Sunderland (AP)

This strategy covers 2021-2024 and was updated January 2021

The strategy outlines the school’s vision for careers and the main aims of careers provision at the school

Detail includes: vision, SWOT analysis strategic objectives and key actions. The School’s Provider Access policy is also included.

To support Careers Leaders with impact evaluation, we have created a guidance document on ‘How to write your own survey questions’. 

This is a replica of the details that can be entered on Compass+ in the ‘Interests and destinations’ section.

It can be printed and given to students to track their intended destinations and also to gain permission to track data longer term.

Once completed, it can be stored centrally or uploaded into Compass+.

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