Compass+ helps you benchmark, track and report on your careers provision, right down to learner-level. It integrates with a range of MIS platforms and offers a secure, scalable solution to support strategic careers planning. 

It is available to most secondary schools, specialist settings and sixth forms in England. If you’re an eligible institution, with a compatible MIS, log in to Compass to upgrade to Compass+ and start accessing these benefits: 

• Easily record careers activities. 
• Measure learners’ career readiness with the Future Skills Questionnaire.
• Access learner-level data to deliver targeted support.   
• Complete Compass evaluations to monitor performance against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. 
• Drive continuous improvement by recording Careers Impact internal leadership review responses to explore programme strengths and priority action areas. 
• Securely manage Careers Partners all in one place. 
• Engage with data and reporting to strategically plan and deliver a high-quality careers programme. 
• Meaningfully achieve all eight Gatsby Benchmarks with support from Compass+.

If you cannot access Compass+, Compass is available to most secondary schools, special schools, sixth forms, colleges, APs, PRUs and ITPs in England. 

Complete a Compass evaluation, to measure performance against the Gatsby Benchmarks, and record Careers Impact internal leadership review responses, to effectively identify strengths and discover areas for improvement within your careers provision.   

Whether you use Compass+ or Compass, you can access the Compass evaluation and record Careers Impact internal leadership review responses in both products. 

The Compass evaluation is undergoing a series of updates in response to the updated Gatsby Benchmarks and statutory guidance. Three new Compass evaluations will be available on Compass+ and Compass after October half-term covering schools, specialist settings and FE/ITPs. 

Completing a Compass evaluation is simple: just answer the questions in the evaluation and the results are calculated for you.  

A Compass evaluation takes around 30 minutes to complete. You can save your progress anytime during an evaluation and come back to it later. Once you have completed an evaluation, you can copy and update results for next time.  

Take a look at our question by question guidance to help you understand the updates and how to answer the new questions. Access the questions here. 

We strongly recommend sharing our Compass evaluation guidance for SLT with your leadership team to help explain the impact the updates may have on your institution’s Compass evaluation results. Access the SLT guidance here.  

To support you with sharing updates about the changes with your stakeholders including employers, partners and providers we have created stakeholder guidance. For other stakeholders such as parents and carers you can adapt this guidance to use in presentations and communications. Access the stakeholder guidance here.

An internal leadership review is based on the Careers Impact Maturity Model, which provides a shared language of how careers can be positioned as a driver for improvement across an institution or organisation. 

Undertaking an internal leadership review supports the quality assurance of a careers provision and encourages continuous improvement aligned to key priorities within an institution or organisation. Once you have completed a review, simply record your responses in Compass+ or Compass. 

Find out more about the benefits of an internal leadership review.

Whether you’re brand-new to using our digital products or you’re an experienced user, our Help Centres have you covered, including information on completing a Compass evaluation and an internal leadership review. 

Compass+ Help Centre: Watch a webinar, read a Help Centre article, download templates and resources – the Compass+ Help Centre has it all! It’s your one-stop shop for all things Compass+. 

Compass Help Centre: Access a range of guidance and resources that support you to complete Compass evaluations effectively and record internal leadership review responses. Organised by institution type, just click on the right one for you.