Employer engagement

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

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.

Free lesson plans to support your students in developing key skills.

These posters show potential pathways for young people at the age of 16.  Developed with the support of the Birmingham SEND Careers Hub the posters are relevant for those typically not likely to take GCSE (Career Group 1) and those typically likely (Career Group 2). 

Careermag for School Leavers is a termly publication with information for school-aged children offering support and information on careers and qualifications.

A great resource for your Parents Evenings and Newsletters! Careermag for Parents, Carers and Guardians is a publication with information for parents of school-aged children offering support and information on careers and qualifications. 

It also includes information on how to help support young people with mental health issues, managing the UCAS system, apprenticeships and in-depth features on various sectors and opportunities in them.

Give students a clear insight into what university life might look like, with these immersive virtual tours.

This programme has been collated from resources across our partners and network to support young people with SEND under the 2 groups identified in the SEND toolkit. It contains lessons around employability skill development , employer projects and engagement videos all to support young people in their next steps.

This resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme and contains a slide deck and teacher guide. Resources are also included for those young people who are considering University as an option.  

This resource is part of the My Skills My Future programme and contains resources aimed at both SEND groups and AP/PRU settings.  It contains Slide decks and teacher guidance. 

This resource contains links to a number of videos developed by Scope, the disability and equality charity.  These are featured in the My Skills My Future programme.

Amazing Apprenticeships is a leading organisation in the education sector, working with schools, colleges and employers, tackling misconceptions and promoting the benefits of apprenticeships and technical education.

They work closely with the Department for Education and a wide range of other partners and stakeholder organisations in England and internationally, to ensure that more individuals and businesses can access the benefits of apprenticeships.

Animated film explaining what apprenticeships are and their benefits, watch here!