These carefully curated resources are aimed at various stakeholders to help bring together the worlds of education and employment – and to ensure adherence to the Gatsby Benchmarks. Many have been developed by employers themselves. Simply filter the resources below to get started.
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Talking Futures: Whole-staff CPD session
A two-part session to train all staff in parental engagement in careers and to get staff to work with parents directly to find out what they need.
This editable training presentation can be delivered during an INSET or other CPD session to upskill all staff.
Talking Futures: Students Careers Presentation
A flexible PowerPoint presentation template to introduce careers and education options to students and demonstrate the role their parents can play in their decision making. Includes homework activity for KS3-4 students.
Talking Futures: SLT Careers meeting
A flexible PowerPoint presentation and handout to help secure the support of the SLT (and governors) for parental engagement activities.
Talking Futures: Parents Careers Presentation
A flexible PowerPoint presentation to introduce careers and education options to parents from Year 7 onwards.
Talking Futures: KS4-5 Students careers conversations activity
An activity to give students the confidence to initiate careers conversations at home.
Talking Futures: Inspiration and upskilling - conversation starters
An informal activity to help parents and students discuss skills and careers options with support from school/college.
Talking Futures: Inspiration and Upskilling - Building a skills challenge
A family teamwork challenge to explore how different skills and strengths can suit a range of career and education options.
Talking Futures: Informal Q and A
A parent-friendly session where families can explore careers or education options with the school/college.
Talking Futures: Further Education planning tool
This dedicated FE guide contains suggestions for how you can work with other departments across your college to maximise the reach and impact of parental engagement in careers.
Spending Sense - SEND Resource
Developed by Young Money (part of Young Enterprise) this resource aims to develop young people's understanding of managing their money, making financial decisions, staying safe online and the world of work.
This is an essential resource as it is specifically designed to ensure that pupils with mild to moderate special educational needs are given the opportunity to develop financial capability.
See It, Be It: Green Energy Jobs Series
Plug in and play lessons and films to shine a light on the green energy sector, inclusive and accessible. We show children, people that look and sound like them, doing jobs they don’t know exist.
Reimagining - Experiences of the Workplace
Developed by Shoreham Academy.
A set of resources designed to support both educators and employers to reimagine students’ experiences of the workplace. Containing practical guides and templates which can provide inspiration for a range of meaningful project-based activities.
You can also find a link below to our ‘Future Workplace’ webinar which highlighted these resources as part of a wider session looking at the implications (for educators and employers) of the post pandemic workplace.