Resources for Careers Leaders
Careers Leaders are responsible and accountable for the planning, delivery and impact measurement of their school, special school or college’s strategic careers plan and progressive careers programme.
It’s a key role that involves aligning careers provision to the strategic priorities of the school, special school or college and overseeing work towards meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks in a meaningful way for young people.
The Careers Leader needs to be someone who can:
- Take responsibility for continuous improvement of the strategic careers plan and the progressive careers programme, which should be planned and implemented to ensure positive outcomes for young people
- Coordinate and manage the various elements of the careers programme informed by a strategic careers plan aligned to school, special school or college priorities
- Liaise with external partners, such as employers, learning providers and career guidance services
- Pay careful attention to feedback from all stakeholders and to the destinations of pupils
Developed with you in mind, we’ve made it easy to quickly find the trusted, high quality resources you need to make a difference. We’ve identified, and regularly update, key resources that can directly support you as you plan, implement and measure the impact of your strategic careers plan and progressive careers programme and as you work towards achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks.
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Amazing Apprenticeships: T Levels Teacher Guide
The Department for Education T Levels team has created a helpful T Level Guide for Teachers and Careers Advisers, giving a comprehensive oversight of this exciting qualification
Amazing Apprenticeships: Understanding Apprenticeships (film)
A short film created by Amazing Apprenticeships to showcase a range of apprenticeships and apprentices.
Annual review checklist
As a Careers Leader, you can use this revised checklist as an annual review of provision to support your planning for the following year.
BM6: How to meet Gatsby Benchmark 6 more meaningfully and deliver positive student outcomes
Watch this webinar and following the accompanying resource to support planning and delivery of meaningful experiences of the workplace
CDI quality assurance of career development interventions
This framework will help career development professionals to quality assure their career development interventions and determine any areas that may require development.
CEIAG example policy
Personalise your own CEIAG (Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance) policy with this helpful template designed by the Bridge, Greater Manchester.
Careers Education: A Guide for college governors
This guide helps Governors to support Careers Leaders around the Careers Strategy highlighting priority areas to maximise the impact of careers and the support and resources available.
Careers Education: A Guide for secondary school governors
This guide helps Governors to support Careers Leaders around the Careers Strategy highlighting priority areas to maximise the impact of careers and the support and resources available.
Careers guidance and access for education and training providers: published July 2021
In this resource you can find the link to the newly published Statutory Guidance released July 2021 and the CEC at a glance guide to the guidance for schools and college leaders.
Compass support prompt questions
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.
Destination Data analysis example
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
Destination data procedure – Shuttleworth College
Use this example to plan out how to collect data, follow the correct procedures, and analyse and report on the destination data itself.