Careers Leader

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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Careers Impact internal leadership review

The Careers Impact internal leadership review supports a quality assured, sustainable and strategic approach to careers leadership.

 

The review forms part of the Careers Impact System, which is a process that drives continuous improvement in careers education. It sets clearly defined standards as to what good looks like in careers leadership and is directly linked to wider school and college improvement.

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Gatsby BM7
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Encounters with Higher and Further education - Practical ideas for achieving Gatsby Benchmark 7

This report provides practical insights from Careers Leaders about how to deliver meaningful encounters with further and higher education for young people in secondary schools, colleges and special schools. It is targeted at schools and colleges seeking ideas for how to improve their provision.

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Gatsby BM1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Find an Activity Provider tool

This is a tool for Careers Leaders, Hub leads, Enterprise Coordinators, and any education leaders to find and contact delivery organisations who can help achieve the Gatsby Benchmarks. Our quality assurance process ensures the activities listed on the directory match the requirements of each of the benchmarks they help schools/colleges to achieve.

Gatsby BM1, 3
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Future Skills Questionnaire

The Future Skills Questionnaire (FSQ) is a tool to measure learners’ career-readiness. FSQ covers key aspects of knowledge, skills and attitudes that are important for successful transitions. To access FSQ, eligible education settings must connect a compatible Management Information System (MIS) to Compass+.

Gatsby BM4, 5
Key stages
Campaigns

My Environment My Future

My Environment My Future (MEMF) is a fully-funded school programme which embeds knowledge, resources and guidance on careers within the built environment into the delivery of the Key Stage 2 & 3 National Curriculum and the core GCSE and A-level Geography curriculum; so for students aged 8-18, spanning primary and all of secondary schools.

There is an accompanying national competition, which again is free. The competition can be used with the teaching materials or on its own, and aims to give young people agency in considering their local built environment.

It is completely free to register, download and use all the resources. For more information on MEMF, please visit the website. 

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Teachers comparing notes

Careers Leader Newsletter

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Join thousands of Careers Leaders developing in their role and enhancing their careers programme with useful resources, practical tips and product updates.

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Gatsby BM1, 3
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Understanding how to effectively evaluate your careers provision

This resource helps Careers Leaders effectively evaluate their careers provision using feedback from learners, parents and carers, subject staff and other staff who support learners (including Careers Advisers) to increase its impact. This resource also supports Careers Leaders to:  

  • Collect, maintain and use accurate data for each learner on their aspiration, intended and immediate education, and training or employment destinations to inform personalised support (Benchmark 3) 
  • Use longer-term data (including destinations data) as part of their evaluation process (Benchmark 3)  

 

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Gatsby BM2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Accenture Digital Skills

This resource has been developed by Accenture (national) and is offered on a free learning basis.

A collaborative, peer to peer learning tool building the digital skills needed to stand out in today’s workplace:

  • Bite-sized, animated videos presented by digital experts
  • 110+ animated bitesize videos with content covering 7 digital courses presented by Accenture digital experts
  • Innovative use of social media tools to facilitate peer to peer learning
  • CPD accredited certificate received for completing the modules.