Education Leaders
At The Careers & Enterprise Company, we partner with school and college leaders to strengthen whole‑institution outcomes through high‑quality, evidence‑based careers provision. With our expertise, free tools, resources and national ecosystem of support, we become an extension of your team - helping you build a careers offer that drives wider improvement priorities and prepares every young person for their best next step in a fast‑changing world.
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Online training modules
Embedding careers in strategic improvement
Through the Careers & Enterprise Academy, key education stakeholders can access a rich and expanding set of online courses that deepen understanding of the careers education landscape and the wider impact of strong, distributed careers leadership.
With dedicated courses for Education Leaders and Governors, the Academy supports strategic, sustainable careers approaches that influence learner outcomes, teaching, culture and wider school, college and specialist setting improvement. Explore the range of training available here.
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.
Spotlight
Guide for Education Leaders in schools and colleges
For Education Leaders, highlighting the value of holistic careers education in providing solutions to key leadership challenges including disengagement from learning, falling attendance, and meeting the needs of disadvantaged or vulnerable learners, and young people with SEND.
Ofsted - Education Inspection Framework Guide
Updated June 2026
This guide is designed to support education leaders and Careers Leaders by highlighting key changes in Ofsted’s approach to inspecting careers education from November 2025.
Careers guidance and access for education and training providers
In this resource you can find the link to the Statutory Guidance and the CEC at a glance guides for schools and college leaders and training providers.
Understanding the role of the Careers Leader: A guide for secondary schools
The government's Careers Strategy means that all schools and colleges should have a named Careers Leader in place. This guide explains the role and how it can work in your institution.
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Careers Leader training
Transform your careers programme and develop your skills as a Careers Leader to strategically embed careers in the curriculum.
Careers guidance and access for education and training providers
In this resource you can find the link to the Statutory Guidance and the CEC at a glance guides for schools and college leaders and training providers.
OnTrack+ Practice Guide
OnTrack+ has been designed to help educators identify emerging support needs for learners in Years 7-11, strengthening sustained learner engagement and post-16 transition.
OnTrack+ is available through Compass+, for eligible settings with a compatible MIS connection.
This guidance outlines how to embed an evidence‑informed process for early identification and intervention, ensuring learners receive the right support at the right time while maintaining robust, responsible data practice.
Careers Posters
Posters can really brighten up any classroom, department, corridor or student social area and help bring careers information to students in a bright and colourful way leaving them with a lasting impression and a point of reference during their time in school.
Digital ATE Resources for Teachers and Careers Leaders
Developed in partnership with Amazing Apprenticeships, this digital resource is designed for Careers Leaders and teachers to raise awareness of apprenticeships and technical pathways through careers-specific sessions.
Parental Engagement: 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.
Parental Engagement: Parents Careers Presentation
A flexible PowerPoint presentation to introduce careers and education options to parents from Year 7 onwards.
Parental Engagement: SLT Careers meeting
A flexible PowerPoint presentation and handout to help secure the support of the SLT (and governors) for parental engagement activities.
Engaging education leaders in the peer-to-peer review process
Resources to help you understand the value of taking part in a peer-to-peer review, or to support education leaders in engaging meaningfully with the process.
My Journey, My Future
This programme is focused on the different stages of transition experienced by young people on the journey from education to the world of work.
Financial Education Planning Frameworks
This resource aims to support the planning, teaching, and progression of financial education by setting out the key areas of financial knowledge, skills and attitudes, across core themes.
Parental Engagement: A Family Quiz Event
A fun quiz to familiarise families with information about careers and education options.
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Education Leader: Embedding Careers in Strategic Improvement
Shaped for leaders balancing multiple priorities, this course focuses on what matters most: delivering careers provision that meets statutory guidance, improves learner outcomes, and contributes directly to your wider improvement priorities.