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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Globally Responsible Careers in STEM
‘Globally Responsible Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics’ (GRC-STEM) – will help the growing number of job-seekers looking for employment with organisations that prioritise sustainable and ethical concerns.
This online resource asks each individual a series of questions concerning:
- Their personal requirements from a career and considering their interests in science and technology;
- The type of work they are interested in; and
- Their ethical concerns, bearing in mind the global issues that face society.
Immerse Education
Immerse Education offers two week programmes in academic subject development with tutors from the University of Oxford and Cambridge. These take place as a residential programme in July and August, with accommodation provided at the universities, and a full programme of support academic and social activities.
There are also options to take part virtually, with an Online Academic Insights programme that runs for two weeks in December, April and throughout July and August. Although this is a fee-paying programme, we have bursaries available, and offer scholarships based on an essay competition open to all students aged 13-18.
The ERIC App
A *completely free* career app for students and schools that gives personalised career advice about the 16 creative industries within seconds.
Age group it's available for: 16+
Cost: FREE to download for all young people, teachers, career advisors & other school contacts.
Get Ahead and Disabled Apprentice Network
Get Ahead is a toolkit and resource co-produced with and for disabled young people. The newsletters and magazines will help you navigate the wide range of information and resources that are available in post-16 education, training, and work. It is a platform where young people can have their voice heard and share the many talents they have.
Opportunity Areas Insight Guides
Since 2017, the 12 Opportunity Areas have been working with local people to improve school standards, attendance, teaching quality and recruitment, careers training and advice, and literacy and maths skills in some of the most disadvantaged regions in the country, alongside tackling barriers to learning that exist beyond the school gates.
This is the first insight guide focused on providing careers advice and support for young people and sharing what has worked in the Opportunity Areas so that other areas can benefit from this insight.
Parental Engagement in Careers CPD
There are 2 modules, designed with Causeway Education, that will support a strategic approach to the delivery of integrated and progressive parental engagement in careers education.
Careerscope - Hospitality Industry Hub
CareerScope is your one-stop-shop for all things careers in the Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Industry.
Our mission is to support people from all backgrounds and ages, attract talent towards the industry, and ultimately, promote hospitality as a great place to work.
Whether you’re a teacher or careers advisor, a student, or a job seeker, we have resources, programmes and support available to help you reach your full potential.
Endeavour Career Insight Films
Developed by Endeavour Training.
This resource is a set of employability films for young people and parents. The films are focussed on opportunities in Sheffield and the surrounding areas but have elements which are universal across all areas.
Exploring Careers in Surveying
These resources have been developed by RICS - Nationwide. They provide opportunities for students to learn about the myriad roles within the surveying sector.
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.
Key Facts About Independent Training Providers
The Key Stats publication contains a useful and informative overview of the Independent Training Provider sector and has been provided by the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP).
Passport to Hospitality
Developed by Inspiring Worcestershire.
Passport to Hospitality has been designed with the student’s progression at the forefront. This brilliant project will take students on a tour around the Hospitality industry, learning about not only what services are classed as hospitality, it's history but what careers and entry level roles are available within the sector.
FREE online learning
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.