Education Leaders
At The Careers & Enterprise Company, we can help you prepare all young people for the fast-changing world of work with our expertise, experience, free tools, resources and ecosystem of support –becoming an extension of your team to add value to your careers offering and support positive futures for all students. We’re ready when you are.
Subscribe to our Education Leader Careers Digest to enjoy updates on our latest developments and policy considerations. We'll bring you a carefully curated email three times during the academic year, designed to help support strategic careers planning in your school, special school or college. Register here.
Online training modules
Our free online learning modules, hosted on our digital hub, help key education stakeholders to better understand the value of careers leadership, the careers education landscape, understand the role and value of a Careers Leader and how subject teachers can contribute to good careers education. Access training modules specific for Education Leaders and Governors 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.
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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 Autumn 2025
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 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.
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Parental Engagement: 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.
Parental Engagement: Toolkit
This toolkit is based on research exploring how institutions can best support parents to help young people make informed careers and education decisions. It includes colour coded identifiers to help you find the right support, wherever you are on your parental engagement journey.
Parental Engagement: Employer Panel
A Q&A session with a panel of employers to encourage parents to explore careers relating to a particular subject, skill or industry area with their child.
Parental engagement in National Apprenticeship Week
During National Apprenticeship Week this year, consider including parents in the activities taking place. Here are some resources to support with this.
Parental Engagement: KS4-5 Students careers conversations activity
An activity to give students the confidence to initiate careers conversations at home.
Parental Engagement: Career Adviser Parents' Meeting
An activity which builds on students’ first one-to-one meeting with the Careers Adviser, with a second meeting between the Careers Adviser, the student and their parents.
Parental Engagement: Action Planning
A low-pressure session where families complete the Family action plan or Pathway planner with support from school or college staff.
Parental Engagement: 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.
Parental Engagement: Inspiration and upskilling - conversation starters
An informal activity to help parents and students discuss skills and careers options with support from school/college.
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: Informal Q&A
A parent-friendly session where families can explore careers or education options with the school/college.
Parental Engagement: 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.
FREE online learning
Education Leader: Careers Awareness
Education Leaders: Introduction to careers
This course supports Education Leaders in exploring the value of careers education; the benefits for young people, and its contribution towards meeting school, special school, and college strategic priorities.