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.
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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 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
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.
Intern Video Resource
The Careers & Enterprise Company hosted two students from School21 as interns as part of the Real World Learning Programme. As the first ever year 10 interns, Adil and Uyiosa bring to you their video resource on what young people want to know learn and experience when transitioning from education to the world of work.
AET - Let’s Talk Futures
This resource was created by AET to equip parents to have informed career conversations with their child by providing ongoing access to resources, guidance and key sources of information that will support them.
OAT ‘Curriculum gold – using industry as a context for teaching’
These resources have been developed by Ormiston Academy Trust and include professional resources and tools to help mainstream schools embed the Maritime Futures approach at Key Stage 3.
OAT: Making Work Experience Work for All
These resources have been developed by Ormiston Academy Trust as part of a work experience project, to support the amplification of Technical and Vocational Education routes in Alternative Provision settings.
Recording parental engagement on Compass + video
Keep a track of all your parental engagement activity by recording it on Compass+. Find out how with this video guide.
English as an Additional Language (EAL) Careers Resource
Careers Resource for KS4 EAL Students who are new to or developing English Skills.
Four Careers Sessions and Home Learning Sessions with workbook, job directory, Video Resource, and quiz. Available in 10 different languages.
AutonoMe Supported Employment and Independent Living
AutonoMe uses the power of personalised human support combined with technology to enable neurodiverse people and those with learning disabilities to gain employment and develop skills for independent living.
This is a costed resource with possible funding streams identified.
How to make my career activities inclusive
Developed by Black Country Careers Hub. This resource gives ideas of how you can be more inclusive during specific career activities including reasonable adjustments.
Routing for Them
Developed by Solihull Careers Hub. This is a parent/carer’s simple guide to education, training and employment pathways.
Routing for Them - SEND
Developed by Solihull Careers Hub. This resource is parent’s/carer’s simple guide to education, training and employment pathways for those with SEND.
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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.