Resources for Governors
Careers education has evolved, so the time to start preparing for the future of your careers provision is now. At The Careers & Enterprise Company, we can help your institutions prepare all young people for the fast-changing world of work with our expertise, experience, free tools, resources and ecosystem of support. We can support you in your role to know the right questions to ask to make a difference.
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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 Governors and Education Leaders here.
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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 guide to the guidance for schools and college leaders.
Providing an effective careers programme: the role of governing boards
Supporting young people to make informed choices about their future is an important responsibility for schools and their governing boards.
Careers Education: A Guide for secondary school governors
This guide helps Governors to support Careers Leaders around the Careers Strategy highlighting priority areas to maximise the impact of careers and the support and resources available.
Careers Education: A Guide for college governors
This guide helps Governors to support Careers Leaders around the Careers Strategy, highlighting priority areas to maximise the impact of careers and the support and resources available.
Careers Link Governor - Role Description
This resource is an example job description for the role of Carers Link Governor, provided by colleagues at Preston College.
Governor slide deck
Use this presentation to help secondary school and college governors understand their role and responsibilities – and encourage them to engage with our accompanying governor guidance.
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Amazing Apprenticeships Resources
Amazing Apprenticeships is a leading organisation in the education sector, working with schools, colleges and employers, tackling misconceptions and promoting the benefits of apprenticeships and technical education.
They work closely with the Department for Education and a wide range of other partners and stakeholder organisations in England and internationally, to ensure that more individuals and businesses can access the benefits of apprenticeships.
Animated film explaining what apprenticeships are and their benefits, watch here!
Annual review checklist
As a Careers Leader, you can use this checklist as an annual review of provision to support your planning for the following year.
BM6 How to meet Gatsby Benchmark 6 more meaningfully and deliver positive student outcomes
Watch this webinar and accompanying resource to support planning and delivery of meaningful experiences of the workplace.
Career HELP Advice System
A free comprehensive online careers system that uniquely provides students, teachers and advisors with all that they need. Based upon a personal profile quiz that uses only graphic images, it is now widely used in UK schools.
Careers Education: A Guide for college governors
This guide helps Governors to support Careers Leaders around the Careers Strategy, highlighting priority areas to maximise the impact of careers and the support and resources available.
Careers Education: A Guide for secondary school governors
This guide helps Governors to support Careers Leaders around the Careers Strategy highlighting priority areas to maximise the impact of careers and the support and resources available.
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 guide to the guidance for schools and college leaders.
Careers Link Governor - Role Description
This resource is an example job description for the role of Carers Link Governor, provided by colleagues at Preston College.
CDI quality assurance of career development interventions
This framework will help career development professionals to quality assure their career development interventions and determine any areas that may require development.
Central Strategic Careers Leadership (CSCL): Developing approaches to the strategic leadership of careers across trust
This guide explores how the role of the Central Strategic Careers Leader is emerging within trusts, the value of the work on careers within trusts, the value of collaborative working between trusts and Careers Hubs, and employers across the various regions.
Compass evaluation support – prompt questions
Feel confident that your interpretation of the eight Gatsby Benchmarks aligns with that of other schools across the country by using this handy set of prompt questions.
Destination Data analysis example
Developed by the Career Leader at Bedford Academy this resource is an example of how destination data can be analysed and used to inform future provision.
Is your school or college part of a Careers Hub?
Careers Hubs bring together schools, colleges, employers, and apprenticeship providers in local areas across England. The goal is to make it easier for schools and colleges to improve how they prepare young people for their next steps.
Careers Hubs drive progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks by enabling schools and colleges and their Careers Leaders to access training and support, and to collaborate in a focussed way, bringing together best practice and local labour market insight.
Hubs offer schools and colleges dedicated support from the local hub team and facilitate partnerships with key employers committed to improving careers across an area.
Careers Hubs are organised as partnerships between The Careers & Enterprise Company and institutions with a stake in local economic growth (Local Enterprise Partnerships, Local and Combined Authorities). Careers Hub teams are located within these partner organisations.
In addition to mainstream schools and colleges, SEND and Alternative Provision schools, apprenticeship and in-work training providers and businesses of every size and sector can join a hub.
Contact us to take your first step in becoming part of this amazing network.