Enabling conversations with education leaders to connect careers provision with learner outcomes, organisational priorities and long-term improvement.
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This reference guide and conversation planner is designed to support strategic conversations with education leaders about the role careers provision and work experience can play in achieving wider organisational goals.
The resource supports engagement with leaders to explore how careers can contribute to priorities such as attendance, attainment, inclusion, learner readiness, progression, destinations, employer engagement and work experience reform.
Drawing on evidence from high-performing settings, the guide provides prompts and planning tools to help leaders consider careers through a strategic lens. It supports discussions around leadership, quality assurance, curriculum integration, employer partnerships, learner insight, future skills development and the effective use of data to inform decision-making.
The conversation planner can be used flexibly with school, specialist setting, college, trust and system leaders to identify opportunities, understand priorities, explore challenges and support sustainable improvement.