Driving equity and tackling disadvantage through your careers provision: Educator Guide

A guide for educators 

The guide features learning and practice gathered in a Careers Impact National System Review. For more information about The Careers Impact System and the National System Review, please click here. 

The guide supports colleagues in schools, special schools and colleges in understanding good practice and how to: 

Identify disadvantage and vulnerability using information and data 

• Identify groups of learners and learner context that can indicate risk of disadvantage or vulnerability
• Identify outcomes /data insight, which could indicate disadvantages or vulnerability
• Track, record and establish cross-team information sharing systems and processes to effectively identify learners at risk of disadvantage or vulnerability 

Make careers provision responsive: 

• Use data and insight to underpin careers provision with progressive learning outcomes responsive to needs of cohorts and individuals
• Maximise the value of work experiences and employer encounters within student career learning journeys
• Apply ongoing monitoring of learner progress (i.e. intended destinations and FSQ data) and adjust interventions using performance and destination data to address identified barriers 

Integrate careers provision into strategy: 

• Develop a strategic careers plan and embed careers in whole school/college improvement planning
• Position careers provision as integral to the whole school/college approach for tackling disadvantage
• Ensure careers is embedded across the curriculum, focusing on personal development and skills development 

Empower Careers Leaders and strengthen leadership support: 

• Give Careers Leaders autonomy to deliver a strategic and sustainable approach to careers and embed it into the school/college’s wider improvement priorities. Support Careers Leaders to engage in relevant CPD
• Ensure strong leadership support, with headteachers/principals and governors prioritising careers as a strategic approach to raise aspirations and tackle disadvantage