1. A new era in careers? From careers strategy to implementation
Tristram Hooley
26th March
Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire LEP

2. Careers and enterprise education
Our theory of change
A wide range of careers and enterprise activities and programmes
Careers and enterprise education
Personal effectiveness
Career readiness
Employability skills
Social capital
Personal attributes
Educational outcomes
Career outcomes
Personal outcomes

3. Why careers matters? Economic Educational Social
To ensure that there is a strong link between education and employment and that transitions into and within the labour market work as smoothly as possible.
Educational
So that young people understand all of the options that are available within the education system and are motivated to engage with education.
Social
To support all young people to access the full range of life chances reguardless of their background..

4. The Careers Strategy

5. VOTE
We have a national network that connects schools and colleges, employers and career programme providers to create high impact careers opportunities for young people

6. It is underpinned by investment in high performing programmes
£10 million invested in 85 proven careers and enterprise programmes
75% of funding in Cold Spots
450,000 young people to benefit including 25,000 from mentoring

7. And a set of research and technology resources to drive impact
Cold Spots research
To target effort
Research
Example – Cold spot research
What works research
To focus on effective interventions
System research
To understand what else we need to do
Technology
Compass Tool
To help schools measure performance
Passport
To allow young people to keep a record

8. Divided into three sections: Roll out everywhere – employer engagement
Implementation plan
Divided into three sections:
Roll out everywhere – employer engagement
Provide all schools and colleges with access to an Enterprise Adviser by 2020
Launch new £2.5 million fund to support employer encounters
Triple number of Cornerstone Employers to 150
Scale up - Gatsby Benchmarks and Careers Leaders
Scale up the North East Pilot with 20 new ‘Careers Hubs’
Careers Leaders training and bursaries for 500 schools and colleges
Test and share best practice

9. Going forwards…
“We will use the eight Benchmarks of good career guidance, developed by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, to set a standard of excellence. The CEC will take on a more ambitious role, building on their progress to date by coordinating support for schools and colleges across all the Gatsby Benchmarks.”

10. Reminder - Good career guidance
Summarises existing evidence and frames them as eight benchmarks.
Presents it in a way that can be understood by policy makers and acted on by school leaders.
Has achieved wide support amongst policy actors and practitioners alike.
The influential 2014 report

11. The Benchmarks 1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning and careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance

12. State of the Nation 2017
Based on responses from 578 secondary schools gathered through the Compass self- assessment tool in 2016/ The scope of the data is broadly comparable with data collected as part of the original Gatsby Good Career Guidance research in 2014 allowing us to see how provision has changed over time.

13. COMPASS (www.compass-careers.org.uk)

14. Number of benchmarks met by schools

15. Understanding the role of the Careers Leader
New guide for schools released March 2018, guide for colleges to follow
Explains what a Careers Leader is and provides advice to schools on how best to identify someone to fill the role.

16. The jobs of careers leadership
Management
Co-ordination
Networking

17. What works?

18. What works?
Well designed
Experiential
Learning focused
Led and coordinated by professionals
Context aware
Involving employers and working people
High volume
Varied
Recognising the diversity of learners
Providing feedback and assessment

19. References
Department for Education. (2017). Careers Strategy: Making the Most of Everyone’s Skills and Talents. London: Department for Education. Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2017). State of the Nation London: The Careers & Enterprise Company. What works and other research publications are available from

20. In summary
There is a clear rationale for careers provision in schools and colleges. The Government’s Careers Strategy provides new focus and impetus to ensure that schools and colleges engage. The Careers & Enterprise Company exists to support the ongoing improvement of the careers system. The evidence base provides us with clarity about how careers and enterprise provision should be organised.

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