1. Building on the Gatsby Benchmarks Evidence based careers provision after the careers strategy 26th March, CDI Student Conference
Tristram Hooley

3. Context
What works?
The Gatsby project
Benchmarks
State of the Nation
The Careers Strategy

4. Context
What works?
The Gatsby project
Benchmarks
State of the Nation
The Careers Strategy

6. Context
What works?
The Gatsby project
Benchmarks
State of the Nation
The Careers Strategy

7. What works? ?

8. Fostering college and career readiness
“The available evidence does not suggest that there is only one way to deliver school-based career development but some evidence does point towards the kind of model… in which professional school counselors work with teachers and stakeholders to develop interventions that are holistic and cross-curricular and contribute to the wider culture and achievement of the school.”

9. Activity based approaches
Careers 2020
Activity based approaches
Service based approaches
Curriculum-led approaches

10. Evidence base for lifelong guidance
Focus on the individual
Lifelong and progressive.
Connected to wider experience.
Recognising the diversity of individuals and their needs.
Support learning and progression
Involving employers and working people, and providing active experiences of workplaces.
Not one intervention, but many.
Developing career management skills.
Holistic and well-integrated into other services.
Ensure quality
Ensuring professionalism.
Making use of career information.
Assuring quality and evaluating provision.
Evidence base for lifelong guidance

11. Context
What works?
The Gatsby project
Benchmarks
State of the Nation
The Careers Strategy

12. 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

13. The basis of Gatsby Literature review
International visits (the Netherlands, Germany, Hong Kong, Canada, Finland and Ireland)
Independent schools
School survey
Consultation
Costing exercise

14. Context
What works?
The Gatsby project
Benchmarks
State of the Nation
The Careers Strategy

15. 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

16. Why have the Benchmarks caught on?
The right place at the right time?
The role of John Holman and the Gatsby Foundation
Simplicity
Sector buy in
Political buy in

17. Context
What works?
The Gatsby project
Benchmarks
State of the Nation
The Careers Strategy

18. Compass

19. State of the Nation 2017
Based on responses from 578 secondary schools gathered through the Compass self-assessment tool in 2016/ IThe 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.

20. Number of benchmarks achieved by schools
Average = 1.87 benchmarks out of 8
But Schools are achieving around 50% of the questions that contribute to the benchmarks.
Currently conducting case studies with the small number of really high achievers.

21. Benchmarks achieved, partially achieved and not achieved - nationally, n=578
But on this measure we can see much more progress. Some benchmarks are easier to achieve than others

22. Progress since 2014
In 2014 schools achieved an average of 1.34 benchmarks In 2016/17 this was 1.87
16 schools even reached 6, 7 or even 8 which we didn’t see in We have 4 case studies in the report from these schools.

23. An example question?
You can see from here what is achievable an what is more difficult. But perhaps what is more, there are some easy wins here. 60% of schools could get a little bit closer by providing some information about their programme on their website.

24. What matters?
No relationship between the characteristics of the school or the labour market in which it is situated and the number of Benchmarks.
There is a relationship between the number of Benchmarks achieved and the region in which the school is located.
There is a relationship between schools’ performance against the Benchmarks and whether they have a sixth form.
There is a relationship between getting a higher Ofsted grade and meeting more indicators that make up the Benchmarks.
There is a relationship between schools which hold the Quality in Careers Standard and those which meet more Benchmarks and sub-Benchmarks.

25. 5 ways to get your school moving in the right direction
Start early (e.g. year 7).
Engage all stakeholders, including parents and employers.
Update your website with information about your careers programme.
Join the Enterprise Adviser Network.
Complete Compass every year.

26. 5 substantial initiatives to improve your programme
Develop careers content in all subjects, not just PSHE.
Take advantage of labour market resources and make them available to all students and their parents.
Provide ALL students with information on ALL routes.
Provide experiences of workplaces for all students.
Adapt existing systems to track destinations and careers and enterprise activities.

27. Context
What works?
The Gatsby project
Benchmarks
State of the Nation
The Careers Strategy

28. The Careers Strategy

29. A new statutory basis

30. A new implementation plan
Roll out everywhere – employer engagement
Enterprise Adviser Network
New £2.5 million fund
Triple number of Cornerstone Employers
Scale up
Careers Hubs
Careers Leaders
Test and share best practice
Piloting new areas of work (Personal guidance, STEM, SEND, primary)
Evaluate and figure out what works

31. The dawn of careers leadership
Careers Leaders have responsibility for the delivery of a school’s careers programme. They should be ensuring, among other things, that:
The school has a good careers programme that meets the expectations set out in the Gatsby Benchmarks.
The school has published on its website details of its careers programme
The destinations of young people from the school are tracked and that this information is used to improve the effectiveness of the school’s careers programme.

32. So is there life after Gatsby?
What do you think?

33. References
Department for Education. (2017). Careers Strategy: Making the Most of Everyone’s Skills and Talents. London: Department for Education. Department for Education. (2018). Careers Guidance and Access for Education and Training Providers. London: Department for Education. Department for Education. (2018). Careers Guidance. Guidance for Further Education Colleges and Sixth Form Colleges. London: Department for Education. Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Hooley, T. (2014). The Evidence Base on Lifelong Guidance. Jyväskylä, Finland: European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network. Hooley, T., Marriott, J. & Sampson, J.P. (2011). Fostering College and Career Readiness: How Career Development Activities in Schools Impact on Graduation Rates and Students' Life Success. Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby. Hooley, T., Marriott, J., Watts, A.G. and Coiffait, L. (2012). Careers 2020: Options for Future Careers Work in English Schools. London: Pearson Hooley, T. & Watts, A.G. (2011). Careers Work with Young People: Collapse or Transition? Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby. Langley, E., Hooley, T., Bertuchi, D. (2014). A Career Postcode Lottery? Local Authority Provision of Youth and Career Support Following the 2011 Education Act. Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2017). State of the Nation 2017: Careers and Enterprise Provision in England’s Schools. London: The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2018). Understanding the Role of the Careers Leader. London: The Careers & Enterprise Company. The Careers & Enterprise Company. (2018). Implementation Plan. London: The Careers & Enterprise Company.

34. Conclusions Gatsby came along at the right time.
It current defines good practice in careers work in schools.
It is well aligned with the wider evidence in the field.
But, the vision that it sets out is not yet a reality.
The Careers Strategy says that this will change by 2020.
Whether it will is up to you…

35. Contact details
Tristram Hooley Director of Research, The Careers & Enterprise Company Also at