Policy, Strategy and Research - Further Reading

The role of career guidance in supporting social mobility. If you read this it will really firm up why your school is investing in high quality careers provision and make you want to do even more!

Plan for how we will increase the quality and quantity of apprenticeships, achieving 3 million apprenticeships by 2020

The Careers and Enterprise Company has carried out some great research into what makes excellent employer mentoring for disengaged young people.

Guidance for general further education colleges and sixth form colleges. (March 2015)

Statutory guidance for schools on providing careers guidance and inspiration.

The government’s plan for raising the quality of careers provision in England, launched in December 2017.

How DfE will work towards achieving our vision of world-class education and care.

Mapping the career aspirations of 10,729 British teenagers against projected demand for UK employment between 2010-2020, final report. This may think about how schools can manage expectations without dampening ambition.

A white paper setting out DfE's vision for schools in England.

A paper commissioned to research what pragmatic actions could improve career guidance in secondary schools. NB in this paper career guidance is a reference to career education, information advice and guidance. Watch out for more on Gatsby.

This is a good report to read to remind yourself how far you have come, especially if you are on your way with a quality award!.

This research captures how the GM Apprenticeship Hub activity in schools has made an impact.

This research really can help shift perceptions around the value of Apprenticeships and create some good debate.

This report is a real eye-opener. It refers to a group of young people that sometimes don’t progress into employment as we would expect. We believe that all young people should have highest quality careers provision which would go some way to addressing the issues outlined.

This was an early GM response to Ofsted’s report ‘Going in the Right Direction’

Read this with a level of confidence that in Greater Manchester we are bucking this trend in a large majority of our schools but we can always do more!

This is a fantastic piece of research that can really strengthen your case when building a strong careers team across schools and colleges.