Gatsby Benchmarks

Every school and college should have an embedded and progressive programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by pupils, parents, teachers and employers.

Read the Provider Access Legislation here.

Find Careers Leader training here.

Access the Careers & Enterprise Company’s Compass + Dashboard to benchmark, manage, track and report on your school’s careers programme here. You can also join the Digital Hub to access training and resources here.

Every pupil, and their parents or carers, should have access to good quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. They will need the support of an informed adviser to make the best use of available information.

Ensures the majority of students have used up-to-date career and labour market information to help inform study/career decisions.

Encourages parents and carers to use career path and labour market information to aid the support given to their children.

Visit our Pathways page to discover Tees Valley’s Key sectors here, and access Labour Market Information Factsheets here.

Pupils have different career guidance needs at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support need to be tailored to the needs of each pupil. A school’s careers programme should embed equality and diversity considerations throughout.

Advice and support should be tailored to the needs of each pupil. Keeping good records of pupils and their destinations after school.

Click here to read about our annual PRU Anything Is Possible Careers Week with local Pupil Referral Units for inspiration.

Access the Careers & Enterprise Company’s SEND resources here.

All teachers should link curriculum learning with careers. For example, STEM subject teachers should highlight the relevance of STEM subjects for a wide range of future career paths.

Careers and enterprise education should be part of, and included in, a pupil’s standard lessons, linking curriculum to real-world career path.

View our Educate the Educator lesson plans here.

Discover the MYPATH platform with careers resources here.

All pupils should have encounters with employers and employees that result in a better understanding of the workplace and the potential career paths open to them.

All (or the overwhelming majority) of pupils should have at least one meaningful encounter with an employer every year they are at your school.

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It’s important for pupils to experience the workplace environment to understand the context in which they could one day be working.

To meet the benchmark, all (or the overwhelming majority of pupils) need to:

• Have had a meaningful experience of a workplace by the end of year 11
• Have obtained a meaningful experience of a workplace during years 12 and 13

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Click here to watch our Redcar & Cleveland College EOWP video.

View The Careers and Enterprise Company’s guidance on the effective delivery of workplace experiences here.

All students should understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available to them. This includes both technical and academic routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace.

By the age of 16, every student should have had a meaningful encounter* with providers of the full range of educational opportunities, including sixth forms, colleges, universities and apprenticeship providers. This should include the opportunity to meet both staff and students. (Two in Y8/9 and two in Y10/11)

By the age of 18, all students who are considering applying for university should have had at least two visits to universities to meet staff and students. (Two in Y12/13)

By the age of 18, or before the end of their programme of study, every student should have had a meaningful encounter with a range of providers of learning and training that may form the next stage of their career. This should include as appropriate, further education colleges, higher education and apprenticeship and training providers. This should include the opportunity to meet both staff and students.

*A meaningful encounter is one in which the student has an opportunity to explore what it is like to learn in that environment.  This includes academic and vocational routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and the workplace.

For more information on the new provider legislation, click here.

Every student should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a career adviser, who could be internal or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level.

To meet the benchmark, all (or the overwhelming majority of pupils) should:

• Have had an interview with a professional and impartial careers adviser by the end of Year 11
• Have had at least two interviews with a professional careers adviser by the end of Year 13

Speak to your local authority to discuss provision in your area. If no provision is available, please speak to your Careers Coordinator about alternative options.