Implementing the Careers Strategy: A Careers & Enterprise Company Briefing

1. Implementing the Careers Strategy: A Careers & Enterprise Company Briefing Alastair Falk –Head of Education Schools & Colleges Webinar Tuesday 27th March 2018

2. Agenda

3. The Careers & Enterprise Company –overview

4. The Careers & Enterprise Company is at the heart of a national network that connects schools and colleges, employers and career programme providers, helping to inspire and prepare young people for the fast-changing world of work.

5. What we offer Build nationwide network of coordination • Connecting schools and colleges with employers and providers through our network of Enterprise Coordinators, working with clusters of 20 schools and colleges, and Enterprise Advisers – business volunteers who support each school and college • Funding activities in areas where support is needed most • Drawing on what works and focusing on geographical areas of need Back proven ideas Find out what works

6. A set of research and technology resources drive impact Example – Compass tool Example – Cold spot research

7. The Careers Strategy - and the broadened remit of the CECwww.careersandenterprise.co.uk

8. The Careers Strategy & Statutory Guidance • The Government’s careers strategy was published in December 2017. • Statutory guidance for school leaders and school staff was published in January 2018. • Statutory guidance for further education colleges and sixth form colleges was published in February 2018 • The strategy sets out the plan for building a high-quality careers system to help young people choose career opportunities that are right for them. • The aim of the strategy is to ensure that all young people get an excellent programme of advice and guidance, based upon their own needs.

9. The three pillars of the strategy “ • Encounterswith employers, with workplaces, with further and higher education • Information about local jobs, how the curriculum connects to work • A plan tailored to an individual’s needs and supported by guidance • - Sir John Holman • …young adults surveyed who recalled greater levels of contact with employers whilst at school were significantly less likely to be NEET and earned, on average, 18% morethan peers who recalled no such activities. • Latest research finds 86% reduction in chance of being a NEET following 4 or more encounters ”

10. Strategic Goals • All schools to begin working toward the Gatsby Benchmarks, meeting them by the end of 2020. • All schools to have a named Careers Leader in place by September 2018. Training to be made available for at least 500 Careers Leaders. • Schools and colleges should offer every young person in years 7 – 13 at least one encounter a year by 2020. • Schools and colleges to have access to an Enterprise Adviser by the end of 2020 . • All schools should have in place a link governor for careers

11. Requirements & Expectations of schools *taken from statutory guidance published by DfE in January 2018

12. Support for schools *taken from statutory guidance published by DfE in January 2018

13. Requirements & Expectations of colleges*taken from statutory guidance published by DfE in February 2018

14. Support for colleges*taken from statutory guidance published by DfE in February 2018

15. Careers Hubs • 20 x ‘careers hubs’ will be funded and supported by additional coordinators. • The hubs will link together schools, colleges, universities and other local organisations. • £5M will be invested to support these areas. • CEC will be running the process to support implementation of the hubs with an intent for them to be operational from autumn 2018.

16. Careers Leaders • The careers strategy requires every school to have a named Careers Leader to deliver its programme across the Gatsby Benchmarks. • The requirement will be introduced in September 2018. • £4M will be made available to fund training for Careers Leaders in at least 500 schools and colleges. • CEC will be supporting the process. Our aim is for training providers and training bursaries to be operational by January 2019 at the latest..

17. Other Initiatives • STEM CEC will work with LEPs to help Enterprise Coordinators in areas with low STEM qualification uptake to build STEM encounters into careers and enterprise plans. • SEND CEC will undertake targeted work with employers to stimulate more employer engagement to support children with special educational needs and disabilities. • Primary schools £2M will be provided to test what careers activities are appropriate and work in primary schools. • Digital Tools to support schools to evaluate their provision and monitor progress.

18. Fund for disadvantaged young people • The Careers and Enterprise Company will launch a new investment fund of £5M to support the most disadvantaged pupils. • The fund will be launched by the end of September 2018. • Schools will be able to use ‘virtual wallets’ to access funds.

19. Our implementation plan 1. Roll out 2. Scale up 3. Test and evaluate Employer engagement Gatsby Benchmarks and Careers Leaders New approaches • Give all schools and colleges access to an Enterprise Adviser • Launch a new fund to support employer encounters • Triple the number of cornerstone employers committing to work with schools and colleges across the country, including Opportunity Areas, to 150 • Scale up the North East Gatsby pilot through 20 ‘career hubs’ following evidence-based practice. To include: • A Lead Gatsby Coordinator • Careers Leaders (with bursaries available for some schools) • Additional funding for careers activities • Provide tools and resources to help all schools and colleges meet the Gatsby Benchmarks • Test and evaluate, new approaches to: • encourage young people, especially girls, to consider jobs in STEM • improve careers information, advice and guidance for young people with SEND • understand what careers activities work well in primary schools • Launch a new fund to support innovative approaches to personal guidance Underpinned by a digital offering – including, Compass, Tracker and a new Provider and Resource Directory

20. GOOD CAREER GUIDANCETHE GATSBY BENCHMARKS

21. What does good career guidance look like? • Professor Sir John Holman (former Headteacher) • Six International Visits – Netherlands, Germany, Hong Kong, Finland, Canada, Republic of Ireland. • 8 benchmarks of ‘Good Careers Guidance’ identified. • Schools starting points in relation to the benchmarks tested via a survey of 10% of schools in England. Findings combined with the international research. • National Pilot commissioned in 2015 to test how schools and colleges can move from their starting points to a position of achieving the benchmarks. Monitor

22. The Gatsby Benchmarks

23. State of the Nation: lots to do • Encounters • Information • A plan • Stable programme • `

24. … although there is also reason for cautious optimism

25. Resources and support from the Gatsby Foundation • http://www.gatsby.org.uk/education/focus-areas/good-career-guidance • School handbook - April

26. Careers Leaders

27. Careers Strategy • “Every school and college needs a Careers Leader who has the energy and commitment, and backing from the senior leadership team, to deliver the careers programme across all eight Benchmarks.” • Careers leaders need to… • have the appropriate skills and experience • be sufficiently senior to lead the implementation of all eight of the Benchmarks • have buy-in from the Governors and the Senior Leadership team • work with subject teachers across the school or college so that careers provision is embedded within the curriculum • We have recently produced a guide for careers leaders in schools. This is on our website.

28. Careers Strategy • Gatsby and the CEC will work with school and college leaders to set out clearly what Careers Leaders should do, what the job involves, and the benefits of the role. • From September 2018 every school is expected to publish the name and contact details of their Careers Leader on their website. • Government will provide £4 million to fund the development of new training programmes and support at least 500 schools and colleges in areas of the country needing most support to train their own Careers Leaders and build momentum behind this enhanced role. • Training will be piloted and evaluated before considering whether to make it available more widely. We will pilot the first training in 2018/19 academic year.

29. The role of careers leadership • A careers leader is………. • Not a careers advisor (although these roles should work together and can be combined). • A leadership role and needs to have a strong route to the school’s SLT and Headteacher

30. How do schools organise careers leadership?

31. Personal attributes • A careers leader should be someone who has: • an interest in careers, employability and the futures of young people; • an interest in their own professional development and the willingness to contribute to the professional development of others; • an open mind about different educational routes and what constitutes career success; • a passion for developing curriculum and working with other educators in a cross-curricular way; • experience of managing projects and monitoring the progress and implementation of new initiatives; • interpersonal and team working skills; • strong communication skills; • the ability to make changes across the school and to develop the school’s systems; • the ability to take initiative and be proactive; and • the capacity to lead, influence and inspire others.

32. Training • We will be funding 500 training bursaries. • These will be available to use with approved training providers. • Details about how to access this training will be made available by the CEC over the summer term. • The first training courses will start from January 2019.

33. Support & Resources

34. We want to help • Enterprise Adviser Network – by 2020 every school in England will have access to an Enterprise Adviser supported by an Enterprise Coordinator • Digital Tools & Resources • Compass – an online digital tool to evaluate your school’s career provision - available now • Tracker - an interactive planning tool that enables a school/college to plan to improve their provision - available now • Provider and Resource Directory - in development to enable access to local programmes & resources to support your plan. • Research

35. Use Compass and Tracker • Tracker: • An interactive planning tool that enables a school/college to plan to improve their provision • Compass: • For schools/colleges to evaluate their current careers provision against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks

36. What are the benefits of Compass? • For your schools/colleges: • Evaluate careers and enterprise activity in around 30 minutes • Compare their school to the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks for good career guidance • Identify strengths and areas for improvement • Get relevant online resources to help them improve on their score in relation to each benchmark, including dedicated resources to support careers provision for students with SEND • Schools will only need to fill this in once and can then simply update their answers throughout the academic year as elements change

37. What are the benefits of Tracker? • For your schools/colleges: • Once Compass is completed, a school/college’s results are automatically pulled through to Tracker • Schools/colleges can then build and manage their annual plan for careers and enterprise activity, targeted to gaps • Easily record events, classes and all careers activities in one place • Access, download and share their plan in Excel format with colleagues, Leadership Teams, OfSTED, governors, Enterprise Coordinators and Enterprise Advisers • Evaluate the success of completed activities • Identify how you are improving your Gatsby Benchmark scores from your Compass evaluation with the activities that you plan

38. Our hope/ expectations • Following the launch of the Careers Strategy, we want to continue to help schools/colleges to develop and improve their careers provision by meeting the standards of The Gatsby Benchmarks. We would like; • All schools/colleges in the Network to have completed Compass within 6 months of joining the Network. Schools already in the Network should complete it before April 2018 • Schools/colleges in the Network should have started a plan on Tracker within 9 months of joining the Network, or by July 2018 • Schools/colleges should share their Compass and Tracker data with EAs and ECs • EAs and ECs should support schools and colleges to use the data from Compass to form a strategic plan, recorded in Tracker

39. Finding the Schools hub www.careersandenterprise.co.uk • The Careers and Enterprise company have added a new Schools and Colleges section to their website. Here you will find the ‘Schools Hub’, information about ‘Compass’ and ‘Tracker’, ‘Sign up your school’ and information about ‘Careers activities’. To access Compass and Tracker, select Schools Hub in the dropdown.

40. Looking Ahead

41. Sign your school up to the network

42. Use Compass and Tracker • Tracker: • An interactive planning tool that enables a school/college to plan to improve their provision • Compass: • For schools/colleges to evaluate their current careers provision against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks

43. Careers Strategy implementation plan • The CEC are seeking input from LEPs and strategic partners across education and business to develop an implementation plan by Spring 2018. • Implementation plan published March 2018. • Prospectuses for key initiatives to be launched – by April 2018. • Delivery - from September 2018. • If you have any questions or feedback please send them to education@careersandenterprise.co.uk

44. The Careers & Enterprise Annual Conference • We will be holding our annual conference on 4th July 2018 at Newbury Racecourse. For more information please email Education@careersandenterprise.co.uk