Resource: Governor Slide Deck to Accompany Guidance Supports Benchmark 1

What is the resource?

The deck has been developed by The Careers & Enterprise Company can be used to support governors to understand their role and responsibilities around the careers strategy alongside the

Governor Guidance.

Top tips for effective use:

• This slide deck complements the Careers and Enterprise Company Guide for Secondary School Governors.

• Careers Leaders are encouraged to use this slide deck to share key points from the guide with governors and to encourage governors to engage with the guide

Is this resource to be used with a specific Key Stage? For Governors

Is there a cost attached to this resource? No

For further information regarding this resource please contact:

education@careersandenterprise.co.uk

Resource last updated: March 2020

Guidance for Governors2019/20

Are fully aware of the

school’s statutory

duties

Understand Ofsted

requirements

Are aware of the range of support

available form The Careers and

Enterprise Company

Appreciate the role of the

governor in supporting the

delivery of the Careers Strategy

Feel supported in

challenging school leaders

Have a good

understanding of the

Careers Strategy

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This guidance is designed to ensure all governors:

80% 75% 70%

have a greater understanding of

what they need to do to achieve

their ambitions.

of young people have an

increased awareness of

different careers.

of young people feel more

motivated to work hard at

school and college.

Positive impacts on young people

Improved personal

effectiveness including a 20

percentage point increase in

young people’s determination

to keep trying if they cannot do

something.

Improved employability

including 10 percentage

point improvement in

feeling able to come up with

new ideas.

Improved career readiness

including a 20 percentage

point increase in a young

person’s belief that they can

make a plan for the next 5

years.

1. A stable careers programme

The Gatsby Benchmarks

2. Learning from career and

labour market information

3. Addressing needs of each student

4. Linking curriculum learning to

careers

5. Encounters with employers and

employees

6. Experiences of workplaces

7. Encounters with Further

Education

8. Personal guidance

Careers support is improving

Performance improvement

against the Benchmarks

among schools and colleges

that have completed Compass

twice, 16/17 – 18/19.

The Gatsby Benchmarks

What do Governors need to know?

Statutory Duties - Requirements & Expectations of schools *taken from statutory guidance published by DfE in January 2018

Timing Action

Ongoing (legal duty came into force in September 2012)

Every school must ensure that pupils are provided with independent careers guidance from year 8 to year 13.

From January 2018 (legal duty came into force on 2 January 2018)

Every school must ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access all pupils in year 8 to year 13 for the purposes of informing them about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships. Every school must publish a policy statement setting out their arrangements for provider access and ensure that it is followed.

From January 2018 to end 2020

Every school should begin using the Gatsby Benchmarks to improve careers provision now, and meet by the end of 2020. For employer encounters Benchmark, every school should begin to offer every young person seven encounters with employers-at least one each year from year 7 to year 13-and meet this in full by the end of 2020. Some of these encounters should be with STEM employers.

From September 2018 Every school should appoint a named person to the role of Careers Leader to lead the careers programme.

From September 2018Every school will be expected to publish details of their careers programme for young people and their parents.

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 and

have them enrolled on Face to Face training funded by The

CEC.

• Schools and colleges should offer every young person in

years 7 – 13 at least one meaningful encounter with

employers each 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.

• All schools should be giving all students 121 interviews with

a L6 trained careers Advisor.

Policy Requirements

All schools should be compliant with The Baker Clause.

A Provider Access Policy statement must be published

on the school’s website and must include:

• Any procedural requirement in relation to requests for access;

• Grounds for granting and refusing requests for access;

• Details of premises or facilities to be provided to a person

who is given access (DfE statutory guidance for secondary

schools, p. 10).

Other Website Requirements

Schools are required to publish the following information

about their careers programme online:

• The name, email address and telephone number of the

school’s Careers Leader;

• A summary of the careers programme, including details of

how pupils, parents, teachers and employers may access

information about the careers programme;

• How the school measures and assesses the impact of the

careers programme on pupils;

• The date of the school’s next review of the information

published.

It might be the most important

role in education that you’ve

never heard of…

Supporting Careers Leaders

Every school and

college needs a

Careers Leader who

has the energy and

commitment, and

backing from the

senior leadership

team, to deliver the

programme across

all eight

benchmarks

Career Strategy, 2017

Purpose of the research

To find out:

• How the Careers Leader role is being delivered in practice

• How it is making a difference to career guidance

• What further support is needed to embed the role in schools

Co-funded and commissioned with Gatsby Charitable Foundation

Steering group:

David Andrews, Tristram Hooley, Beth Jones, Chris Percy,

Emily Tanner, Lesley Thain

Headteachers have embraced

the Careers Leader role

Career guidance is becoming

embedded

The workforce is highly

engaged and making a

difference

The Gatsby Benchmarks

are a gamechanger

Where Careers Leaders

operating as intended, Gatsby

Benchmarks are higher

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Key research findings

Key challenges

• Time & Staff Resource

• Lack of Budget

• Leadership Level

• Engagement from Headteachers

Strategy. Integrate career guidance into

the school’s strategy so that it is delivered.

Leadership. Appoint Careers Leaders at

middle or senior leadership level so that they

can work effectively with staff across the

school and with external partners.

Governance. Engage the governing body with

the school’s work on careers to ensure that

Careers Leaders are supported and challenged

at a senior level.

Time and resource. Allocate sufficient time and

resource for Careers Leaders. Discuss priorities

with Careers Leaders to ensure that the time

available is used to best effect.

Training. Encourage and enable Careers

Leaders to take part in training.

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Key messages for teachers

If you would like to find out

more about the role of the

Careers Leader, you can access a

free course online at:

careersleadertraining.careersan

denterprise.co.uk

The Governor Guidance document

helps Governors consider the key

questions they should be asking of

school leaders.

These include:

• General questions about

the strategic approach

• Specific questions based

around each benchmark

Key questions to ask of school leaders

• Is a robust school action plan in place to address any areas of weakness around the Gatsby Benchmarks? Does careers education and guidance feature in the School Development Plan?

• How do we know the careers support the school offers is effective? What evidence is there for this?

• How does the school collaborate with other schools and organisations in the provision of careers education and guidance? Is this effective? What evidence is there of this?

• Does the school have adequate safeguarding and health and safety arrangements in place if/ when pupils take part in work experience, or other activities off the school site?

Key questions to ask of school leaders

• Has the school a named Careers Leader who is appropriately trained? Do they have sufficient time and resources to undertake their role effectively?

• Does the Careers Leader have full backing of the headteacher/Governing Body and how is this demonstrated?

• What evidence is there that all pupils have the opportunity to engage with further and higher education, apprenticeships and other routes to employment?

Any Questions?