Walpole & CEC roundtable Claudia Harris, CEO & Aimee Higgins, Director of Stakeholders February 2018
The Careers & Enterprise Company: context
The case for employer engagement in schools 2x Young people more likely to be unemployed than the average working adult Of young people are less One encounter per year is likely to be NEET and earn only happening in 40% of 18% more after 4 or more schools encounters
Best practice in careers guidance: The eight Gatsby Benchmarks of Good 1. Encounters with employers, Career Guidance with workplaces, with further and higher education 1. A stable careers programme 2. Learning from career and labour 2. Information about local jobs, market information how the curriculum connects to 3. Addressing the needs of each pupil work 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers 3. A plan tailored to an 5. Encounters with employers and individual’s needs and employees supported by guidance 6. Experiences of workplaces 7. Encounters with further and higher - Sir John Holman education 8. Personal guidance
What we offer Connecting schools and colleges with Build nationwide network employers through our Enterprise of coordination Adviser Network Funding activities in areas where support Back proven ideas is needed most Drawing on what works and focusing on Find out what works geographical areas of need
The network is at scale Growth of the Network over time 2500 Present in every geography of 2,007 England with all 2000 Local Enterprise 1,889 Partnerships engaged 1500 1000 500 0 Sep-15 Jan-16 May-16 Sep-16 Jan-17 May-17 EAs School and colleges
The network is diverse 50/50 men and women
Our Cold Spots research If an area falls in the bottom third of an indicator, it is deemed ‘in need’ or ‘cold’ on that indicator:
Our collective impact to date 50 % increase in employer encounters among our schools and colleges 3 new employers on average now working with our schools and colleges 80 % of EAs have had a good experience 380,000 young people supported by activities through our funds – 75 % in ‘Cold Spots’
Our technology resources that drive impact For schools/colleges to An interactive planning evaluate their current tool that enables a careers provision against the school/college to plan to eight Gatsby Benchmarks improve their provision.
Looking forward: the Careers Strategy
The Government’s Careers Strategy & Statutory Guidance 1. All schools meeting the Gatsby benchmarks by the end of 2020 2. All schools and colleges to have access to an Enterprise Adviser by the end of 2020 3. Every young person to have at least 1 encounter a year by 2020 4. All schools with a named Careers Leader by September 2018 and 500 trained Careers Leader thereafter 5. The CEC taking a broader role across all the Gatsby Benchmarks from September 2018 starting with Compass and a ’hub’ pilot in 20 areas 6. Career activities piloted in primary schools starting in 2018, best practice in STEM and SEND being explored and disseminated
Our report shows the challenge… 1. Encounters 2. Information 3. A plan 4. Stable programme `
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