About Careers Guidance in Schools

‘High quality careers education and guidance in school and college is critical to young people’s futures. It helps to prepare them for the workplace by providing a clear understanding of the world of work including the routes into jobs and careers that they might find engaging and rewarding. It supports them to acquire the self-development and career management skills they need to achieve positive employment destinations. This helps students to choose their pathways, improve their life opportunities and contribute to a productive and successful economy.’
Careers guidance and access for education and training providers (publishing.service.gov.uk) Accessed May 2024

The Gatsby Benchmarks

The Department for Education expects all secondary schools and colleges to use the internationally recognised Gatsby Benchmarks. The benchmarks are non-statutory but support schools and colleges by providing a framework around which they can develop their careers programme in line with their legal requirements to provide independent careers advice to pupils throughout their secondary education.

1. A stable careers programme
2. Learning from career and labour market
3. Addressing the needs of every student
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounter with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal Guidance

Cams Hill School regularly monitors how we are achieving the above benchmarks and our provision via pupil voice, governor reports, visits and pupil destination data. In addition, we complete regular tracking and reports on Compass+.