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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

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Young people more likely to be unemployed than the average working adult

Of young people are less likely to be NEET and earn 18% more after 4 or more encounters One encounter per year is

• nly happening in 40% of

schools

Best practice in careers guidance:

1. Encounters with employers, with workplaces, with further and higher education 2. Information about local jobs, how the curriculum connects to work 3. A plan tailored to an individual’s needs and supported by guidance

• Sir John Holman

The eight Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance 1. A stable careers programme 2. Learning from career and labour market information 3. Addressing the needs of each pupil 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers 5. Encounters with employers and employees 6. Experiences of workplaces 7. Encounters with further and higher education 8. Personal guidance

What we offer

Build nationwide network

• f coordination

Connecting schools and colleges with employers through our Enterprise Adviser Network

Back proven ideas

Funding activities in areas where support is needed most

Find out what works

Drawing on what works and focusing on geographical areas of need

The network is at scale

1,889 2,007 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Sep-15 Jan-16 May-16 Sep-16 Jan-17 May-17

EAs School and colleges

Growth of the Network over time Present in every geography of England with all Local Enterprise Partnerships engaged

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’

• n that indicator:

Our collective impact to date

increase in employer encounters among our schools and colleges new employers on average now working with our schools and colleges

• f EAs have had a good experience

young people supported by activities through our funds – 75% in ‘Cold Spots’

50% 3

380,000

80%

Our technology resources that drive impact

An interactive planning tool that enables a school/college to plan to improve their provision. For schools/colleges to evaluate their current careers provision against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks

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 `