Compass Tool
Compass helps evaluate a school against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks:
• Evaluate your careers activity in as little as 30 minutes • Compare your school to each of the eight Gatsby Benchmarks • Identify areas for improvement, with resources to help you get there • Use your result as the basis for your careers plan for the year Click here
A quick guide to updating your compass score in 5 minutes
Tracker Tool
Tracker is a tool for recording and managing a schools careers plan:
• Build and manage your Careers plan, targeted to gaps • Easily record events, classes and all careers activities in one place • Download and share your plan with colleagues • Evaluate the success of completed activities
Click here
Example Career Plans
There is no set format for what your Career Plan should look like. There are a range of examples below:
Lyndon School
Swanshurst School
Alderbrook School
Handsworth Wood Girls' Academy
Skills for Success Matrix The Skills for Success matrix is based on two CBI report ‘First Steps: A New Approach for our Schools’ and ‘Time Well Spent’ and identifies the behaviours, competencies and attitudes valued by employers. Download Skills for Success Matrix
Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit
This toolkit for Enterprise Advisers and schools illustrates what good looks like across all eight of the Gatsby benchmarks. It includes example case studies of best practice, useful tips and resources. It also contains practical ways for schools to put the benchmarks into practice.
Download Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit
Access Policy for Providers - Baker's Clause
The Baker clause, introduced in January 2018, aims to raise awareness of technical education. It requires schools to publish a policy statement explaining how external further education providers can access the school and talk to their students about further education (FE).
Download an Access Policy template here
Alignment to Ofsted/National Requirements: Ofsted school inspection handbook
Ofsted further education and skills inspection handbook
Careers strategy: making the most of everyone's skills and talents
Careers guidance and access for education and training providers
Careers guidance for colleges