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At Holly Lodge we believe that good career guidance is about raising aspirations and aiming high. We aim to opendoors for our pupils by providing them with a good careers programme that meets the “8 Gatsby benchmarks”. These benchmarks have been accepted as best practice by schools, colleges and employers across the country.
8 Benchmarks
We evaluate our progress against the “8 Benchmarks” using the “Compass Tool” which is a self-audit tool created by Gatsby and The Careers & Enterprise Company. This helps us to plan for future development as we work towards the “Quality Mark” for Careers.
Gatsby Benchmarks | Examples of how we meet the benchmark | |
1 | Providing a stabe careers programme | Form time Friday careers programme |
2 | Providing career a labour market information | Form time careers programme & website |
3 | Addressing the needs of each pupil | One to one IAG/WRL opportunities |
4 | Linking curriculum learning to careers | Curriculum & careers/STEM |
5 | Encounters with employers/employees | Work of work days |
6 | Experiences of workplaces | Work experience |
7 | Pupil encounters with further and higher education | Careers events/visiting speakers |
8 | Providing personal guidance | Connexions |
Careerometer is a freely available widget provided by the LMI for All service. It is an easy way to get access to labour market information on your own website. Careerometer is the new, updated version of our Careerometer (version 1) widget developed early on in the project. This widget has enhanced browser and website compatibility and displays more data. Instructions on how to embed and format to your needs is detailed.
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