Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether its is planned to measure and report on the progress of schools against the Gatsby Foundation’s eight benchmarks for good careers advice.
The Careers & Enterprise Company recently published its ‘State of the Nation 2017’ research paper which is available at www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploaded/careers-enterprise-compass-state-of-the-nation.pdf. The paper, which was published in conjunction with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, showed that 51% of schools had met two or more Gatsby benchmarks. Over 79% of schools met one or more benchmark. These figures are based on the secondary schools that took part in the self-assessment exercise.
The Careers & Enterprise Company will publish this report annually to show what progress schools have made in meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks. As the Minister responsible for careers, I will have regular and frequent meetings with stakeholders to make sure progress continues.