Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 2
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Publish updated Careers Strategy by end of 2024 with clear outcomes and Gatsby targets
Recommendation
The Department should publish an updated Careers Strategy, developed in consultation with other Departments and relevant stakeholders, by the end of 2024. This should include clear, measurable outcomes and dates by which these should be achieved, including targets for increasing the number of schools achieving the Gatsby benchmarks in full.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government accepts the recommendation and commits to publishing a Strategic Action Plan for Careers in 2024, developed in consultation with stakeholders, which will include clear, measurable outcomes and targets for Gatsby benchmark achievement.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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51. We are pleased that the Committee’s report recognises that the careers landscape has developed significantly and that we have reached a point where the right framework is broadly in place. Since 2010, the Government has put in place strong building blocks with the establishment of the National Careers Service, followed by the transfer of legal responsibility for careers guidance to schools and colleges and the introduction of the CEC. The 2017 Careers Strategy built on these early foundations, particularly through the adoption of the Gatsby Benchmarks, the expansion of the CEC’s remit and improvements to the National Careers Service offer. The testing and piloting of new approaches including networks of Careers Hubs and Enterprise Advisers, increased our understanding of what works in careers provision and was further expanded and built upon through the subsequent Skills for Jobs and Schools White Papers.
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