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Recommendation 3
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Accepted
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Ensure Ofsted upholds strong focus on CEIAG provision and Gatsby benchmarks in inspections
Conclusion
High-quality CEIAG provision is an essential part of pupils’ personal development and should be a core part of the Ofsted framework. The Department must ensure that Ofsted is upholding a strong focus on CEIAG provision when inspecting schools, in particular looking at schools’ achievement of the Gatsby benchmarks.
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The government fully accepts the recommendation, stating that the school inspection handbook was updated in 2021 to ensure Ofsted judges careers provision, including Gatsby Benchmarks, as part of personal development.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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58. The Department agrees that high-quality careers provision plays a key role in a pupil’s personal development. Ofsted has an important role to play in ensuring schools and colleges provide high-quality careers guidance. Following the 2017 Careers Strategy, the Department has worked with Ofsted over the last five years to strengthen Ofsted’s inspection regime on careers significantly. The 2019 Education Inspection Framework increased the prominence of CEIAG, particularly in the personal development judgement which references the Gatsby Benchmarks. Careers is also inspected in the quality of education and leadership and management judgements in full inspections.
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