Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 4
4
Acknowledged
Update statutory guidance to mandate Compass tool reporting for all secondary schools and colleges
Conclusion
The Department should update its statutory guidance to make reporting through the Compass tool compulsory for all secondary schools and colleges, and work with the Careers and Enterprise Company to ensure that they are providing the support and resources needed to do this. (Paragraph 17) The organisations delivering CEIAG
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees on the potential of digital solutions and has commissioned the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) to review and recommend enhancements for Compass+. It will consider the feasibility of a national work experience platform as a longer-term aspiration, but does not commit to making Compass reporting compulsory.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
63. The Department is committed to improving the quality and consistency of careers provision across the country and institution assessment is a critical part of this. High- quality digital support is an important part of the careers support that we are rolling out across England, alongside the networks of Careers Hubs and Enterprise Advisers and Careers Leader training. 64. 90% of secondary schools and colleges self-report progress against the Gatsby Benchmarks using a Compass evaluation. The CEC has worked with schools to upgrade to Compass+ which enables tracking of Gatsby Benchmark achievement at an individual pupil level. 3,172 secondary schools are now using Compass+3, which allows Careers Leaders to manage their careers programme, to target support and collect student feedback systematically.
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