Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 14
14
Accepted
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Pilot direct funding programme for careers advisers through the Careers and Enterprise Company.
Conclusion
The Department should pilot a programme of funding careers advisers directly through the CEC, rather than requiring schools and colleges to buy in this support from their existing budgets.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts, but states it already funds the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) to provide grants that schools and colleges can use to fund careers activities, including purchasing support from careers advisers. They highlight existing grant schemes and maintain that school leaders are best placed to decide how to use their budgets.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
89. The Department has focussed on building leadership capacity for careers education by requiring schools to name a Careers Leader and continuing to invest in the CEC to support Careers Leaders through training, tools, resources and Careers Hubs.
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