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Recommendation 15
15
Accepted
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Provide one-off funding to schools failing Gatsby benchmarks to improve CEIAG provision.
Recommendation
To target those most in need of improvement, we recommend that the Department should make one-off developmental funding available to schools and colleges who 50 Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance have the lowest record of achieving the Gatsby benchmarks to support them to improve their CEIAG provision, setting out clear objectives and conditions of receiving this funding.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government partially accepts, but states that its primary approach already involves the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) using data to identify and target additional support and resources, including specific funding, to schools and colleges with lower Gatsby Benchmark attainment.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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93. Government funded careers support is focussed on maximising impact through school and college engagement, leadership, commitment and partnership. Evidence shows that the longer schools and colleges engage with the Department’s funded careers offer, the better they perform against the Gatsby Benchmarks. Schools with more economically disadvantaged students have higher levels of engagement, faster progress and better performance.
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