Proposed model for career guidance in England
19 April 2011
Professor Tony Watts has produced a short paper for the Department for Education (DfE) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) called 'The Proposed Model of Career Guidance Services in England: Some Lessons from International Examples'. The aims of the paper are two-fold:
- to review evidence related to the model of career guidance which the current Government is proposing to implement in England.
- to identify relevant evidence on career guidance provision from high-performing countries in terms of school performance, as identified in the evidence paper that accompanied the White Paper on The Importance of Teaching .
The paper concludes that the international review has indicated strong support for three main features of current Government policy for career guidance in England:
- an all-age careers service;
- enhancing the professionalism of career guidance practitioners;
- and the partnership model between schools and an external service.
However, on devolution of responsibility for career guidance to schools, the evidence is more negative. It suggests that for such a policy to be successful, strong policy levers will be needed. These should include - but not necessarily be confined to - measures to assure professional standards, support for school planning and self-evaluation, and in-service training for school heads.
To view the full report click here.
