Careers guidance and access for education and training providers
Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on providing careers guidance.
Applies to England
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This statutory guidance is for:
- governing bodies
- school and college leaders
- careers leaders and staff in maintained schools
- academies
- free schools (including alternative provision academies and free schools)
- colleges (that provide secondary education and post-16 education)
- local authorities that maintain pupil referral units
It applies to:
- all pupils in school from year 7 to year 13
- all learners in college up to and including the age of 18
- learners aged up to 25 with a current education, health and care plan in place
Statutory guidance is issued by law. You must follow it unless there is a good reason not to.
The Careers & Enterprise Company will provide external support to schools and colleges.
Updates to this page
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'Careers guidance and access for education and training providers' has been updated to reflect changes in legislation. The format has also changed.
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'Careers guidance and access for education and training providers' has been updated to reflect changes to the provider access legislation. Updates have also been made following a consultation on proposed changes to the ‘access for education and training providers’ section.
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'Careers guidance and access for education and training providers' has been updated to reflect the changes to the careers legal duty that come into force on 1 September 2022.
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Updated 'careers guidance and access for education and training providers'.
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Added updated guidance document.
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Updates to careers statutory guidance for schools, reflecting policy changes announced in the Government's careers strategy published on 4 Dec 2017.
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Updated information about the new single national careers quality award (paragraph 67).
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First published.