Improving Quality of Career Guidance at School: the Gatsby Benchmarks

The University of Derby and YC Hertfordshire (part of the Hertfordshire County Council) have been working on some videos to support and help train careers practitioners around the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks.

In this series we will be looking in detail at the Gatsby Benchmarks and offering some hints, tips and best practice examples on how to meet them. This is part of 06 E-learning platform for teachers and practitioners. Please click on the links to view our videos to find information, hints and tips on the Gatsby Benchmarks, how to meet them and some examples of good practice.

The MyFuture project

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In 2014, Lord Sainsbury’s Gatsby Charitable Foundation published a report by Professor Sir John Holman, Adviser in Education at the Gatsby Foundation, titled “Good Career Guidance.” Please find our short introductory video offering a quick overview of the Gatsby Benchmarks.

A session for each Benchmark

We have broken each Gatsby Benchmark down into its own short Talking Education Video. See below each video and find out more information in a quick and easy way. If you would like to learn more click on the University of Derby’s 35 minute lecture found at the end of this series. Thank you for watching and good luck with meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks!

Introduction to the Gatsby Benchmarks

Further materials

Good Career Guidance and further resources can be downloaded from the Gatsby Website (click here).

Careers and Enterprise Tools:

https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/schools-colleges/compass-benchmark-tool

https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/schools-colleges/tracker-planning-tool

The Careers and Enterprise Company (2017), The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit

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Benchmark 1: A stable careers programme

Further materials

The Careers and Enterprise Company (2017), The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit

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Benchmark 2: Learning from Career and Labour Market Information

Further materials

Attached you can find the PowerPoint of Hertfordshire LMI Quiz.

Link to Hertfordshire Skills Framework (click here).

The Careers and Enterprise Company (2017), The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit

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Hertfordshire LMI Video:

Benchmark 3: Addressing the need of each pupil

Further materials

The Careers and Enterprise Company (2017), The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit

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Benchmark 4: Linking Curriculum Learning to Careers

Further materials

Link to useful process for your school/college to create employer led curriculum learning:

Forum Talent Potential 6 Step Model: http://www.forum-talent-potential.org

Link to the benchmarks (click here)

Link to the Careers and Enterprise Website: https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk

Reference: The Careers and Enterprise Company (2017), The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit

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Benchmark 5: Encounters with Employers and Employees

Further materials

Link to the Careers and Enterprise Website: https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk

The Careers and Enterprise Company (2017), The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit

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Hertfordshire LMI Video:

Benchmark 6: Experiences of the workplace

Further materials

YC Hertfordshire Website:www.ychertfordshire.org

YC Hertfordshire offer mapped to the Gatsby Benchmarks (click here).

Careers and Enterprise Company Website: https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk

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Benchmark 7: Encounters of further and higher education

Further materials

The Careers and Enterprise Company (2017), The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit

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Benchmark 8: Personal Guidance

Further materials

YC Hertfordshire Website: www.ychertfordshire.org

YC Hertfordshire offer mapped to the Gatsby Benchmarks (click here).

Careers and Enterprise Company Website: https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk

The Careers and Enterprise Company (2017), The Gatsby Benchmark Toolkit

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Overview on the Gatsby Benchmarks

Here a lecture by Dr. Nicki Moore on the Gatsby Benchmarks.

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