Author: Susan Lewis

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ways Careerpilot can support schools in delivering the Careers Statutory Guidance 2018

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2/11/72	Every school to secure independent careers guidance for all year 8 to 13 pupils. This makes sure that all pupils have access to external sources of information on the full range of education and training options.	Careerpilot provides detailed information on the range of choices available to young people at 14, 16 and 18. Career Tools enable students to personalise their choices and prepare for a guidance interview. Careers advisers and school teachers can add ‘Adviser Comments’ to a student’s Careerpilot report. Choices and comments can be viewed in the Careerpilot Reporting Zone by all those supporting the student and the student themselves.
3	All schools and academies to ensure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to access all pupils in year 8 to year 13	Careerpilot can support school in providing students with access to a range of providers and finding out what they offer through the Find a Provider tool which has information on 1000s of providers across the South of England with links to their offers and other key information.
12	The Government expects all schools to use the Gatsby Benchmarks to improve their careers provision.	Careerpilot maps to the Gatsby Benchmarks.
16	Every school should have their own careers programme in place	Careerpilot can contribute to a whole school careers programme as it can be used across all key stages. Students can register on the site and each year they will be moved up. They can complete Career Tools to indicate their choices and save /edit these as they move through their time in school/college. Reports will indicate to the school the choices students are making.
17	The presence of a named individual in each school with appropriate skills and experience (a Careers Leader) is important to ensure the leadership and coordination of a high quality careers programme	Careerpilot is a source of up-to-date and reliable information and tools to help keep the designated Careers Leader up to date and will provide a useful resource to refer to themselves and to refer students, parents and other teacher to. The site has a student, parents and adviser zones and the Reporting Zone will enable the Careers Leader to view reports showing student choices.
21/22	Every pupil, and their parents/carers, should have access to good quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. Schools should make sure that, by the age of 14, all pupils have accessed and used information about career paths and the labour market to inform their decisions on study options.	Careerpilot has information on all study pathways and options and has LMI information about 800 jobs and the Careerometer tool so that students can compare up to three jobs. Careerpilot also links to LEP predicted growth job sectors in the South of England
26	The school careers programme should raise the aspirations of all pupils but also be tailored to individual need.	Careerpilot can be accessed free by all students and provides impartial and inspiration information about jobs and pathways that can be tailored to individual needs through the Career Tools which allow students to make individual choices

15 ways Careerpilot can support schools in delivering the
Careers Statutory Guidance 2018

34	Schools should ensure that young people understand the programmes available to support them with the costs associated with staying in post-16 further education	Careerpilot has up-to-date information on funding for all types of post 16 education including additional information for those in care and with a disability.
39—44	Schools should ensure that careers guidance for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is differentiated, where appropriate, and based on high aspirations and a personalised approach.	Careerpilot has jobs and choices information appropriate for a range of students including SEND students. The site also has links to LA offers for SEND students. Students with SEND can explore and personalise their choices in the Career Tools with the support of an adviser and use the Careerpilot Report for Pathways Planning meetings.
45	Subject teachers should also support the school’s approach to careers education and guidance.	Careerpilot will soon have a tool which will enable students to start with a subject and find out what job and course options it leads to. This can be used by subject teachers as a tool to improve students understanding and used by individual students to plan their own progression.
46	Schools should ensure that, as early as possible, pupils understand that good maths skills are a necessary element of citizenship, and that studying maths and science can lead to a wide range of career choices.	Careerpilot reinforces this message and also has specific STEM job sectors, jobs, video stories from STEM employers and students.
48	Schools should make clear to pupils that if they do not achieve a grade 4 or better in GCSE maths and English by the end of key stage 4 they will be required to continue working towards this aim as part of their 16-19 study programme	In the Choices at 14 and Choices at 16 sections the importance of trying to achieve a 4-9 grade in English and Maths and what will happen if they do not is explained. All 22 job sectors and the 100s of job profiles explain entry requirements which often refer to GCSE requirements which helps to reinforce to young people the importance of these qualifications.
50—56	Schools should help pupils gain the confidence to compete in the labour market by providing opportunities to gain the practical know-how and attributes that are relevant for employment	Careerpilot reinforces this message through providing LMI tools which are accessible, job profiles with LMI , video stories from employers and employees. The Pre and Post 16 Skills Map tool enables students to record employer encounters and say what they have learnt from them
57	High quality and meaningful work experience forms a required part of 16-19 study programmes	Careerpilot has a section to help students choose and plan their work experience and the job sectors and job profiles can help them decide what WEX will suit their needs and interests. The Skills Maps for pre and post 16 students can help show which skills to develop and can be used to record skills learnt when the WEX has been completed
58—59	Schools should encourage young people to consider what career options different educational choices open up and close down and that they are clear they must continue in education or training until at least their 18th birthday.	Careerpilot shows the implication of choices on future careers and also what different jobs want. The site makes clear to young people that they have to stay in education and training until 18 but there are a range of ways to do this. Careerpilot can be used from Y7 so that students have time to explore and decide their options.
60	Schools should encourage pupils to use information tools such as websites and apps which display information about opportunities	Careerpilot is an independent website that is co-funded by 20 universities and through NCOP projects. It provides impartial advice about all options from age 13 - 19. The site aims to provide a one-stop portal by providing detailed information on the range of choices, with links to other reliable websites where users can get additional information. The site also has a 'Parent Zone' an 'Adviser Zone' and a ‘Reporting Zone’.

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WVPC/ Jan 2018 Contact: careerpilot@bath.ac.uk