Gatsby Benchmarks

Schools are held account to meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks. These are a set of 8 benchmarks that research has shown provide students with an excellent careers education. At WHSG we constantly try to meet these and our improvement planning is based around this. Below is a set of useful links, for our school community, that will help students to experience careers education across all of the benchmarks.

1. A stable careers programme ​

2. Learning from careers and labour market information  ​

Courses to improve employability skills - Find a course | National Careers Service 

National Service - Get the Jump: explore your education and training choices

Website to search for university courses - Discover Uni Home | Discover Uni 

Labour Market Information - CITB in your local area - CITB

Labour Market Information - LMI For All – LMI For All 

3. Addressing the needs of each student

Securing Good Transitions: A resource pack to support the next steps of Key Stage 4 pupils with SEND | Whole School SEND

4. Linking curriculum learning to careers

Click here to find information of how different subjects can help you to follow different careers paths.

STEM careers toolkit | CEC Resource Directory (careersandenterprise.co.uk)

The Skills Builder Partnership

5. Encounters with employers and employees 

Careers notice board here.

Make the most of a careers fair | National Careers Service

Virtual internships | National Careers Service

STEM careers toolkit | CEC Resource Directory (careersandenterprise.co.uk)

6. Experiences of workplaces 

7. Encounters with further and higher education

The Parents’ Guide to UCAS personal statements – 2023 edition (theparentsguideto.co.uk)

Getting a degree - is an apprenticeship or university the right choice for your child? (theparentsguideto.co.uk)

What's next? | The Parents' Guide to (theparentsguideto.co.uk)

Find a course | National Careers Service

T Levels for students | T Levels

Higher technical qualifications (HTQs) | National Careers Service

Apprenticeships

Find a traineeship - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Supported internships | National Careers Service

Get the Jump: explore your education and training choices | National Careers Service

List of Colleges in the UK | Association of Colleges (aoc.co.uk)

Technical Education Pathways Resource | CEC Resource Directory (careersandenterprise.co.uk)

Aelp - key facts

Register of apprenticeship training providers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Study | Institutes of Technology

Home | University Technical Colleges (utcolleges.org)

Find a UTC | University Technical Colleges (utcolleges.org)

Welcome | Studio Schools Trust

Register of apprenticeship training providers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

T Levels | The Next Level Qualification

Amazing Apprenticeships

Post 16 options | National Careers Service

Post 18 options | National Careers Service

Jobcentre Plus support rolled out to schools - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

8. Personal guidance 

A parents' toolkit for career conversations (talkingfutures.org.uk)