Those students who did not achieve their predicted grades will be particularly vulnerable following a significant scaling back in advice and guidance services across England, according to the professional body.
Redundancies among careers advisers as a result of local authority budget cuts and the government’s move to introduce a national all-age careers service have left advice and guidance services depleted and unlikely to be able to cater for the 300,000 school leavers in England this year, the group said.
Sarah Finnegan-Dehn, president elect of the Institute of Career Guidance, said: "We are concerned that many school leavers who have failed to get their projected A level grades will not be able to access professional careers advice on their options because of massive cuts in the careers service.
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