The announcement followed publication today of an Ofsted thematic review of careers advice services in 60 schools that showed just one in five were giving pupils information about a sufficiently wide range of career options.
The review concluded that more specific government guidance on the shape of careers advice in schools was needed after it found that most of the sites visited by Ofsted inspectors failed to adequately promote apprenticeships or vocational training and links with businesses were poor.
Many local authorities were also deemed to be not doing enough to assess whether schools were sufficiently identifying the support students needed post-16.
The government has published an action plan in response to the review, accepting many of Ofsted's recommendations for change. The response states: “We know that some schools are not always informing their pupils about alternative options post-14 and post-16 and in some cases refuse to co-operate with alternative providers. As a result, some young people are not able to make well-informed choices.
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