From September, schools will have a legal duty to "secure access to independent and impartial" careers guidance for pupils.
Schools will be free to decide how to meet the new duty, but will not receive additional funding to pay for careers guidance, which has until now been funded by local authorities.
The ICG survey questioned 238 schools on how they are preparing for the changes. Asked what provision they plan to put in place from September, eight per cent said they intend to either do nothing, or refer pupils to websites and other online services, while one in three said they were yet to decide.
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