In a speech at the Grammar School Heads’ Association annual conference today, John Cridland warned that the quality of careers guidance had left young people with little knowledge of what employers expect.
“We know careers advice is on life support in many areas, as schools struggle to deal with the new statutory duty,” he told the conference.
“It’s right that schools should have the freedom to run their own affairs – but the government may have adopted too laissez-faire an approach with serious consequences for our young people.
“Young people need reliable, high-quality advice, but the system is too dependent on individual teachers or it’s left to family and friends to try and pick up the pieces – that’s simply not good enough.”
He said that the National Careers Service must do more to reach out to young people via social media and start offering face-to-face advice in schools.
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