A report by the group of 11- to 18-year-olds, following an inquiry on the issue, has called on the government to hand education inspectorate Ofsted a new duty to inspect the organisation charged with delivering careers guidance reforms.
The government gave the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) responsibility to co-ordinate part of its careers strategy in January 2018, which included helping schools meet eight benchmarks - known as the Gatsby Benchmarks.
These benchmarks replaced a previous obligation on schools to offer all students two weeks of compulsory work-related activity - usually interpreted as a placement - at ages 14 to 16, with programmes of activities designed individually by schools in line with the benchmarks.
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