Who is responsible for ensuring good careers guidance in school?
In 2013, the education select committee criticised the decision made by the Department for Education to transfer the responsibility for careers guidance to schools in the face of international evidence that this is not the best solution for young people. The charity Education and Employers published survey findings that highlighted a mismatch between young people's career aspirations and the realities of the labour market. So it is important that governors and trustees continue to rigorously hold head teachers to account for providing a broad and balanced curriculum, which includes the statutory duty to provide independent careers guidance.
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