Quality in Careers

WELCOME TO THE QUALITY IN CAREERS WEBSITE

The Quality in Careers Standard is the national quality award for overall careers education and guidance provision in secondary schools, colleges and Independent Training Providers.

This link takes to the section “What is the Quality in Careers Standard?”

The Standard is accessible in England, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands and is fully aligned with the Gatsby Benchmarks for “Good Career Guidance”.

The Standard is “strongly recommended” by, and fully  complies with, the Department for Education’s ”statutory guidance”.

The Consortium also offers a process of “national endorsement” for awarding bodies providing quality awards for careers education in primary schools:

This link takes you to the section on primary school quality awards:  https://www.qualityincareers.org.uk/careers-education-in-primary-schools

 

 

Information for schools and colleges

A brief introduction to the Standard

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Guide to the Standard

The detailed guide to the Standard with its national accreditation criteria as aligned to the Gatsby Benchmarks

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Our Licensed Awarding Bodies

The geographic areas they cover and their contact details

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The Assessment Guide

The full details of what our Quality in Careers assessors will require schools and colleges to evidence in order to achieve the Standard

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Quality in Careers Standard “Award Holders” achieve highest Gatsby Benchmark scores – January 2025

The Careers and Enterprise Company’s independent detailed analysis of the Compass (Gatsby Benchmarks) scores for Quality in Careers Standard “Award Holders” published January 2025 shows that Education institutions accredited under the Quality in Careers Standard achieved an average of 6.5 Gatsby Benchmarks in 2023/24. This is 0.4 benchmarks higher than the previous year. The average […]

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