Quality in Careers

WELCOME TO THE QUALITY IN CAREERS WEBSITE

The Quality in Careers Standard is the national quality award for careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) in secondary schools, colleges and work-based learning.

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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Consortium Board Meeting notes 22nd March 2022

The Board met again via Zoom. Here are the notes of the meeting including additional decisions taken following the close of the meeting via electronic communications between the Board and the Acting Chairman of the meeting during the absence of the Chairman due to illness.Notes of Consortium Board virtual meeting 22.3.22

Guidance Note for Quality in Careers Assessments: Benchmark 6 and our associated national criteria

Some schools and colleges have raised some concerns over how to meet this Benchmark and its associated Quality in Careers criteria arising from the on-going impact of the pandemic and its aftermath. We appreciate the difficulty – and it is a complicated issue. Hence this guidance note in preparing for assessments. GUIDANCE NOTE for Quality in […]

News – 30th March 2022: DfE provides the Quality in Careers Consortium with further grant funding for 2022-23

Speaking today, Dr Barrie Hopson, Chairman of the Consortium Board said: “I’m delighted to announce that the Department for Education is continuing its strong support of the Consortium and the national Quality in Careers Standard for secondary schools and colleges in 2022-23. For a fourth successive year, we’ve been successful in our application for grant […]