Quality in Careers

National Register of Award Holders

This page provides links to the National Register of Award Holders of the Quality in Careers Standard.

The National Register includes details of all secondary schools, colleges and other learning providers who have been successfully assessed and are currently accredited by one of our Licensed Awarding Bodies to hold the national Quality in Careers Standard.

By clicking on the map below, you can access the National Register which shows Award Holders in each of the 9 Regions in England plus those in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. The Register also shows the name of the Awarding Body.

We strongly recommend that secondary schools, colleges and other learning providers looking to start ‘working towards’ the Standard make contact with one or more of our Awarding Bodies as well as speaking with one or more holders of the Standard.

January 2024 headline figures of schools and colleges engaged with the Standard:

Almost four years after the COVID-19 pandemic began and seriously disrupted many facets of education, including time to work towards the Standard –  the level of active engagement of schools and colleges with the national Standard has regained momentum and, at the start of 2024, the figures were:

  • 745 schools and colleges held the award, 660 of which the Careers and Enterprise Company was able to match with its “Compass” data to compare Gatsby Benchmark performance.
  • A further 534 schools and colleges were actively “working towards” assessment in 2024.

So, at the start of January 2024, there were 1279 schools and colleges actively engaged with the national Standard – this is the highest engagement figure and includes some 30% of England’s state secondary schools & academies as well as 30% of England’s FE & Sixth Form Colleges.

 

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Important Notes:

Whilst this page doesn’t include details of secondary schools, colleges and other providers who are currently ‘working towards’ achieving the Standard, you may also ask our Awarding Bodies if there are learning providers near you who are currently ‘working towards’ the Standard.

When reading this section, for schools or colleges which previously held a then valid individually named CEIAG Quality Award (e.g. “Investor in Careers”, or “Career Mark”), please note that these individually named awards ceased to be awarded in March 2017. They have been replaced by the single national CEIAG Quality Award – the Quality in Careers Standard.

In April 2017, the previous providers of those individually named awards became Licensed Awarding Bodies for the national Quality in Careers Standard. 

The Consortium Board agreed that the three Awarding Bodies shown below could retain using their well-established brands to describe their approach to the delivery of the national Quality in Careers Standard:

  • “Investor in Careers” is now the branded approach of the legal entity which is the Licensed Awarding Body CSW Group. 
  •  “Career Mark” is now the branded approach of the legal entity which is the Licensed Awarding Body  Complete Careers.
  • “Inspiring IAG” is now the branded approach of the legal entity which is the Licensed Awarding Body Positive Steps.

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Disclaimer: The Quality in Careers Consortium is not responsible for the content of external websites referred to or linked to in any part of our website. The Consortium is not liable in relation to, and neither takes responsibility for, any contract entered into by visitors to this website.

Hyperlinks: Whilst we endeavour to ensure all links included are correct and working, from time to time links do not work correctly. We would be grateful if you could please report any broken or incorrect links on this website by completing our Get in Touch form or emailing pac@qualityincareers.org.uk

 

 

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