Resources : Senior Leaders

Work Experience student booklet

This booklet/workbook has been produced to help member institutions who are looking for a practical resource to help young people undertaking an experience of the workplace to record that experience to capture the learning and make links with future planning for their next steps.

Career Learner Journey Booklets

These booklets have been produced to support hub member institutions who are looking for engaging resources to help record career related learning and experiences.

Progressive Careers Programme Template

This template has been produced to support member schools and specialist settings who are putting together a progressive careers programme backed up by learning outcomes in line with 2025 benchmark 1 updates.

Career Development Institute - Professional Register    

Careers & Enterprise Company - Personal Guidance Resource pack    

Personal Guidance - what, when, how, why?    

Uni Connect - Higher Education Advice and Support    

Unitaster days - a directory of opportunities    

Advancing Access - A Russell Group Partnership    

Rapid reads - Amazing apprenticeships.    

Technical Education Pathways Resources

Teach First Directory of Opportunities

Teach First 'Directory of Pupil Career Opportunities' is an extensive document that brings together free resources, work experience placements, apprenticeships and grad schemes from some of the UK’s leading businesses.

Barclays LifeSkills

Learning designed to develop employability and financial confidence. They support across all school age groups, address key topics, link to the curriculum, and build knowledge year on year, all helping to reduce planning time whilst delivering meaningful skills development.  Registration is required (free).

Enterprise Education from Young Enterprise

Young Enterprise delivers practical, activity-based programmes providing applied learning opportunities for young people to develop key skills and make the connection between school and the world of work.

Careers in the Curriculum - Audit tool 

Produced by Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly Careers Hub, this resource has been created to help shift school culture towards distributed careers leadership and gives careers and subject leads a framework to support an audit of existing careers-related learning and establish picture of existing provision across the whole school. 

Careers in the Curriculum - What works?

This paper reviews research around 'careers in the curriculum'. The findings give an insight into what works, what the gaps are and seeks to improve both practice and policy making in relation to this area of work. 

Future Skills Questionnaires

The Future Skills Questionnaire (FSQ) is a tool to measure learners’ career-readiness. With different versions for different age groups careers leaders can learn more about learners' interests, knowledge, and skills. Brilliant for helping careers leaders to identify gaps, target support effectively and understand how to improve their careers programme for maximum impact.