It’s a systematic approach to raising standards, provides confidence in and an assurance of quality to the education policy community and is directly linked to wider school and college improvement.
- 96% of education leaders say it will lead to improved careers provision.
- 86% say it will lead to improved student outcomes.
- 72% say it has established strong links between careers and school improvement.
The Careers Impact System sets clearly defined standards as to what good looks like in careers leadership and careers provision – in what is called a maturity model – and maps the pathway towards achieving it – showing how careers leadership and excellence is a driver for overall school and college improvement.
- Enables education leaders to link careers to school and college improvement priorities
- Locks continuous improvement into Careers Leaders’ approach to achieving the Gatsby Benchmarks
- Assures confidence in the quality of careers guidance locally and nationally
- Elevates and reinforces the profession of Careers Leadership in schools and colleges.
The maturity model focuses on six key themes, which are rooted in the Gatsby Benchmarks.
The full Maturity Models can be found below.
The Internal Leadership Review is undertaken by and within schools and colleges bringing together key colleagues to examine current performance, identify what good looks like and how best to achieve it.
It should take place annually and should involve as many members of the Senior Leadership Team as possible (e.g. SLT link for Careers, Governor, Careers Leader, SENCO, Headteacher, etc.)
Once you have completed an ILR, you will be invited to a peer to peer review.
Peer to peer reviews bring together trios of schools and colleges across the Liverpool City Region.
Hosted by highly trained facilitators, each setting will have the opportunity to share their context, celebrate their successes and receive support on their highest leverage actions, with other settings acting as a critical friend to probe deeper into the strategic plan.
Peer to peer reviews should take place every three years and can be booked using this link.
