Practitioners
Information, advice and guidance
Careers guidance helps young people develop the knowledge, confidence and skills they need to make well-informed choices and plans that enable them to progress smoothly into further learning and work, now and in the future.
In this section:
Free resources and lesson plans - order now!
- EMA application forms
- STEM Careers resources
- Careers in Healthcare
Careers Education and IAG Policy: What schools need to do
Downloads: 
Practitioners Guide to 'Which Way Now?' and 'It's your choice'
Curriculum resources to challenge stereotyping
Understanding the labour market - A guide for schools
Constructing the future: Careers guidance for changing contexts
Free resources for Careers Education
Order It’s your choice, Which way now? and Practitioner’s guide 2010-2011 on Teachernet: http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk
If you have not already signed up, click on ‘Register now’ on the above web page.
To order EMA application packs phone 0845 602 2260 (option 1):
EMA application pack Ref: YPLA Due out April 2010.
Year 12 & 13 only: Learners with an EMA
Guarantee who were paid EMA during the
2008/09 academic year and/or 2009/10 EMA
years do not need to reapply. The EMA
Guarantee means that they will be eligible for
support at the same level until the end of the
academic year in which they turn 19. However,
some learners may choose to reapply if their
household income has reduced.
STEM careers resources
- Biology: Visit the Society of Biology for
- posters,
- jobs in biological sciences,
- university entry requirements,
- leaflets and profiles and
- advice.
- Chemistry: Go to Royal Socieity of Chemistry for
- Guides to chemistry degrees
- chemistry career profiles
- posters
- Mathematics: Go to www.mathscareers.org.uk for
- mathematics careers profiles
- posters, postcards and leafets
- Physics: Go to www.iop.org/education for
- targeted materials for KS3-5
- directory of physics degrees
- guidance on engaging girls
- posters
- STEM activity pack
- Engineering:
- For schools careers information visit www.tomorrowsengineers.org.uk or
- WISE for encouraging girls
- For an engineering institutions list and accredited courses visit The Engineering Council
- For technician and graduate careers information visit www.goodday.org.uk
Careers in Healthcare
Free education resources, including lesson plans are available from the NHS. Step into the NHS is a website and communications programme designed to raise awareness amongst 14 - 19 year olds of the wide range of careers in the NHS.
Careers Education and IAG Policy: What schools need to do
In October 2009, the Government launched a new strategy for IAG and published statutory
guidance on the principles of impartial careers education. They signal the biggest
shake-up of CEIAG in the last ten years. What does it mean for schools and PRUs?
This CEIAG Q&A briefing will help you decide where to start. Find out more on the CEGNET website.
Government Reforms in statutory education for 14 - 19 year olds
From 2013 young people will stay in learning for longer. The Education and Skills Act 2008 raised the participation age in learning to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015. Students who started Year 7 in September 2009 will be the first for whom it will be compulsory to stay in learning until they are 18 years old. High quality IAG will be essential in enabling these young people to make the most of the new opportunities that will be available to them. For more information, read Quality, Choice and Aspiration - A strategy for young people's information, advice and guidance.
For more information on the 14 - 19 agenda and what this means for anyone giving information, advice and guidance to 14 - 19 year olds in a learning environment, visit the IAG workforce or the 14 - 19 education and skills website. For more information on it's impact on the curriculum visit the 14 - 19 learning section of the QCA website. Both websites contain a wealth of information, including lesson plans, tools, templates and free downloads.
For more information about the Diploma visit www.direct.gov.uk/diplomas or for specific information about learning opportunities in Portsmouth, go to www.myfutureinportsmouth.co.uk
The Portsmouth 14 - 19 Consortium is co-ordinating the introduction of the diplomas and they will be delivered through schools, colleges, training providers and employers working together.
Statutory Guidance
Statutory Guidance: Impartial Careers Education was produced following a formal consultation which took place between 7 May and 30 July 2009. It gives governing bodies and heads of maintained secondary and middle schools (including academies and special schools), local authorities and teachers-in-charge of Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) advice on how to meet the statutory duty in relation to careers education and ensure that the young people for whom they are responsible receive the support they need.
The statutory guidance is accompanied by a resources pack which contains a range of materials designed to help schools/PRUs implement the guidance which will be issued in February 2010. Download the leaflet to find out what the Resources Pack will include.
Download the Ways & Choices lesson plans or visit Cegnet
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act
The Act ensures that all schools provide all young people with impartial information about apprenticeships and other 16-18 education and training options. More details.
Speak with your colleagues, members of the 14 - 19 sub-group or a member of the IAG team within Portsmouth's Integrated Youth Support Service. You may also find the following websites and documents of use:
The quality standards for information, advice and guidance outlines the framework for planning, managing and reviewing IAG services in a locality, in a co-ordinated way.
CEGNET is the website of the DCSF-funded national careers education/information, advice and guidance (CE/IAG) support programme. It provides access to a range of materials and resources. Sign up for the free 'Supporting Careers Education and IAG' e-newsletter to keep up to date with what is happening nationally.
The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) job is to develop the curriculum, improve and deliver assessments, and review and reform qualifications. They work with people in education and business to find practical ways to deliver government reforms.
Diploma Support includes materials to help you develop your knowledge of issues around IAG.
The Training and Development Agency (TDA) for Schools has professional development resources covering 14 - 19 pathways and other career related issues. They also have resources to help subject teachers introduce a careers dimension into subject delivery.
The Association for Careers Education and Guidance (ACEG) is the professional association for those involved in managing and delivering CE/IAG in schools and colleges.
The Institute of Careers Guidance is the professional association for careers guidance professionals.
You may also be interested in recently published research into the role of careers coordinators in schools, which you can download from DCSF publications.
SecED offers Secondary Education news and jobs. Download the digital version of 'The Qualifications and Credit Framework' supplement issued in January 2010.
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