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North East Ambition Career Benchmarks: Primary Pilot. Year 1 report

This interim evaluation report compromises of data and intelligence gathered at the start of the Pilot and at the end of Year 1.

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The North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) teamed up with the EY Foundation to deliver the Career Benchmarks: Primary Pilot.

The Career Benchmarks: Primary Pilot is a 2 year project that build on the success of the transformational Good Career Guidance Benchmark Pilot (2015-17) that led to the Benchmarks forming a central part of DfE’s 2017 Career’s Strategy.

The aims of the Pilot are to translate the Good Career Guidance Benchmarks for use and implementation in primary settings and to work with 70 primary schools to test how they work. We want to understand the support and capacity needed by schools to make measurable and rapid progress towards the achievement of the Benchmarks.

North East Ambition Career Benchmarks: Primary Pilot. Year 1 report

Evidence tells us that high quality careers education, information, advice and guidance can help young people reach their potential and make a successful transition from school to further study and employment.

The aims of the Pilot are to translate the Good Career Guidance Benchmarks for use and implementation in primary settings and to work with 70 primary schools to test how they work. We want to understand the support and capacity needed by schools to make measurable and rapid progress towards the achievement of the Benchmarks.

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Evaluating the impact of careers-related learning in North East primary schools

Matt Joyce, Regional Lead: North East Ambition at the North East LEP, has been involved in piloting a new approach to careers-related learning in primary schools for the last two years. He explains what, for him, have been the most important outcomes of the project.

We’ve just finished evaluating the two-year North East Ambition Career Benchmarks: Primary Pilot which involved 70 primary schools in our region. Schools were supported to embed careers-related learning throughout the curriculum and for children of all ages, from early years through to key stages one and two, using a framework based on the Good Career Guidance Benchmarks, which have already been proven to have positive outcomes in secondary schools and colleges. 

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