Building World Class Career Education and Guidance in Independent Schools

Tristram Hooley, presentation to the HMC Annual Conference, St Andrews 8th October 2015

Building world class career education and guidance in

independent schools

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OECD definition

Career guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers…

The activities may take place on an individual or group basis, and may be face-to-face or at a distance (including help lines and web-based services). (OECD, 2004)


What I’m going to cover

Impacts and research

Practice in independent schools

What is effective practice?

What does it look like?

Policy overview/ Drivers in the State sector









Recent history


The statutory guidance. (State) schools must…

• “ensure that all registered pupils at the school are provided with independent careers guidance from year 8 to year 13”

• be impartial and include information on a range of options• combine in-house arrangements with advice and guidance from

independent and external sources.• ensure that pupils understand that they are required to continue in

education or training (not just in school) until 18.• provide relevant information about all pupils to local authorities• notify local authorities when a 16 or 17 year old leaves• co-operate with LAs around Education, Health and Care plan and

SEN provision.









Types of careers support typically provided by schools in the UK

• information provision• career assessments and tests• career counselling• careers advice delivered by a non-careers professional• curricular interventions• further study/work-related learning• other extra-curricular interventions• frameworks for reflection


Three ways of thinking about this

• Activity based approach

• Service based approach

• Curriculum/learning based approach









Good career guidance (Gatsby)

• A stable careers programme• Learning from career and labour market information• Addressing the needs of each pupil• Linking curriculum learning to careers• Encounters with employers and employees• Experienced of workplaces• Encounters with further and higher education• Personal guidance


The Kent model of career education and guidance


The role of teachers


Tripartite approach to quality

• Quality in Careers Standard

• matrix Standard

• CDI professional register









Independent schools careers practice

• Not much research on this. • For the Gatsby research we visited:

– Berkhamsted School, Hertfordshire;– Downe House School, Newbury, Berkshire;– Dulwich College, London;– King Edward VI High, Edgbaston, Birmingham;– Magdalen College School, Oxford.

• We have also talked to the key external providers of careers services that target independent school.


Independent schools findings

• Frequently resource careers work well e.g. organising careers fairs, trips and visiting speakers.

• Commonly have a careers leader (“Head of Careers”). This may be a teacher or a guidance professional.

• Use of an external provider e.g. Inspiring Futures or COA to deliver advice and guidance and career assessments.

• Strong focus on university (UCAS).• Often extra-curricular or co-curricular rather than embedded.• Make use of parents and alumni for connections to the labour

market.


Boarding schools

• Careers and university preparation activities can be held after supper.

• Vocationally focused clubs e.g. Medical Society (often student run).

• But also some challenges due to often being situated away from employment centres.









Impacts on individuals

• Attainment

• Attendance/Retention

• Transition

• Life and career success


Policy impacts

• Labour market

• Education system

• Social impacts


Economic impacts

Career guidance •A wide range of career guidance interventions

Individual outcomes•Human capital•Social capital•Supported transitions

Primary economic outcomes• Increased labour market participation•Decreased unemployment•Enhanced skills and knowledge base•Flexible and mobile labour market

Secondary economic outcomes• Improved health•Decreased crime• Increased tax revenue•Decreased benefit costs

Macro-economic benefits•Deficit reduction•Productivity•Living standards•Economic growth


Further research

• The evidence base could be enhanced through the funding of research:– exploring the effective integration of employer engagement with other

elements of career guidance– exploring the integration of new technologies into career guidance– looking at the sequencing and deployment of interventions– further use of administrative datasets – RCTs– Longitudinal work


Worth reading

• Andrews, D. (2011) Careers Education in Schools Stafford: Highflyers Publishing • Bassot, B., Barnes, A., & Chant, A. (2013). A Practical Guide to Career Learning and

Development. Abingdon: Routledge. • Gatsby Charitable Foundation (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby.• Hutchinson, J. (2012). Career-related learning and science education. School Science Review,

346: 91-98.• Hutchinson, J. (2013). School Organisation and STEM Career-related Learning. York: National

STEM Centre.• Hutchinson, J., & Dickinson, B. (2014). Employers and schools. Local Economy, 29(3): 236-245. • Mann, A. (2012). Work experience: Impact and delivery - Insights from the evidence. London:

Education and Employers Taskforce. • Mann and Dawkins, 2014b Employer engagement in education: literature review. London:

Education and Employers Taskforce. • Mann, A. and Percy, C. (2013). Employer engagement in British secondary education: wage

earning outcomes experienced by young adults. Journal of Education and Work. CD• Watts, A.G. (2013). False dawns, bleak sunset: the Coalition Government's policies on career

guidance. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 4(1).

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My work on this subject

• Hooley, T. (2014). The Evidence Base on Lifelong Guidance. Jyväskylä, Finland: European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN).

• Hooley, T., Devins, D., Watts, A. G., Hutchinson, J., Marriott, J. and Walton, F. (2012). Tackling Unemployment, Supporting Business and Developing Careers. London: UKCES.

• Hooley, T., Matheson, J. & Watts, A.G. (2014). Advancing Ambitions: The role of career guidance in supporting social mobility. London: Sutton Trust.

• Hooley, T., Marriott, J. and Sampson, J.P. (2011). Fostering College and Career Readiness: How Career Development Activities in Schools Impact on Graduation Rates and Students' Life Success. Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby.

• Hooley, T., Marriott, J., Watts, A.G. and Coiffait, L. (2012). Careers 2020: Options for Future Careers Work in English Schools. London: Pearson.

• Hooley, T., Watts, A.G., Andrews, D. (2015). Teachers and Careers: The Role Of School Teachers in Delivering Career and Employability Learning. Derby: International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby.

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Tristram Hooley

Professor of Career Education

International Centre for Guidance Studies

University of Derby

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In summary

• Career learning should be at the heart of schooling.• The evidence base suggests school-wide approaches

that are linked to the curriculum are the most effective.• The evidence also highlights the importance of involving

employers and other key stakeholders. • How a school organises, manages and resources careers

work is likely to be critical for its effectiveness. • Many independent schools invest substantially in this

area.

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Building World Class Career Education and Guidance in Independent Schools