How schools and further education establishments are measured to ensure that young people are fit for work and what regulation needs to be in place to ensure this happens. A presentation by Marina Gaze SHMI at the East Midlands Skills Summit on 9 June 2015.

1. Measuring schools and further
education and skills providers on
learners’ employability skills and
outcomes
Marina Gaze SHMI
June 2015

2. The context for careers guidance
The raising of the participation age
The high youth unemployment
Increasing number of young people whose
destinations are ‘unknown’
The 16 to 19 study programmes

3. The 16-19 study programmes
The underpinning principles of the
study programmes, which require
that:
all providers of 16-19 education and
training should develop well-designed
individual study programmes that
offer 16-19 learners progression to a
higher level of study than their prior
attainment to meet clear educational
and career aspirations.

4. School inspection handbook
September 2014 (para 154)
Inspectors should explore:
the extent to which the school has developed and implemented a
strategy for ensuring that all pupils in Years 8 to 13 receive effective
careers guidance
the impact of this guidance in helping young people to make
informed choices about their next steps
how well the school meets the needs of all vulnerable groups of
pupils, including reducing the numbers who do not continue to
education, employment or training
how well the school works with families to support them in
overcoming the cultural obstacles that often stand in the way of the
most able pupils from deprived backgrounds attending university.

5. School inspection handbook
September 2014 (2)
Quality of leadership in and management of the school
- Paragraph 155
Inspectors should explore:
how effectively the school works in partnership with
other schools, early years providers, external agencies
and the community (including business) to improve the
school, extend the curriculum and increase the range
and quality of learning opportunities for pupils.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ofsted-
inspections-of-maintained-schools

6. The growth in apprenticeships

7. New Common Inspection Framework
2015
 for schools, non-association independent schools, further
education and skills providers and registered early years
providers.
 under it – four graded judgements across all remits.
 leadership and management;
 teaching, learning and assessment;
 personal development, behaviour and welfare;
 outcomes for children and learners
and greater emphasis on safeguarding and curriculum.
 will provide greater clarity, coherence and comparability
for users, learners, parents and employers.

8. Thank you