Specialist colleges are providing varying quality of careers guidance to SEND learners amid a lack of support from local authorities and gaps in communication with parents and employers, Ofsted has found.
The findings, published today, come from a 2022 mandate from the Department for Education for Ofsted to review careers provision in specialist settings.
Inspectors visited four specialist colleges, three pupil referral units and five special schools during the 2023 summer term.
They found mixed results in the careers guidance strategies in SEND colleges, integration of careers education into the curriculum and the support received from local authorities.
