Young people say they are now better prepared than ever before to move into jobs after school as a result of careers education, says a new report published today.
A survey of 35,000 young people – the largest of its kind - shows their career readiness improves as they progress through school, rising from 45 per cent when they start secondary school in Year 7 to 67 per cent in Year 11 and 74 per cent in Year 13.
The survey is one of the key sets of data analysed in a new report looking at the progress and impact of careers education over the last 12 months – Ready for the Future – by The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC), together with a foreword from Lord Blunkett, following his recent Learning and Skills report, and senior commentators from business and education.
The longer schools have been in the careers system the more breadth and depth of exposure students have to employers, improving their ability to make informed choices about their future pathways. More than four in five schools (81%) in a Careers Hub since 2018 engage with at least ten businesses, compared with 48 per cent who are not in a Careers Hub.
