Providers offering careers guidance to children should offer tailored services to meet the needs of disadvantaged young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and children in care, experts have told MPs.
Giving evidence at a meeting of the House of Commons Education Select Committee, Anthony Barnes, professional adviser at the Quality in Careers Consortium, highlighted the need to address the experiences of disadvantaged students when designing career programmes.
“It’s a really important area we need to do more on,” he said.
