IAG Changes in the wbl sector

A Quiz

1. Under the new legislation is it a statutory requirement for young people to be provided with Careers Advice?

Yes / No

Question 2

2. Are local authorities responsible for the delivery of IAG to learners at school?

Yes / No

Question 3

3. Where has Connexions-Direct, the Government's helpline for young people migrated to ?

Question 4

4. Which of the following are acceptable as the sole form of IAG given to a young person under the new legislation?

a. A web-based service

b. A telephone service,

c. Face-to-face guidance from a specialist provider.

Question 5

5. By what date will all providers of IAG in the schools be expected to hold the Matrix Standard?

Question 6

6. Will there be a specific grade of the IAG of a school in the new Ofsted framework?

Yes / No

Question 7

7. When does the new National Careers Service (NCS) go live?

Question 8

8. Who is to be responsible for the IAG and Careers Advice provided to ‘vulnerable’ young people in an academy school?

Question 9

9. Will schools be required to allow external careers services on their premises in future?

Yes / No

Question 10

10. In recent LSIS research on 1,000 new apprentices the majority identified Employers and Training Providers as providing the most useful IAG

What percentage of level 2’s listed

a. CSW b. Schools Tutors c. NAS

as having provided useful IAG to them?

Question 11

11. What departments in universities have taken on the responsibility to increase the numbers and diversity of applicants previously held by Aim Higher?

Question 12

12. At what dates does the Raising of the Participation Age (RPA) impact on those at the age of 17 and 18?

The Position

'The removal of this provision is permissive; it does not imply that these activities are unimportant, but that the Government considers that it is not necessary to legislate for them.'

John Hayes Minister for F.E.

The Context

The policy fits the cuts to

• Careers South West

• EBP’s

• Aim Higher

• Ofsted

Schools

• Are being told to review the level of need for careers education and guidance by their young people

• To develop ‘a costed delivery model for the future provision of careers education and guidance taking into account sources of funding and possible collaboration with the local network and other partners’.

Schools Cont’d

• To renew the school careers education and guidance policy and consider making arrangements to gain or renew a quality award for careers education and guidance

Local Authority Lead‘am really concerned ref the role schools will

soon take on as being mainly responsible for universal IAG.  I was at a meeting yesterday where DfE reported back that the dept's view of "impartial" IAG by schools is now being reduced to just signposting young people to the National Careers Service i.e. electronic or phone help line.  What we held onto as a bit of a lifeline i.e. having to buy in qualified independent IAG seems to have gone out of the window.  Scary times! ‘