Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)

Education Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 25 Jan 2022 Closed: 23 Nov 2023 Parliament page
The Education Committee is holding an inquiry on the effectiveness of the careers advice given to students. The inquiry will be a root and branch review of how well the current system for careers education, information, advice and guidance is working (CEIAG). It will have a particular focus on CEIAG … Read more
5 Recommendations
38 Conclusions
1 Report
7 Oral sessions
7 Events
Activity timeline 16 events
21 Sep
2023
Report published
29 Jun
2023
Report published
14 Mar
2023
Oral evidence
14 Mar
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
24 Jan
2023
Oral evidence
24 Jan
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
10 Jan
2023
Oral evidence
10 Jan
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
29 Nov
2022
Oral evidence
29 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
15 Nov
2022
Oral evidence
15 Nov
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 7 sessions
14 Mar 2023
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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG)
Roger Cotes · Department for Education Rt Hon Robert Halfon · Department for Education
24 Jan 2023
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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance
Graeme Napier · Academies Enterprise Trust John Snell · Welton Primary School Mr Richard Hamer · BAE Systems Robert Peston · ITV News
10 Jan 2023
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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance
Anthony Barnes · The Quality in Careers Consortium Joe Pardoe · Big Education Academy Trust Jo Sykes · Co-op Academy Trust Nick Chambers · Education and Employers Charity
29 Nov 2022
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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance
Harley Hayley Hollie Holly James Maddelin Mariam
15 Nov 2022
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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (3 of 8)
Oli de Botton · Careers and Enterprise Company Roger Cotes · Department for Education
25 Oct 2022
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Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (2 of 7)
Chris Jeffries · DevClever Katharine Horler · Careers England Paul Warner · Association of Employment and Learning Providers Philip Le Feuvre · NCFE
6 Sep 2022
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Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (1 of 7)
Alice Barnard · Edge Foundation Chris Percy, Independent Quantitative Researcher and Consultant Dr Rebecca Montacute · Sutton Trust Professor Tristram Hooley · University of Derby
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guida… HC 54 29 Jun 2023 43 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
8 results
Clear
5 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Careers and Enterprise Company achieving positive results but requiring full expansion of Careers Hubs.
The Careers and Enterprise Company appears to have made improvements over the past few years and is achieving positive results, particularly through the expansion of Careers Hubs. 90% of schools and colleges are now part of a Careers Hub: we … Read more
Government Response
The government welcomes progress, stating 90% of schools are already in Careers Hubs and all will be offered the opportunity to join by 2024, with 95% expected to be part of the network. They will consider how to scale up this ambition to 100% as part of the Strategic Action Plan for Careers.
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7 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Mandate Careers and Enterprise Company ensures 100% school participation in Careers Hubs by 2024 with sufficient funding.
The Department should set an objective for the Careers and Enterprise Company to ensure that 100% of schools and colleges are part of Careers Hubs by the end of 2024, and must provide the CEC with the appropriate resources and … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the benefits and expects to offer all secondary schools and colleges the opportunity to join a Careers Hub by 2024, aiming for 95% participation. They will consider how to scale up to 100% as part of the Strategic Action Plan for Careers.
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10 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Adapt National Careers Service website content for under-18s or establish an accessible alternative platform.
The Department should either work with DWP to ensure that the National Careers Service website has content appropriate and accessible to young people under 18 or create an alternative to the National Careers Service website which is accessible to and … Read more
Government Response
The government partially accepts, stating it is investing to develop content, improving website navigation and branding, enhancing the helpline, and committing to providing links to suitable websites for under 18s and creating a one-stop-shop for skills training.
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28 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Develop a national platform for schools and employers to collaborate on work experience.
The Department should develop a national platform for work experience placements, which includes virtual opportunities, allowing schools and employers to collaborate over finding and organising placements. It should work with the Careers and Enterprise Company to ensure that Careers Hubs … Read more
Government Response
The government partially accepts, commissioning the CEC to review and recommend enhancements to existing digital infrastructure for work experience. A national platform is deemed a longer-term aspiration, whose feasibility will be considered as part of the Strategic Action Plan for Careers.
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32 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Develop solutions to counter school incentives biasing pupils towards academic routes.
The Department should develop potential solutions to the problem of schools being incentivised to encourage pupils to follow academic routes. As a first step, it must ensure that Ofsted are giving appropriate weight to employment and vocational routes when looking … Read more
Government Response
The government describes existing Ofsted assessments for careers provision and how it promotes unbiased advice. It commits to a new DfE and UCAS partnership from autumn 2023, allowing students to explore apprenticeship opportunities alongside university courses on the UCAS Hub, promoting them as positive destinations, but does not explicitly detail new solutions for school incentives or how Ofsted will specifically weigh destination data.
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36 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Collect and publish data on SENCO careers training, ensuring all are fully trained.
The Department should work with the CEC to collect and publish data on the proportion of SENCOs who have undertaken careers training, and set out the steps it intends to take to ensure that all SENCOs are fully trained and … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees on the importance of SEND careers support, stating it funds the CEC to develop Careers Leader training (including for SENCOs) and will ask CEC to continue working with partners like NASEN to enhance SENCO professional development. However, it does not commit to collecting and publishing data on SENCO careers training or outlining steps to ensure all SENCOs are fully trained.
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39 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Scale up Pupil Premium Plus funding nationwide and mandate careers advice provision by local authorities.
The Department must scale up its programme of expanded Pupil Premium Plus funding to cover all areas of the country and ensure that, as a condition of receiving the funding, local authorities are providing young people with access to careers advice.
Government Response
The Department has scaled up Pupil Premium Plus-style funding to £24 million for all local authorities from 2023–24, meeting the first part of the recommendation. However, it states that Virtual School Heads will have discretion over the funding's use and are only 'asked to consider' improving careers advice, rather than making it a mandatory condition.
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40 Conclusion Accepted in Part
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Conduct research into young carers' CEIAG barriers and implement targeted support programmes.
The Department should conduct research into the experience of CEIAG among young carers and the barriers they face. Following this, it should use its learning from its existing pilot programmes for disadvantaged groups to put in place targeted support for … Read more
Government Response
The government has added young carers to the school census to identify support needs, partially addressing the research component. It outlines existing measures like Pupil Premium Plus, increased apprenticeship bursaries, and Civil Service internships to support young carers, but does not explicitly detail new targeted support based on learning from existing pilot programmes.
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Government Response AI assessment · 43 of 5 classified
Accepted 22
Accepted in Part 8
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 7
Total 5 recs + 38 conclusions