Evidence and Reports

This new report presents trends in careers education over the past two years. It is focused on areas relevant to current debates and where there has been substantial change since before the pandemic.

School-mediated support is particularly important for those from lower socio-economic backgrounds as it helps expose students to a range of people, jobs and career options.

This report presents the findings of the Personal Guidance Fund including the effectiveness of different approaches and the impact of personal guidance on students.

This report investigates the impact of the training, a follow-up survey and data showing Gatsby Benchmark achievement.

This report presents the findings of the Primary Fund Evaluation including evidence and examples of what effective career-related learning in primary education looks like.

This research explores how careers leadership is delivered in practice, effective approaches for embedding careers across a college, and how Careers Hubs and Enterprise Advisers support delivery.

This report presents the findings of The Careers & Enterprise Company's Fund - Part B that tested innovative approaches to careers guidance with young people from disadvantaged groups.

This report analyses the level of Gatsby Benchmark achievement reported by English schools in 2017/18 to the education, employment, or training destinations sustained by their leavers during 2018/19.

The Careers & Enterprise Company created the Future Skills Questionnaire for measuring student progress in the knowledge and skills needed for making successful transitions after secondary education.

This report reviews the ways schools, colleges & local authorities are collecting data, including good practice, and how high quality destination tracking could improve support for students.

This report estimates the return on investment (ROI) of personal guidance. Personal guidance is the provision of guidance interviews to young people in secondary education.

Read our benchmark report on careers and enterprise provision in England’s secondary schools and special schools in 2019.