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1 THE SEND GATSBY . BENCHMARK TOOLKIT. Practical information and guidance for the Enterprise Adviser Network The SEND GATSBY BENCHMARK Toolkit | 1. The SEND GATSBY BENCHMARK Toolkit FOREWORD. CLAUDIA HARRIS, CEO, The Careers & Enterprise Company At the Careers & Enterprise Company, we want every young person to feel inspired and prepared for the world of work. We know that all young people face challenges in finding employment, but for the 14% of young people with special educational needs and disabilities, finding a job is even more complicated. Many of them face unique challenges in progressing from school to further learning and the workplace. The work of Sir John Holman and The GATSBY Charitable Foundation provides a blueprint of what good careers provision looks like. Our practical guide complements this important work and provides clear advice on how all schools can help young people with special educational needs and disabilities move into the fast-changing world of work.

2 The SEND GATSBY BENCHMARK Toolkit | 1. The SEND GATSBY BENCHMARK Toolkit INTRODUCTION. Practical signposting tools for the Enterprise Adviser Network This toolkit was created so that Enterprise Coordinators and Enterprise Advisers can better understand the career landscape for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We worked with experts who support young people with SEND to explore what positive outcomes for young people with SEND look like, and what can be achieved by working in partnership and drawing on best practice from around the country. THE CAREERS & ENTERPRISE. We are so pleased The Careers & Enterprise Company has COMPANY FOCUS. shared this practical guide of good practice, useful tips and The Careers & Enterprise Company inspires and prepares resources to better explain the career landscape for young young people for the fast-changing world of work.

3 We are people with special educational needs and disabilities the national network that connects schools and colleges, (SEND). At GATSBY , we believe that every young person employers and career programme providers to create needs high quality career guidance to make informed high-impact careers opportunities for young people. As an decisions about their future, whatever their needs, and this employer-led organisation, we seek to ensure the resources guide ensures that good practice for pupils with SEND is and support that is provided by employers has maximum shared through the Enterprise Adviser Network. Following impact to fuel young people's futures. the launch of the ambitious new Careers Strategy from the Our focus is to address the gap between education and Department for Education, we look forward to working employment by bringing together employers, schools, closely with The Careers & Enterprise Company to set out colleges, and careers programme providers to: further good practice in supporting young people with give young people multiple opportunities to get to know SEND.

4 The world of work, understand what work is, explore their options and build real confidence about their future Sir John Holman, Senior Adviser, The GATSBY Foundation use the Enterprise Adviser Network to bring the right people together to create strong connections between employers, careers programme providers and schools The Department for Education SEND Code of Practice 2015 and colleges in ways that put young people's futures first says it is important that young people start to think about their aspirations as early as possible and that from year 9 The evidence is compelling: a young person who has 4 or at the latest, there is help to start planning for a successful more high-quality encounters with an employer is 86% less transition to adulthood. This includes setting stretching and likely to be unemployed or not in education or training.

5 The ambitious outcomes, exploring further education or training Careers & Enterprise Company has set up a SEND working that will enable young people to secure paid work and other group to look more deeply at what effective employer opportunities for a positive adult life. For students with engagement looks like for young people with SEND. This more complex needs, a coordinated assessment process or includes: education, health and care plan (EHCP), which can continue considering young people's developmental ages when up to the age of 25, can help set out goals and support needs preparing appropriate careers activities in schools in relation to: i nvolving parents and carers in transitions between moving into paid employment and higher education education and employment independent living nsuring more employers are aware of the business e having friends and relationships and being part of the benefits of offering aspirational work experience, community supported internships and apprenticeships for young people with SEND.

6 Being as healthy as possible The SEND GATSBY BENCHMARK Toolkit | 2. The SEND GATSBY BENCHMARK Toolkit INTRODUCTION. Practical signposting tools for the Enterprise Adviser Network THE GATSBY BENCHMARKS THE COMPASS, TRACKER AND. This toolkit illustrates what good looks like across the PROVIDER DIRECTORY TOOLS. 8 GATSBY benchmarks identified in 2014 by the GATSBY To help schools meet the GATSBY benchmarks, we have Charitable Foundation in the report Good Career Guidance'. developed the Compass evaluation tool. Compass is a The 8 GATSBY benchmarks help schools deliver high quality fundamental building block of a stable careers programme careers and enterprise provision: which helps schools to: 1. A stable careers programme evaluate their careers activity in around 30 minutes 2. Learning from career and labour market information compare their school to the 8 GATSBY benchmarks for good careers guidance 3.

7 Addressing the needs of each pupil identify strengths and areas for improvement 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers access relevant online resources to help them improve on 5. Encounters with employers and employees their score 6. Experiences of workplaces share their results easily with their Enterprise 7. Encounters with further and higher education Coordinator and Adviser, along with other colleagues and key stakeholders 8. Personal guidance Good Career Guidance' and further resources can be downloaded from the GATSBY website. Once a school has completed a Compass evaluation they can use Tracker, an online planning tool designed to help: build and manage their annual development plan to Why the GATSBY benchmarks are important improve BENCHMARK scores The GATSBY benchmarks have a key role in: record events, classes and all careers activities in one ensuring young people can benefit from and contribute place to the success of the government's proposed new evaluate completed careers activities Industrial Strategy for the UK.

8 Access, download and share the careers plan in Word underpinning the Department for Education guidance or Excel with their Enterprise Coordinator, Enterprise to schools and colleges on meeting their statutory Adviser, colleagues, leadership team, Ofsted and other responsibility for careers guidance stakeholders raising young people's aspirations and promoting access to all career pathways To help schools find relevant career programme providers, enabling all young people to develop the skills and and meet the GATSBY benchmarks, we have developed the outlook they need to achieve career wellbeing, including Provider Directory. It has been designed so they can quickly adaptability and resilience and easily search by location and then filter by activity or The implementation of these benchmarks has been tested GATSBY BENCHMARK .

9 Over a two-year period in a pilot with 16 schools and colleges in the north-east of England with very successful results. Input from the GATSBY SEND working group has been integrated into this toolkit. The SEND GATSBY BENCHMARK Toolkit | 3. The SEND GATSBY BENCHMARK Toolkit INTRODUCTION. Practical signposting tools for the Enterprise Adviser Network UNDERSTANDING SEND IN MORE There are million young people with special needs in England; million in mainstream schools and over 100,000. DEPTH young people aged 13-18 in special schools. The Department for Education SEND Code of Practice 2015 The narrative is more complex for young people with SEND. defines special educational needs (SEN) as: According to a Mencap study from 2017: just 6% of people with learning disabilities are in employment, despite 60% wanting to and being able to be in work A child or young person has SEN if they have a a job is an opportunity for independence and to forge friendships learning difficulty or disability which calls for special educational provision to be made for him or her.

10 A. child of compulsory school age or a young person ACADEMIC AND CAREER OUTCOMES. has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she has FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SEND. a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the Young people with SEND are less likely to take exams that majority of others of the same age, or has a disability employers recognise, such as GCSEs. They also have higher which prevents or hinders him or her from making rates of unemployment than other students. use of educational facilities of a kind generally Many young people with SEND would benefit from additional career support such as supported internships, provided for others of the same age in mainstream apprenticeships and employment, extended workplace schools or mainstream post-16 institutions interviews, and supported enterprise activities and volunteering.