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Leading careers education information advice and guidance (CEIAG) in secondary schools

This report aims help school leaders provide high-quality advice and guidance to their students by providing practical strategies that have already been successfully developed in a range of different schools, through a series of case studies.

The findings indicate that effective careers education information advice and guidance (CEIAG) is an extremely important component of school provision as it impacts upon students' aspirations, achievement and therefore potentially their life chances and social mobility.

Case studies

Each case study in this report sought to explore:

• the ways in which school leaders have developed a vision and a culture that promotes CEIAG across the school
• successful models developed by schools to deliver advice and guidance
• the range of staff involved in the leadership, development and implementation of CEIAG and their partnerships with external groups
• the role of continuing professional development in supporting CEIAG
• ways in which the impact of CEIAG can be effectively monitored and evaluated

Key messages

The report describes different curriculum models, with the integration of CEIAG across the curriculum as the preferred approach allied to a strong emphasis on partnership working. The project outcomes have been distilled into two sets of key messages, one for school leaders and one for policymakers.