Exploring key facilitating factors to achieving the eight Gatsby Benchmarks in secondary schools in Kent
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https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4704Keywords:
Career education, Career leaders, Gatsby Benchmarks, SchoolsAbstract
The 2017 UK Careers Strategy required schools to meet the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. This paper describes a survey of Careers Leaders in schools in Kent which finds that key to success with the Gatsby Benchmarks were support from the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), sufficient resources as well as earmarked staff and curriculum time. This was irrespective of school type. The results indicate that SLTs within schools need to engage with career development activities, ensure that they are fully resourced, and allow them to pervade throughout their institutions.
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