| answer text |
<p>The careers statutory guidance makes it clear that schools and colleges should
offer every young person at least one experience of a workplace by age 16 and a further
experience by age 18. This captures a range of activities such as job shadowing, workplace
visits and volunteering. This guidance is accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Data
on experiences of the workplace is captured by the Careers and Enterprise Company
and their latest findings are available at: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/our-evidence/evidence-and-reports/insight-briefing-gatsby-benchmark-results-2022-2023/"
target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/our-evidence/evidence-and-reports/insight-briefing-gatsby-benchmark-results-2022-2023/</a>.
This data is based on a national dataset of 4,534 state-funded secondary schools and
colleges. In the 2022/2023 academic year, 68% of schools reported that the majority
of students had some experience of the workplace by the end of year 11, and over 77%
of schools reported that their students had experience of workplaces in year 12 or
year 13.</p><p>At post-16, pupils have access to work placement opportunities through
the T level programme. T levels are designed to equip students for skilled employment,
whilst also providing a high-quality route to further study, including apprenticeships,
higher technical education and degree level study. The programme includes a T level
industry placement where students spend a minimum of 315 hours working with external
employer(s), which equates to approximately 45 days. Since T levels were first introduced
in 2020, 94% of the 2020 cohort and 94.9% of the 2021 cohort have completed their
industry placement. This is a total of 4250 students who have successfully completed
their industry placements.</p>
|
|
