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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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools<\/a>.<\/p> Data on experiences of the workplace is captured by the Careers and Enterprise Company and their latest findings are available at: 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> 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>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1676455/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Secondary schools and colleges are expected to adopt the government\u2019s careers framework, the Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance, to develop and improve their careers programmes. The benchmarks describe eight aspects of high-quality careers guidance based on international evidence. A link to the guidance can be found here: https://www.gatsby.org.uk/education/focus-areas/good-career-guidance<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Gatsby Benchmark 6 sets out that every pupil should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks. The criteria for meeting the benchmark are that by the age of 16, every pupil should have had at least one experience of a workplace, additional to any part-time jobs they may have. By the age of 18, every pupil should have had one further such experience, additional to any part-time jobs they may have. The proportion of schools and colleges fully achieving Gatsby Benchmark 6 has increased from 37% in 2017/18 to 64% in 2022/23.<\/p> <\/p> The department is funding The Careers & Enterprise Company to support schools and colleges, through their network of local Careers Hubs, to deliver experiences of workplaces. Funding for 2023/24 will deliver three distinct strands of activity:<\/p> The department will ensure that all of the learning and good practice from this work is disseminated widely and will inform future policy on work experience.<\/p>"}
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All registered providers are required to meet the OfS\u2019s condition of registration. Where the OfS finds that a provider has breached a condition of registration, it will take the required action.<\/p>