Gatsby Benchmarks

How can the Gatsby Benchmarks help our young people with SEND?
  • The Gatsby Benchmarks provide the structure for breaking down the barriers that would usually hinder a young person’s career outcome.
  • The Gatsby Benchmarks allow us to work with a young person to understand their career goals and achieve these objectives through a positive development programme.
  • Acknowledging the Gatsby Benchmarks is important in underpinning the Department for Education guidance to schools on meeting their statutory responsibility for careers guidance.

Why the Gatsby Benchmarks are important to us?

All of our career development programmes are cohesive with the approved Gatsby Benchmarks that ensure the advice and experience given to every young person is relevant and helpful in planning their careers decision. The SEND Gatsby Toolkit outlines the standards and outcomes we hope to encompass when approaching the careers landscape for young people with SEND.

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What are the Gatsby Benchmarks?

The 8 guidelines for providing high-quality careers education in schools and colleges.
1

A stable careers programme

Every school and college should have an embedded programme of career education and guidance that is known and understood by students, parents, teachers, governors and employers.
2

Learning from labour market information

Every student, and their parents, should have access to good quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities.
3

Addressing the needs of every pupil

Students have different career guidance needs at different stages. Opportunities for advice and support need to be tailored to the needs of each student.
4

Linking curriculum learning to career

All teachers should link curriculum learning with careers. STEM subject teachers should highlight the relevance of STEM subjects for a wide range of future career paths.
5

Encounters with employers and employees

Every student should have multiple opportunities to learn from employers about work, employment and the skills that are valued in the workplace.
6

Experiences of workplaces

Every student should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities.
7

Encounters with further and higher education

All students should understand the full range of learning opportunities that are available to them. This includes both academic and vocational routes and learning in schools, colleges, universities and in the workplace.
8

Personal guidance

Every student should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a career adviser, who could be internal (a member of school staff) or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level.

Linking the SEND Gatsby Toolkit and our Same and Different Model

Within both the SEND Gatsby Toolkit and the SameandDifferent model we have highlighted the importance of relevant careers activities and the method of delivery in supporting the career aspirations of our young people with SEND.

Our resources incorporate the fundamental development of everyday life skills through employer engagement and curriculum support. What links the SEND Gatsby Toolkit and the SameandDifferent model also happens to underpin our philosophy at Talentino! – optimism.

A positive mindset is what drives us to champion excellent career support for young people with SEND; we are confident in the capability and competence of young people with SEND and believe that everyone should be.

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Trust and assurance

All our Talentino coaches have received extended DBS checks and are informed on all safeguarding policies. We are recipients of the Matrix Quality award for a successive 3rd time and have the Career Development Institute Careers Assured award. At Talentino, we make sure to incorporate all Government policy concerning CEIAG when delivering our early career development programmes.