Download our template audit
Gather your evidence
Before completing the audit, collect relevant documentation including:
- Your careers guidance policy
- Your provider access policy statement
- Records of careers activities
- Pupil participation records
- Destination data
- Evidence of employer and provider encounters/experiences
- Staff training records
- Lesson plans
- Feedback on your careers programme from staff, pupils and parents/carers
Use our tool to evaluate how well your school is meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks, in line with the DfE’s expectations, and identify next steps to improve your provision.
The tool should be completed by your careers lead, who should seek input from other staff members where appropriate.
Assess how you're meeting the Gatsby Benchmarks
Our audit tool uses the Gatsby Benchmarks, which set out what high-quality careers guidance looks like. While non-statutory, you're expected to be working towards meeting them, and Ofsted take this into account when assessing your careers programme.
The Gatsby