Who this applies to
The DfE's statutory careers guidance applies to:
- All maintained schools, including maintained special schools and pupil referral units in England
- Academies and free schools in England (including alternative provision (AP) academies and free schools)
The requirements do not apply to non-maintained special schools and independent schools.
Changes from September 2022
The Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Act 2022 came into force on 1 September 2022. The changes are:
You must provide independent careers guidance to pupils from year 7 onwards
Previously you were only required to do this for pupils in years 8 to 13.
The DfE confirmed to us that the duty to give providers of technical education and apprenticeships the opportunity to talk to pupils applies to those in years 8 to 13 only. This requirement hasn't changed.
Previously, it was only statutory for maintained schools, maintained special schools and