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22 November 2022

Richard Taunton Sixth Form College

Your results show your progress in achieving the eight Gatsby Benchmarks.

Compass evaluation results help you to identify strengths and discover areas for improvement within your careers provision.

Benchmark 1

Your provision has met 100% of the 18 assessment areas in benchmark 1

100%

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

Your college careers programme:

Achieved?

Is written down

Is approved by the board of governors

Has the explicit backing of senior leadership

Has resources allocated to it

Has systemic monitoring in place

Has both strategic and operational elements

Does your college publish its careers programme on its website

Is on the college's website with information aimed specifically at:
Learners
College staff
Employers
Parents/Carers
Other agencies (e.g. local authorities, other post-secondary providers

Does your college evaluate the effectiveness of its careers programme at least every three years

Is evaluated using systematic feedback from:
Learners
College staff
Employers
Parents/Carers

Has a Careers Leader (person who is responsible for strategic careers provision)?

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Your previous score

Jun 2022

100%

Benchmark 2

Your provision has met 80% of the 2 assessment areas in benchmark 2

80%

Every learner, and their parents, should have access to good quality information about future study options and labour market opportunities. They will need the support of an informed adviser to make best use of available information.

Your provision:	Achieved?
Ensures the majority of learners have used up-to-date career & labour market information to help inform study/career decisions.	In progress
Encourages parents and carers to use career path and labour market information to aid the support given to their young person.

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Your previous score

Jun 2022

80%

Benchmark 3

Your provision has met 91% of the 8 assessment areas in benchmark 3

91%

Advice and support should be tailored to the needs of each learner. Keeping good records of learners and their destinations will help.

Your provision:

Achieved?

Provides a careers programme that:
Raises aspirations of all learners
Challenges stereotypical thinking (In terms of gender etc)

Keeps systematic records on each learner’s experiences of career and enterprise activity

Enables learner to have access to accurate records about their own careers and enterprise experiences

Integrates records of a learner’s participation in careers programmes at previous stages of the learner’s education (including their prior education setting) where these are made available

Collects and maintain accurate data for each learner on their destinations after they leave your provision

Shares accurate and timely data with the local authority and relevant stakeholders on learner transitions and destinations

Works proactively with local authority and relevant stakeholders around the careers guidance and progression of vulnerable and special educational needs and disability (SEND) learners

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Your previous score

Jun 2022

100%

Benchmark 4

Your provision has met 66% of the 3 assessment areas in benchmark 4

66%

Careers and enterprise education should be part of and included in a learner's regular learning, either in the classroom or workplace, linking curriculum to real-world career paths.

Your provision:	Achieved?
By the end of their programme of study, approximately what proportion of learners have experienced curriculum learning that highlights the relevance of their subject to future career development	In progress
What proportion of learners are aware of the importance of maths for their career	In progress
What proportion of learners are aware of the importance of English for their career	In progress

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Your previous score

Jun 2022

75%

Benchmark 5

Your provision has met 66% of the 3 assessment areas in benchmark 5

66%

All learners should have encounters with employers and employees that result in a better understanding of the workplace and the potential career paths open to them.

All/the overwhelming majority of learners:	Achieved?
What proportion of your learners have at least one encounter with an employer through the curriculum every year they are in learning	In progress
What proportion of your learners have at least two encounters with an employer every year they are at in learning	In progress
Does your provision record and take account of learners’ part-time employment and the influence this has had on their development

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Your previous score

Jun 2022

100%

Benchmark 6

Your provision has met 50% of the single assessment area in benchmark 6

50%

It's important for learners to experience the workplace environment to understand the context in which they could one day be working.

All/the overwhelming majority of learners:	Achieved?
Approximately what proportion of learners have had an experience of a workplace (additional to any part-time jobs they have) by the time they finish their study programme	In progress

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Your previous score

Jun 2022

50%

Benchmark 7

Your provision has met 75% of the 3 assessment areas in benchmark 7

75%

Careers provision should cover further and higher education as well as potential professions. Learners should have encounters with these organisations whilst at the provision.

By the time they leave your provision all/the overwhelming majority of learners:	Achieved?
Meaningful encounters with a range of apprenticeship providers	In progress
Meaningful encounters with external Further Education providers	In progress
Meaningful encounters with a range of universities	In progress

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Your previous score

Jun 2022

100%

Benchmark 8

Your provision has met 80% of the 2 assessment areas in benchmark 8

80%

Every learner should have opportunities for guidance interviews with a career adviser, who could be internal or external, provided they are trained to an appropriate level.

All/the overwhelming majority of learners:	Achieved?
Are interviews with a qualified careers adviser made available to all learners whenever significant study or career choices are being made
What proportion of learners have had at least one interview with a qualified careers adviser by the end of their study programme	In progress

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Your previous score

Jun 2022

80%