Measuring Impact
We Measure and Assess the Impact of our Careers Programme through:
- Destination measures
- Stakeholder Feedback including; Parents, Carers, Students & Staff
- Employer feedback
- Visiting partners feedback
- Work experience evaluations
- Website analytical review
- Gatsby Benchmarks
Gatsby Benchmarks
The Eight Benchmarks are a framework for good career guidance developed to support schools in providing students with the best possible careers education, information, advice, and guidance:
- A stable careers programme
- Learning from career and labour market information
- Addressing the needs of each pupil
- Linking curriculum learning to careers
- Encounters with employers and employees
- Experiences of workplaces
- Encounters with further and higher education
- Personal guidance
The Gatsby Benchmarks are reviewed each term by the Careers Leader and supporting staff. Appropriate actions are implemented and shared with relevant stakeholders.
We use the ‘Careers & Enterprise Company’s Compass Plus’ self evaluation tool that gives us an immediate confidential read-out of how our own career guidance performs against the Gatsby eight benchmarks. This is supported by The Lancashire Careers Hub.
In June 2023, Eden, Blackburn achieved all the Gatsby Benchmark criteria and is currently working towards this Award for the 2023/24 Academic Year.
Collaboration
The school works closely with local schools within the area and the EPT, to support the development of the Careers Programme and share ‘Good Practice’.
The School continues to work closely with representatives from Blackburn with Darwen’s New Directions, Lancashire Careers Hub and the Careers and Enterprise Company.
Review of Published information
The Next review of published information will take place in July 2024, this information will be reviewed by the Careers Team. This information will be reviewed annually. Updated information is uploaded to the website throughout the year.
