The Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has reported that another round of letters warning schools of their legal duty to promote apprenticeships were issued last week.

The government “wants to make sure every young person is aware of just how rewarding doing an apprenticeship can be – no matter what their skills, interests and aspirations”.

Under the Baker clause, all maintained schools and academies are required to give education and training providers the opportunity to talk to pupils in Years 8 to 13 about technical qualifications and apprenticeships.

For more information, take a look at the government's official careers guidance. 

Free careers support service for secondaries and FE colleges

Secondary schools and FE colleges are still able to benefit from the free careers support service funded by Warwickshire's Skills for Employment programme. If you need support to ensure that you are meeting the requirements of the national Careers Strategy then you can benefit from one day of expert advice, or you may choose to go for a 'Mocksted' assessment of your careers programme and provision, a service that would be delivered by Career Seekers Direct. 

We hope that many of you will already have accessed this support, as information was sent out to careers leaders in all secondary schools and colleges last September. However, if you have not yet done so we would encourage you to get in touch, as support can only be accessed up until the end of March 2020. 

For further information please email: skillsforemployment@warwickshire.gov.uk