Career education

Career education involves enthusing children and young people about the world of work, helping them to make connections between learning and work, and equipping them with the knowledge to make informed decisions about their future at every stage of their learning.

Career education isn't just about an interview to decide what to do at the end of school.

Making effective decisions about the future comes from learning about yourself and the world around you from an early age. Children and young people are better able to make important decisions about their future by getting to know their own strengths and areas for improvement, exploring how they relate to other people and considering what they hope to achieve.

Through career education, you can enable children and young people at all stages to develop self-awareness, recognise opportunities and develop an understanding of the important transition periods in their lives.

Children and young people begin to form ideas and pictures of work from the people and images they come into contact with from an early age; however, these may not always be accurate. Through appropriately focused career education, you can challenge these misconceptions. Crucially, involving employers allows children and young people to make contact with real people in real jobs and to explore what skills and qualifications are needed.