In January 2018, the Department of Education issued the new Statutory Careers Guidance, which outlined the eight Gatsby Benchmarks. The Benchmarks are designed to ensure that a ‘gold standard’ of Career Education is provided to all students to equip them for their pathways after school.

The Benchmarks are as follows:

1.  A stable career programme
2.  Learning from career and labour market information
3.  Addressing the needs of each student
4.  Linking curriculum learning to careers
5.  Encounters with employers and employees
6.  Experience of workplaces
7.  Encounters with further and higher education
8.  Personal Guidance

We at IGHS are diligently striving to meet these standards.

We would like to hear from parents and carers, employers, Higher Education or Further Education Colleges or other career-relevant groups if they would like to support us in any of the above or in other ways.

To ensure that our curriculum supports and meets the needs of our students and Parents and Carers, we will request feedback from our key stakeholders throughout the year.

The school’s Careers Leader is Zaira Ashraf. If you would like further information, please contact the school on info@islamiyahschoolblackburn.com or telephone: 01254 661259