Careers guidance and inspiration for young people in schools

Careers guidance and access for education and training providers Statutory guidance for governing bodies,school leaders and school staff

About this guidance  This is statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This means that recipients must have regard to it when carrying out duties relating to independent careers guidance and provider access to schools. We use the term ‘must’ when the person in question is legally required to do something and ‘should’ when advice is being offered. Click here for Guidance

This statutory guidance is for:

• headteachers
• school staff
• local authorities that maintain pupil referral units

Statutory guidance is issued by law; you must follow it unless there is a good reason not to.

It applies to:

• local-authority-maintained schools
• community schools
• foundation or voluntary schools
• community or foundation special schools (other than those established in a hospital)
• academies and free schools
• pupil referral units (PRUs)