5 Steps to Effectively Monitor Gatsby Benchmarks throughout 2024 – 2025

As we move into the 2024-25 academic year, the Gatsby Benchmarks continue to be a critical framework for ensuring high-quality careers guidance in schools and colleges. However, monitoring progress against the benchmarks can be challenging when you already juggle many responsibilities. Here, we outline five practical strategies to help you stay on top of these […]

How to Run an Effective Work Experience Programme in Further Education Colleges

You recognise the value of work experience programmes in bridging academic learning with real-world application, but where do you start when creating a programme that stands out? Work experience programmes both enhance students’ employability skills and also provide invaluable life lessons. In this guide, we’ll outline effective tactics for upgrading your existing programme to foster […]

Evidencing student employability skills and careers guidance provision

Recording employability skills, careers guidance provision, activities and events is essential to evidencing the quality and the impact of your careers programme and helping your school to provide students with the best possible careers service. Evidencing skills and careers guidance provision is made easy with Grofar as these 4 steps demonstrate. 1) Add activity to a student […]

Grow your Employer and Alumni network

Developing a strong employer & alumni network is key to providing a high-quality careers service. Having access to external services and extra resources enables careers services to a provide more opportunities and great careers guidance at minimal cost. Maintaining contacts, services and SLA’s is admin intensive. Grofar takes care of this for you. Grofar have […]