24 September 2025
CEC publishes briefing on Gatsby Benchmark results for 2024/25
The Careers & Enterprise Company has published the results for the 2024/25 academic year, based on Compass returns from 4,863 state schools in England – the largest number to date and representing 94% of all schools and colleges.
The briefing highlights include further improvements in the level of engagement and performance of schools in careers provision, an increase in the average number of Gatsby benchmarks achieved to 5.96 from 5.83 last year, a quarter of schools now achieving all eight benchmarks and special schools outperforming the average.
Areas of concern remain that schools and colleges find some benchmarks harder to achieve than others, there is ‘uneven’ progress within benchmarks and between different types of institution, and there is still scope for improvement nationally.
Schools and colleges that are part of a careers hub continue to outperform those who aren’t (5.98 vs 4.37) thought he number not in a careers hub is now down to 51.
This is the last year of delivery before the revised benchmarks are adopted in September 2025, and the addition of the work experience guarantee will add some challenge for schools and colleges. Those with a trained Careers leader outperform the average (6.07).
Sadly there’s no mention of the Quality in Careers Standard in the report, as previously schools that have achieved the standard have outperformed the average.
Read the full briefing from the Careers & Enterprise Company.
The briefing highlights include further improvements in the level of engagement and performance of schools in careers provision, an increase in the average number of Gatsby benchmarks achieved to 5.96 from 5.83 last year, a quarter of schools now achieving all eight benchmarks and special schools outperforming the average.
Areas of concern remain that schools and colleges find some benchmarks harder to achieve than others, there is ‘uneven’ progress within benchmarks and between different types of institution, and there is still scope for improvement nationally.
Schools and colleges that are part of a careers hub continue to outperform those who aren’t (5.98 vs 4.37) thought he number not in a careers hub is now down to 51.
This is the last year of delivery before the revised benchmarks are adopted in September 2025, and the addition of the work experience guarantee will add some challenge for schools and colleges. Those with a trained Careers leader outperform the average (6.07).
Sadly there’s no mention of the Quality in Careers Standard in the report, as previously schools that have achieved the standard have outperformed the average.
Read the full briefing from the Careers & Enterprise Company.
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