Spotlight is an exciting careers programme designed against the Gatsby Benchmarks to offer secondary schools a comprehensive careers package across the student body. Spotlight provides schools with critical data on student aspirations, 1:1 mentoring for the students most in need of career guidance and a whole-year group activity around the world of work.
Spotlight Annual Report
Spotlight has empowered almost 5,000 young people. Its comprehensive, whole-school approach has supported our partner schools to build meaningful careers programmes that address the needs of each pupil and meet six of the eight Gatsby Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance.
Outcomes
Data comes from mentee survey responses on Spotlight mentoring programmes in the 2022/23 academic year
Data comes from mentee survey responses on Spotlight mentoring programmes in the 2022/23 academic year
of Future Pathways mentees increased their knowledge of at least one post-16 optionÂ
of mentees agreed/strongly agreed that they got on with their mentor
of mentees said that mentoring influenced their decision about their next stepsÂ
How it works
Gather critical pupil data and key insights into pupils’ ideas about the future through our whole school survey to identify those most in need of mentoring
Work with us to identify up to 100 pupils to take part in bespoke, 1:1 mentoring across our series of themed mentoring projects
Take part in our whole year group career game activity, supporting younger pupils to gain an insight into different careers and sectors
Our approach​
We know that every school is different, from their work experience priorities to the barriers their students face when moving into the world of work or higher education.Â
By partnering with schools, we’re able to work in collaboration to co-design programmes that are tailored towards your students’ needs, leading to better outcomes for young people. Our mentoring programmes don’t just focus on one route that your students could take after school, but instead aim to build your students’ understanding of all their options.Â
How it works
Gather critical pupil data and key insights into pupils’ ideas about the future through our whole school survey to identify those most in need of mentoring
Work with us to identify up to 100 pupils to take part in bespoke, 1:1 mentoring across our series of themed mentoring projects
Take part in our whole year group career game activity, supporting younger pupils to gain an insight into different careers and sectors
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