FAQ

You can find all our course providers contact details on their course page. Please view our comparison guide for more information. All training providers welcome contact and encourage queries about their offers.

Most of the courses will set a confirmed date once they have a set number of sign-ups. However, the course providers will be able to give you a good idea on the likely date so get in touch with them directly.

This funded training offer is specifically for Careers Leaders and will not qualify you as a Careers Adviser. Please speak to the training provider about how units and credits from their courses can be used to work towards other qualifications.

Careers Leaders can opt for either non- accredited or accredited training to both Level 6 & Level 7. As there are differences between course providers in terms of accreditation and assessment expectations, we encourage Careers Leader to contact course providers directly to fully understand each offer.

Yes. The training is associated with improvements in knowledge and understanding across the four main responsibility areas of a Careers Leader role: Leadership, Management, Co-ordination, and Networking. Improvement in knowledge and understanding is seen in Careers Leaders working in SEND, Alternative Provision, FE colleges and mainstream schools highlighting that the training is appropriate for Careers Leaders in all settings. Contact course Providers to understand how they support Careers Leaders from all contexts.

The current training offer is applicable to Careers Leaders from schools, special schools, AP, SEND and FE provisions. Please note that the eligibility criteria are for Careers Leaders in all state-funded secondary schools and colleges, including SEN and AP.

Careers Leader training is appropriate for all Careers Personnel with responsibilitty for Careers from ALL provisions.

Funding is available to all DfE funded, non-fee- paying schools, special schools, Alternative Provision, and colleges.

If you have already completed a CEC funded training course, we unfortunately cannot offer a second place. However, we are keen to discuss with you your requirements and reasons for wanting to complete an additional course and therefore ask that you please email careersleaders@careersandenteprise.co.uk and we will get in touch.

If you have strategic or operational responsibility for careers in your school, special school or college, you are eligible for a place.

We currently have a very small number of places available for Independent Special Schools. If you would like to be considered for a place, please email careersleaders@careersandenterprise.co.uk with your school details and we’ll discuss the process with you.

All courses are DfE funded for non-fee-paying schools, special schools, Alternative Provision and colleges and at no cost to you or your establishment. You will also be eligible to access the funded training offer and the £1,000 bursary.

Your Headteacher/Principal will need to sign a contract drawn up by the Provider. If you do not complete the course, your school, special school or college is liable for the cost of the course.

Bursary funds are distributed to the school, special school or college that signed the contract with the training provider. If the Careers Leader is no longer working at the institution after beginning the course, the bursary payment will still be awarded to the school or college that contracted with the training provider. We strongly encourage Careers Leaders to use the bursary to help further their CPD or careers programme, however the final decision is at the discretion of the school, special school or college.

No, there is currently only one funded training place per Careers Leader.

Yes, schools, special schools and colleges may take multiple places, if all individuals registering for the course have responsibility for careers and have not previously accessed a funded training place.

Once your course provider informs us that you have completed the course, we will email you with next steps which involve you providing contact details of a finance lead at your school with whom we will arrange payment.

The bursary will be paid to the school, special school or college who originally signed the contract.

The intent of the bursary is to cover any expenses for the Careers Leader to access the course yet how the bursary is spent is at the discretion of your school, special school or college and we encourage Careers Leaders to spend the £1,000 on further CPD or your careers programme.