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Compass+ is our tool to help you benchmark, manage, track and report on your school’s careers programme. Compass+ is available for all secondary schools, special schools, sixth-forms and PRUs in England.

All eligible schools can now upgrade to Compass+. Log in to your Compass Classic account and complete the onboarding process to upgrade.

 

Why upgrade to Compass+?

Compass+ is powered by pupil-level data. It integrates with your school’s Management Information System (MIS) data for effective and targeted careers programme planning and delivery. It’s simple and intuitive to use: a one-stop-shop for completing Gatsby Benchmark evaluations, creating activity plans and managing engagement with employers and partners.

Compass+ is free for all eligible schools.

Compass+ dashboard in use
Compass+ dashboard.

 

Key benefits for Careers Leaders

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Save time and plan with ease

Quickly map out your careers programme for the academic year.

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Be more strategic and targeted

Create custom groups so you can target relevant careers interventions to the students most in need.

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Measure and monitor effectively

Create detailed reports and data visualisations to monitor performance.

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Collaborate with colleagues

Encourage collaboration by allocating tasks, sharing contacts and allowing colleagues to contribute to your careers education programme.

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Reach and build a wider network

Receive intelligent recommendations for activities and store your careers partners in one place.

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How Careers Leaders use Compass+

Careers Leaders are using Compass+ to support and deliver their schools’ careers plan. They use data to define key strategic objectives that are student-centred and measurable, and create action plans to achieve them. They then monitor the status of their plans using our data visualisations and individual pupil profiles.

Strategic benefits for Senior Education Leaders

Compass+ provides Headteachers and other senior internal stakeholders with dashboard data to monitor their school’s strategic careers plan and meet their reporting needs. Compass+ also enables a whole-school approach to careers activity planning, with SLT, governors, classroom teachers and others able to sign-up as a user and contribute towards the the school’s strategic aims.

Download Senior Education Leader guide (PDF)

Strategic benefits for Local Enterprise Partnerships

Compass+ can be used to link activities to LEP’s Local Industrial Strategies and encourage Cornerstone Employer engagement. It can also support Skills Advisory Panel work by providing access to quantitative interests and destination data.

Download LEPs guide (PDF)

 

Compass+ features

  • In EVALUATIONS, see how your most recent Gatsby Benchmark results compare to past scores.
  • In PLANS, create careers activities and see how they will impact your evaluation results.
  • In PUPILS, track individual pupils' progress and see who needs the most support.
  • In CAREERS PARTNERS, find the perfect careers activity provider or add your own, then save them in one place.

You can explore the key functionalitly of Compass+ by watching the short film below (7mins):

 

More information

Want to get started but still have questions? Have a look at some of these helpful links below for more information. 

How to upgrade to Compass+

Find out more information about how to upgrade to Compass+

FAQs

Have a query about Compass+? Have a look at our FAQs.

How we use your data

Find out more about how we use school data to power Compass+, enabling you to track at a pupil level. 

Training and support

Access free Compass+ training, register for our webinars and find out more about the Compass+ knowledgebase.