After four years of neglect and disarray the government is at last looking again at careers advice, guidance and education.
If it is serious about social mobility it ought to be: one look at the careers service in an independent school will convince you that this is something they take very seriously and which heavily benefits their alumni. State school pupils cannot compete on their qualifications alone – they need contacts, networks and, above all, knowledge about how things operate in the world of work.
This could not have been met by cutting central support, imposing a duty on schools and leaving them to get on with it in isolation. I don’t buy the line that teachers don’t understand “real work” – that’s an out-dated stereotype and many enter teaching from different professions.
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