Primary Benchmark 1

Creating a Stable Careers and Personal Development Programme

This toolkit includes guides and templates as well as case studies of best practice, to enable you to set the strategic direction and periodically review the Careers and Personal Development programme within your primary school setting.

Designing a whole school progressive programme

Fellside Primary School

Stephenson Way Academy

Ryhope Junior School

Fellside Primary School

Communicating a whole school progressive programme to stakeholders

St Aloysius Primary School

St Aloysius Primary School

Improving web content

Example School website: Careers Curriculum at Eppleton Academy

Example School Website: Skills and Careers Curriculum at Bothal Primary


Evaluation templates

Parent Evaluation

A template for gathering evaulation from parents on careers-led learning at your school.

Parent Survey

Download a parent survey template to help evaluate the impact of career-related learning at your school.

Pupil Evaluation

A template for gathering evaulation from pupils on careers-led learning at your school.

Leadership Team Evaluation

A template for gathering evaulation from school leadership teams on careers-led learning.

Parental Engagement

Case studies

Blyth Partnership of Schools

Cockton Hill Junior School & Eppleton Academy

Parental engagement resources


View the parental engagement resources

Benchmark 1 resources

Explore trusted, high quality resources from a variety of sources to support your planning and progress towards delivering the benchmarks.

Further support

We’ve collated a list of providers and organisations who can help to inspire and provide young people with an insight to the world of work.

Case Studies

Explore news, case studies and other useful information

Audit Tool

Our audit tool gives Careers Leaders the opportunity to analyse your school’s strengths and weaknesses with regards to your whole school careers provision