Track 2: Strategic Planning for Careers and Progression
Summary
Who it's for: Experienced advisers or school leaders.
What you’ll gain:
- Approaches to embedding progression planning into whole-school strategy.
- Case studies on successful collaboration between careers and curriculum leads.
- Insights into influencing SLT and shaping long-term planning.
- Frameworks for evaluating and improving current provision.
We’re excited to share the first confirmed sessions below. Stay tuned, as more expert speakers and topics will be announced soon
Expect the Unexpected: Stress-Testing Your Digital Resilience
Simulates a system failure scenario to help schools assess and improve digital contingency planning.
Guiding students, parents and carers with confidence
Learn how to navigate the influence of key stakeholders in the student journey and empower students to make balanced, informed decisions.
Partnering with Purpose: Employers & Education
Explores collaboration between schools and employers for mentoring, outreach, and work experience, with panel insights.
Future Ready - Practical Strategies to support student progression
Discover how to align career learning with Ofsted expectations and the Gatsby Benchmarks, while creating meaningful, real-world pathways for all learners. Through proven frameworks and evidence-based strategies, you’ll learn how to build sustainable industry partnerships, design impactful career interventions, and measure outcomes effectively.
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement, Student Eligibility & Entitlement and a look at application trend analysis
Highlights regional finance trends, early application benefits, and key data insights linked to LLE policy updates.
Preparing your students for the transition to university
Shares challenges students face and how the University of Derby’s award-winning programme supports them.