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.

Benchmark 1 Essentials

Benchmark 1 Checklist

A checklist to support you as a Careers Leader to identify specific actions to achieve Benchmark 1.

Introducing Career Related Learning

A resource to support you as a Careers Leader to introduce Career Related Learning in your school, encouraging a whole school approach to careers.

Designing a whole school progressive programme

Careers Programme Overview Template

A template to support you in developing a whole school careers programme linked to the CDI Framework outcomes.

Stephenson Way Academy

An example of a whole school careers programme.

Fellside Community Primary School

An example of a whole school careers programme.

Ryhope Junior School

An example of a whole school careers programme.

Fellside Community Primary School


Evaluation templates

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

Parental Engagement Resources

Blyth Partnership of Schools

Cockton Hill Junior School & Eppleton Academy

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