Primary Benchmark 7

Encounters with Further and Higher Education

This toolkit includes a range of resources and tools, enabling you to support pupils to understand the range of learning opportunities available to them. Encounters with further and higher education providers may look to showcase both academic and vocational/ technical pathways in schools, colleges, training providers, universities and the workplace.

Teacher Encounters Programme

Teacher Encounters Programme

This initiative aimed to deepen teachers’ understanding of apprenticeship pathways and engineering careers by immersing them in both a training environment and a live workplace.

Teacher Encounters Resources

Explore a range of resources developed through the Teacher Encounters Programme that could be adapted for use in your school.    

Developing Encounters

North East Raising Aspiration Partnership

The North East Raising Aspiration Partnership is a collaboration of the five universities in the North East of England, providing free in-school and online workshops.

Provider Portal

Discover and contact a range of local providers that offer post-16 options including apprenticeships.

Hear from North East Apprentices

Apprentices share the benefits of doing an apprenticeship and their top tips.

Information about Pathways

Options for Young People

We’ve brought together information on all the options for young people so teachers can help pupils find out about the full range of opportunities available to them.
 

Amazing Apprenticeships

Information and resources to tackle misconceptions about apprenticeships and technical education and promote their benefits.
 

Additional Resources and Tools

Benchmark 7 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.