UNISON is warning that pupils will suffer from schools providing poor careers advice, after the Government admitted that no extra funds have been set aside to provide the new service.
The Secretary of State for Education stated that, in 2011/12, school budgets will not rise to take into account their new legal responsibility to provide careers guidance for young people, as set out in the Education Bill. The lack of ring fencing will mean that schools will be forced to find funds from existing budgets – leading to a careers service on the cheap.
The direction of the Government