When taking decisions about their futures, young people feel overwhelmed by the choices in front of them. This is a key finding in a new report from the Careers & Enterprise Company. Claudia Harris explains

The results season is a critical time in every educational institution’s calendar, when a lens is focused both on performance and on what students will do next.

For young people – and parents and teachers – it is an intense period when it also becomes clear how much is understood about what happens after education and the opportunities ahead.

When asked about her future, Ellie, aged 14, said she wants to be a nursery worker: “I decided I wanted to do it because I’ve always been told how great I am with my little sister and brother. They’re four and three and I love them to bits.

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