Every school should be given an additional £30,000 in a bid to turnaround career guidance services, a new report has said.
It states that careers services should be funded by the government and the money ring-fenced or monitored to ensure it is spent appropriately.
The study, which is part of the Careers 2020 project being undertaken by the Pearson Think Tank, criticises the loss of £200 million in careers funding, which was cut after the coalition government came to power. It said: “The DfE should strongly consider investing explicitly in careers again, both directly to schools and through the National Careers Service (NCS).
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