Compass is a free digital product that helps institutions quickly and easily evaluate their careers activity against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks and supports monitoring performance against the Careers Impact System Maturity Model by effectively recording Internal leadership review responses.
Compass is available to most secondary schools, special schools, sixth forms, colleges, APs, PRUs and ITPs in England.
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Compass Evaluation
The Compass evaluation is a self-assessment tool that’s embedded into Compass and allows you to effectively evaluate your careers provision against the eight Gatsby Benchmarks.
We recommend completing a Compass evaluation every term, or quarterly for ITPs, to monitor your progress and performance against the Benchmarks.
There are three different versions of the Compass evaluation; Schools, Specials Schools and Post-16.
The Compass evaluation for Special Schools has been designed for specialist provisions with a high percentage of young people with SEND (including Special Schools, APs and PRUs).
The version that you see on Compass will depend on how the Department for Education categorises your institution from your URN.
Please visit the Compass Help Centre for more information and guidance on how to complete a Compass evaluation.
Internal Leadership Review
An internal leadership review is based on the Careers Impact Maturity Model, which provides a shared language of how careers can be positioned as a driver for improvement across an institution or organisation.
Undertaking an internal leadership review supports the quality assurance of a careers provision and encourages continuous improvement aligned to key priorities within an institution or organisation.
We recommend completing a review once a year at the point where strategic planning for future provision is taking place.
Please visit the Compass Help Centre for more information and guidance on how to record Internal leadership review responses on Compass.