Careers Future Planning + Post-16 Options - For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines. 1-2 hour fully resourced careers lesson which introduces the concept of careers, jobs and vocations before investigating the best ways students can establish the right career paths for them. The lesson sees students creating a six point plan based on the provided information, clip tasks and other activities and is perfect as an introduction lesson for a PSHE / Citizenship careers unit. This resource pack includes a one hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHE, Citizenship or Tutor Time. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES.

COVERS NEW 2026 DfE GUIDANCE (see lesson plan for details). In this lesson students will explore the intricacies of employment law and how it applies to the everyday person in a variety of situations. They will also investigate how the Equality Act is applied in the workplace, by putting themselves in the position of an employer considering new candidates. The lesson includes group tasks, literacy-based tasks, clip tasks, case studies and many other activities. Everything is editable and easy to just pick up and Includes detailed lesson plan. Taken from the new 2026 EC Publishing Complete Secondary PSHE Package. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below: Mental Health PSHE Bundle 1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources British Values Citizenship Bundle Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle Islam Bundle Sex and Relationships Education

My Skills and Careers Booklet contains 20 pages and has been updated for the 2024 academic years. This Careers booklet is packed full of varied activities, worksheets, tasks for students to undertake with regards to exploring their own skills and qualities in line with thinking about their future career opportunities. The booklet also has activities related to Labour MArket Information and exploring employment sectors whilst also considering thing like how Brexit may impact Labour trends. This Careers Booklet also comes with some of our most popular careers resources. I will detail a list below Contents included 1 x 20 Page A4 Careers Booklet of activities 1 x Student Workbooklet in PDF format 1 x Set of Careers Domino Templates 1 x Student Blank Poster Template 1 x Skills and Qualities Card Sort activity with Worksheet ✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Have a look at some of our highly popular specialist careers units: ☞ Year 7 Secondary Careers Unit ☞ Year 8 Secondary Careers Unit ☞ Year 9 Secondary Careers Unit ☞ Year 10 Secondary Careers Unit ☞ Year 11 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit ☞ Year 12 Secondary Finance and Careers Unit ☞ Year 13 Secondary Finance and Careers Unit

Preparing for work experience . Careers + PSHE Lesson designed by a L6 Qualified Careers Guidance Leader. Editable 14+ slide PowerPoint Lesson. Lesson includes: Lesson Assessment, Student Resources, Signposting to extra support services. Bonus Homework Activity and links to our videos and much more. Learning Outcomes: To understand what work experience is and why we need to prepare. To consider what the expectations will be. To understand the difference between work etiquette and working practice. Some Key Terms Covered Work etiquette, working practice, Health & Safety Assessment Objectives I know what work experience is and how to prepare. I understand what will be expected of me. I can discuss the differences between work etiquette and practice. ✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯ Each Careers Lesson Pack Contains: 1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support careers Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning) Student Worksheet(s) are included with some lessons Homework Activity Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker) Teacher Notes (On some slides) Focus on literacy 1 Hours worth of activities - including timings for every activity ✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯✯ Why not try out some of our other highly rated secondary careers units: ☞ Year 10 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit ☞ Year 11 Gatsby Benchmark Careers in Context Unit ☞ Year 12 Gatsby Benchmark Finance & Careers in Context Unit ☞ Year 13 Gatsby Benchmark Finance & Careers in Context Unit

Job Interviews + Preparation. For the Gatsby Careers Guidelines - a detailed lesson containing a 1-2 hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, interview role play activities - for KS3/ KS4. Includes detailed lesson plan. This lesson has recently been updated for 2026, and students will spend the first part following the journey of a student called Katey, as she tries to gain a position in the tech industry. They will follow her from Year 8, how she prepared, worked hard and overcame setbacks up until the age of 22, when she finally lands a job at a small start-up. Students will then think about their own journeys, before completing job interview role play exercises and finally creating a TikTok (not on their phones) about how preparation for their eventual successful job interview actually starts now, whilst still at school, Check out the EC Publishing website for full, affordable PSHE, Citizenship and RE Packages for all year groups including the new 2026 Complete PSHE Package. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk. This contains all the new DfE RSHE 2026 topics - AI deepfakes, sextortion, chatbots, brain development, online misogyny and so much more. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

2 HOURS - Careers / PSHE Living in the Wider World lesson which covers in detail how to create fantastic CVs and cover letters when applying for jobs. Students will explore poor, mediocre and excellent versions of each of these, analysing where applicants went wrong and how they could have improved, They will explore what makes a successful cover letter and CV, in detail, and then create their own (templates are included). Includes case study examples, clip tasks, partnered activities and more. All editable and easy to pick up and teach for non-specialists. The lesson includes a detailed, editable PowerPoint, accompanying worksheets, example CVs and cover letters, paired tasks, clip task, templates and much more. Best suited to KS4 (or KS5) but nothing unsuitable for KS3. Includes detailed lesson plan. This lesson is taken from the new EC Publishing Complete 2024 PSHE Package which can be found at the EC Publishing website. Everything is editable and easy to pick up and run with and includes future DfE updates too. This has been written to cover the 2020-24 PSHE guidance from the DfE and PSHE Association for Living in the Wider World and the Gatsby Careers guidance. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, The British Legion, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Please visit our Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship. We still offer a free lesson of your choice for each time you leave a review! Just email info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 12,000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource

2 HOURS - NEW PSHE / Careers lesson for 2026, perfect for students to begin to assess and develop their personal skills, strengths, interests, qualities and values in relation to their future career paths. This lesson covers both Gatsby Guidelines and the DfE’s new 2026 RSHE Guidelines / PSHE Association’s objectives for Living in the Wider World KS3. Everything is editable. engaging and easy to follow. Lesson plan included. Students will discover their own personal skills, strengths, interests, qualities and values by assessing examples, completing progress templates, creative and fun tasks, video clip tasks, partnered activities and much more. They will then investigate the employability skills their potential future employers are looking for in the modern world, and see just how much their personal attributes have already started to apply. They will also set realistic but ambitious goals about those they wish to develop and begin thinking about how their interests and values could also help them decide upon a career path. This is taken from the new 2026 COMPLETE SECONDARY PSHE Package This contains all the new DfE RSHE 2026 topics - AI deepfakes, sextortion, chatbots, brain development, coercive control, online misogyny, harmful behaviour online and so much more. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, The British Legion, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. We also run the EC Publishing website, where you can find anything and everything for PSHE. Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 12,000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

2 HOUR LESSON for PSHE / Careers with a focus on how the rise of AI is already affecting the job market and how it will most likely affect all of our career prospects in future. The lesson focuses on the types of jobs that are already facing redundancies, the workplaces benefiting from the technology and the more ‘future-proof’ careers that it’s advisable for students to start considering. The lesson also investigates the prospect of UBI (universal basic income) and how we may see possibly this implemented in future. The lesson includes a detailed, editable PowerPoint, accompanying worksheets, AI information pack, clip tasks, analysis tasks, creative tasks, jobs info pack and much more. Suitable for KS3 or KS4, but best suited to KS4, just because of some of the terminology. This lesson is taken from the new EC Publishing Complete 2026 PSHE Package which can be found at the EC Publishing website. Everything is editable and easy to pick up and run with and includes future DfE updates too. This has been written to cover the 2026 PSHE guidance from the DfE and PSHE Association for RSE. Includes detailed lesson plan. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Please visit our Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship. We still offer a free lesson of your choice for each time you leave a review! Just email info@ecpublishing.co.uk THIS LESSON IS FROM THE EC COMPLETE SECONDARY KS3 KS4 PSHE PACKAGE 2026 Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, The British Legion, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. We also offer a Complete KS3 RE Package All of which can also be found at discounted rates on the EC Publishing Ltd website (with a quick Google). For any queries or school invoice orders contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 12,000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines - 1 -2 hour lesson with a focus on writing CVs. This pack includes a detailed powerpoint, shortlisting and creating CVs activities, clips with questions, various differentiated activities and a selection of good to bad CVs to analyse as well as hints and tips for creating your own. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below: Mental Health PSHE Bundle 1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources British Values Citizenship Bundle Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle Islam Bundle Sex and Relationships Education

2 HOURS! For the Gatsby Benchmark Careers Guidelines. fully resourced careers lesson (no internet or computers needed - all job research info is provided). Students have information about 16 different types of jobs and careers in a variety of sectors (A4 info sheet on each). They then have templates to complete to research if the job is one they could potentially pursue as a career - answering probing questions about their own suitability, skills and qualities as they explore each one. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHE, Citizenship or Tutor Time. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack

Interview Preparation. Careers and PSHE (Life Skills & Wellbeing) Lesson Pack. Learning Outcomes: To understand how to prepare for an interview To understand the do’s and don’ts during an interview To practice a mock interview Each Lesson Pack Contains: 1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning) Student Worksheet(s) Mindfulness Extension Activities Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker) Teacher Notes (On some slides) Mapped against Latest DfE Guidance, PSHE Association Core themes and Requirements Mapped against Gatsby Benchmark in Careers standards We sell Complete Careers and Gatsby Careers Benchmark Units - Take a look at some of them here: ⇨ CAREERS KS3 UNIT ⇨ Careers, Employability Skills + Enterprise Unit ⇨ Careers and Gatsby Benchmarks Quizzes ⇨ Post 16 Options and Careers Lesson ⇨ Careers and Employment Activities and Cardsorts ⇨ Skills and Qualities Careers Quiz ⇨ Careers - Writing a Personal Statement ⇨ Careers - Student Workbook ⇨ Careers - Interview Preparation Lesson

New Careers lesson for 2026 (lesson plan details new guidelines covered) which focuses on what exactly it means to start a business and become an entrepreneur. Students will explore case studies of famous entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds, analyse a clip of Elon Musk giving advice to wanna-be entrepreneurs and complete interactive tasks following the exploits of Tom, a student who starts a business up whilst at school. The resources are editable, fun, creative and ready to go. Includes lesson plan. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are easy to adapt for your classes and are designed to last one hour each. This was designed for KS3 but could be used with KS4. Taken from new EC Publishing 2026 Secondary PSHE Package. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below: Mental Health PSHE Bundle 1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources British Values Citizenship Bundle Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle Islam Bundle Sex and Relationships Education

DOUBLE LESSON - New for 2026 - a two hour lesson on planning and managing a household budget. Students will examine the household budgets of four UK households - a young couple on average income, a divorcee nurse, a wealthy businessman and a young family with a disabled child. Their task is to stick to the budgets of each household, whilst navigating financial challenges such as pregnancy, a new car, a brother in debt, carer’s allowance, lodgers and much more! This is a fun lesson and culminates in a video bingo game about how different levels of income are managed by UK citizens. Best for KS4/5 but nothing unsuitable for KS3. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, The British Legion, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Please visit our Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship. We still offer a free lesson of your choice for each time you leave a review! Just email info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 12,000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

For the Gatsby Careers Guidelines - A careers assembly lasting around 20-25 minutes (including short clip) with a focus on why Careers Education is so important and how students can make the most of all the opportunities presented to them whilst in school. The assembly examines the cases of two fictional ex-students, Alisha and Jack, who didn’t take Careers Education seriously and ended up paying the price for it by adding years on to their lives in the time it took them to eventually find their ideal jobs. The slides in the previews are just a sample and not the whole assembly. The assembly includes optional interactive elements, a 4 minute clip, a lot of motivational information, questions for students to answer and a little humour. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship, RE and RSE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources

Careers using Languages . A fully-resourced lesson (1 hour +) which can be used by teachers to deliver a detailed workshop / session on the importance of this topic. Learning Outcomes: I can identify different job prospects associated with studying languages I understand the skills I can develop by studying languages I understand where languages can take someone in the future Key terms Bilingual, Culture, Multilingual, Trade Manager Each Lesson Pack Contains: 1 Fully Editable Careers PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning) Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker) The lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint, variety of student facing tasks and comprehension tasks These resources have been designed to be engaging, informative and pick up and teach. Why not check out some of our latest super bundles below: Personal Finance as a young Adult Online Safety + Staying Safe Y12 Survival Kit - Personal Safety Y11 Survival Kit - Revision + Exam Stress British Values Explored Bundle Society, Body Image + Peer Pressure Finance Risk + Online Safety If you need any support with this lesson or would like to find out more about what Cre8tive Resources can offer your school please email: thecre8tiveresources@gmail.com If you leave a nice review please email thecre8tiveresources@gmail.com and we will send you a free lesson as a thank you.

The Big Skills and Qualities Quiz - Fun Premium High Quality Quiz, Lesson PowerPoint on the topic of Careers suitable for KS3 or KS4 Students Contents of Quiz 1 x 32 Slide Editable PowerPoint Quiz - (All the 50+ questions in 9 different fun and varied rounds. Followed by all the Answers and a Creative Tie Breaker) 1 x Lesson Plan (matched to PSHE Association Core themes & Links and DFE Statutory Guidance) 1 x Team Answer Sheets (print 1 per team for students to record their answers) 1 x Set of Optional Award Certificates (1st, 2nd and 3rd place team and Team leader Certificates) 1 x Extension PPT of Mindfulness activities for students. 1 x PowerPoint slide signposting extra online support for students & Teachers related to this topic. We sell Complete PSHE and Citizenship Units - Take a look at some of them here: Gangs Drugs and Alcohol Unit Politics, Parliament and Me Unit KS4 Careers and Gatsby Benchmarks Unit Extremism and Terrorism PREVENT Unit Exploring British Values Unit LGBTQAI+ PSHE Unit of Work Celebrating Diversity in the UK PSHE Curriculum Overview tool Secondary PSHE Audit tool for Schools Primary PSHE Audit tool for Schools International World Issues Unit All resources designed by a specialist Team of practicing PSHE and Citizenship teachers and HOD’s.

New PSHE lesson, best suited to lower KS3. Students will explore wants and needs, saving and investing, as well as different types of savings accounts and their benefits, before beginning to investigate stocks and bonds at a basic level. They will also cover a basic explanation of interest and how banks work. Includes lesson plan. There are a variety of tasks, from clips, bingo, analysis, role-play, case studies and more. Everything is editable and ready to go and I’ve tried to make a dry-ish subject as fun as possible. This lesson is taken from the new 2026 EC Publishing Complete Primary Package, which can be found with a quick Google on the EC Publishing website. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, The Bank of England, The British Legion, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. You can visit our website at EC Publishing for further discounts, complete school packages, everything you could need for PSHE, RE, Citizenship and much more, and can email us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Check out our PSHE Packages on Tes here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE Complete KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete KS3 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack x68x Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 12,000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

A sample lesson plan from Highflyers Publishing to support careers education and guidance. This pack contains 18 'Careers Challenges' worksheets, designed to allow students the freedom to decide how they want to tackle their own career learning. (Apprenticeships, Further Education, Getting a Job, Higher Education, Work Experience, Volunteering & Gap Year, Self-employment/Entrepreneurship).

a blank career development plan, to help pupils with unit 4 of the btec

Basic Career Development Plan – SMART Targets To prepare for your future career, set yourself personal SMART targets to help you towards achieving your career goal. You should set a date for each to review your progress. Once reviewed, you should and set new SMART targets to help you to take a step closer towards achieving your future career.

Flipchart lesson on describing career and future plans