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15 April 2026

Tag: careers education

Oli de Botton, The Careers & Enterprise Company

After putting oracy at the heart of a counter-cultural school that has helped shape Labour’s election offer, 
Oli de Botton is on a mission to transform careers education At a recent parent’s evening, Oli de Botton was told his son’s Year 3 class would be studying oracy this term. He began to well up. And […]

DfE to toughen up Baker Clause and extend careers requirement to year 7s

Schools will face “tougher formal action” if they don’t comply with a requirement to allow other providers access to talk about study options with their pupils. The government’s skills for jobs white paper, published today, has also revealed the requirement to provide careers education will be extended to year 7s. The government wants to make sure […]

School 21 founder to lead Careers and Enterprise Company

The founder and headteacher of School 21 in east London is the new chief executive of the Careers and Enterprise Company. Oli de Botton will officially take over at the head of the government-funded quango next year, replacing Claudia Harris, who left in July. The company said School 21 had “pioneered new ways of working […]