Resources

These free resources have been developed by a range of trusted providers.

They each support different aspects of schools’ career-related learning. If you are unsure where to start, then the quiz provides a starting point to help you reflect on your school’s current strengths and areas for development.

Presentation
Careers Excellence Seminar

The Careers & Enterprise Company hosted its sixth Careers Excellence Seminar in March 2025, focussing on the importance of driving impact in early careers education with panellists discussing the question:

Excellence in early career-related learning: how can challenging stereotypes support primary pupils to successfully transition into secondary education and beyond?  

Lesson Materials
Start Small; Dream Big Careers Booklist

Help children have big dreams about their futures with this book list all about jobs and people with interesting job roles.

 

Lesson Materials
Primary Futures Aviation Resources

As part of Primary Futures’ Inspiring Aviation project, utilise a variety of classroom resources to help bring roles within the aviation sector to life. Including format guides for planning in-classroom activities with volunteers from the world of work, creative activities for the classroom, and educational guides to the wide-range of jobs possible in the sector.

Video
Skills for the World of Work

This resource features four separate 5-minute videos with each volunteer talking about their role, differentiated for Key Stage 1 and 2, intended on being short, bite-size videos for easy classroom use!

Video
Key Stage 2 Aviation

Introduce the world of aviation to your pupils with our Inspiring Aviation pre-recorded video resource! Children are invited to hear from three inspiring volunteers showcasing diverse roles in aviation, from a pilot to an airport utilities manager, and a cabin crew trainer!

Video
Key Stage 1 Aviation

Introduce the world of aviation to your Key Stage 1 pupils with our Inspiring Aviation pre-recorded video resource! Children are invited to hear from three inspiring volunteers – a pilot, the manager of the UK’s largest heliport, and an airplane engineer.

MYPATH Primary LKS2 Resources

  • Key Stage 2
  • Lesson materials that are adaptable
  • Embed in curriculum
  • Personalised and relevant to age group
  • Junior
  • Pupils
  • Teacher
  • Video
  • Lesson material
  • Video

Engage your students with fun, curriculum-linked videos, interactive activities, and inspiring assemblies that connect learning to real-world careers. From guessing jobs to developing essential skills, spark curiosity and purpose in every classroom!

Lesson Materials
A Health and Care Careers Programme for Primary Schools

An engaging and immersive opportunity awaits Reception (FS2) and Key Stage 1 pupils to explore careers in Health and Care. The vibrant and visual resources will transform your classroom into a virtual hospital. Through class activities, role play, junk modelling, and song, you will engage parents and enhance pupils’ understanding of the topic. This project introduces over 20 different job roles and offers guidance for arranging an inspiring visit from a professional in the field.

 

Worksheets
Primary Encounters Checklist

This checklist is designed to support primary school teachers to plan and deliver encounters that are meaningful for all participants and ensure quality and consistency in career-related learning (CRL) activities.

Careermap for Primary Schools

We seek to help teachers in primary schools expose children to a wide range of exciting possibilities for their future. 

Good career inspiration can literally change children’s futures and is important for social mobility.

Careermag for Primary Schools

An interactive, online and fully downloadable publication, Careermag for Primary provides all you need to start talking about careers, open children’s minds and encourage the aspirations of the next generation.


 

Lesson Materials
Green engineering careers poster

A new inspiring poster for upper primary school students showing how engineers transform the way we design buildings.

Amazon Future Engineer UK - Virtual School Trips

Kahoot! Robotics Fulfilment Centre Career Tour

From our online store to your doorstep, discover how computer science, state-of-the-art engineering, and incredible people deliver customer orders at Amazon.

Evidence Review

Teaching career-related learning through the primary PSHE education curriculum

This evidence review accompanies the Career Explorers lesson pack and teacher guidance for career-related learning at key stages 1 and 2. These materials were produced by the PSHE Association with funding from The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC). 

Career Explorers

  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • Lesson materials that are adaptable
  • Infant
  • Teacher
  • Lesson Materials
  • Lesson material

A set of five lesson plans for key stage 1 and key stage 2, with accompanying teacher guidance and evidence review, exploring different careers and career pathways, produced by the PSHE Association with funding from The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) as part of their Start Small; Dream Big Primary Pilot.

The Fiver Challenge from Young Enterprise

  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • A standalone activity
  • Infant
  • Junior
  • Business management
  • Information booklets / sheets
  • Lesson material

The Fiver Challenge, from Young Enterprise, is a free national enterprise programme providing children aged 5-11, with first-hand experience of starting their own business with a £5 pledge in four weeks, entering exciting competitions along the way!   This is an annual challenge.

Lesson Materials
Money Heroes

Money Heroes is an award-winning FREE programme from Young Enterprise, supported by HSBC UK, seeking to transform financial education for primary children aged 3-11 at school & at home through a range of high-quality, fun and engaging resources including storybooks, games & applied learning activities.

Youth Social Action

  • Whole school
  • Information booklets / sheets

Youth social action (YSA) refers to activities that young people do to make a positive difference to others or the environment. There are lots of ways in which young people can take practical action to make a positive difference.  

Teachers, employers, parents and other members of the community can all support youth social action. To help understand how it can benefit young people, schools, colleges and communities.

Engineering Fairy Tales

Engineering Fairy Tales are a range of STEM stories and challenges to help children understand about the world of engineering and develop their teamwork and creative problem-solving skills.

Tips for how to embed career-related learning in your setting

Whether your school is just starting out on this journey, has made a start or already has an extensive programme in place, here are some tips and resources for you to consider, to help fully embed career-related learning in your setting.

A workshop for engaging parents

This workshop aims to inform parents of the ways in which the labour market is predicted to change and the importance of having an entrepreneurial mind-set.

15 billion EBP
Audio
Podcasts of children interviewing professionals

Series of interviews with professionals, led by primary children in Folkestone and presented in a podcast format.

 

Academy FM Folkestone
Lesson Materials
Career-related learning scheme of work: Year 6
These resources provide the structure to deliver a whole school careers programme, allowing pupils to explore ‘careers of the future’
Black Country Consortium Ltd
Lesson Materials
Career-related learning scheme of work: Year 5
These resources provide the structure to deliver a whole school careers programme, allowing pupils to explore ‘careers of the future’
Black Country Consortium Ltd
Lesson Materials
Career-related learning scheme of work: Year 4
These resources provide the structure to deliver a whole school careers programme, allowing pupils to explore ‘careers of the future’
Black Country Consortium Ltd
Lesson Materials
Career-related learning scheme of work: Year 3
These resources provide the structure to deliver a whole school careers programme, allowing pupils to explore ‘careers of the future’
Black Country Consortium Ltd
Lesson Materials
Career-related learning scheme of work: Year 2
These resources provide the structure to deliver a whole school careers programme, allowing pupils to explore ‘careers of the future’
Black Country Consortium Ltd
Lesson Materials
Career-related learning scheme of work: Year 1 and EYFS
These resources provide the structure to deliver a whole school careers programme, allowing pupils to explore ‘careers of the future’
Black Country Consortium Ltd
Challenging gender stereotypes
A unit of study exploring and challenging gender stereotypes, including surveys to gain baseline data and measure impact, a whole school assembly and various activities.
East Sussex County Council
Introducing career-related learning at primary

An introduction to Careers Related Learning in primary schools, including a presentation for staff, and introduction for parents, and various activities to get familiar with the language of CRL and skills.

East Sussex County Council
Video
Teaching the essential skills
Eight films in this bundle support teaching of the Skills Builder Essential Skills and three cover maths, English and evaluation skills. The films include interviews with professionals to help pupils link learning to the world of work.
East Sussex County Council
Involving employers in career-related learning
This resource provides a practical guide to help schools and employers work together to develop career-related learning, and tools to measure the impact of career-related learning activities.
East Sussex County Council
Video
Eden Project Career Stories

Four short films (5-7 minutes) introduce four members of the Eden Project Team (www.edenproject.com) with very different current roles and varied career journeys. 

 

Eden Project
Lessons for goal setting and understanding the labour market

Lessons designed to help teachers get the most out of employee encounters, whether these encounters involve hosting a visitor in school, or visiting employees in their workplace.

 

Eden Project
KS1
Budding Futures: Tackling Gender Stereotypes (KS1)

20-minute interactive video with accompanying teacher guide and learning activities aimed at children aged 5-8, children consider what a florist or a builder might look like before meeting Jonathan the celebrity florist and Kimberley in construction. 

Primary Futures
Video
Uplifting Futures Video: Tackling Gender Stereotypes

Volunteers reveal what it is like working in an industry dominated by the opposite gender as well as the skills that make them good at their jobs.

 

Primary Futures
S.T.E.M. Day Learning Diary

Printable worksheet that pupils in Year 3 to Year 6 complete to reflect on their learning following a careers related learning activity that focused on S.T.E.M. careers.

Learn by Design
Linking learning to STEM careers
This resource has been developed to support the delivery of a STEM competition within your school.
Learn by Design
Video
Videos of children interviewing professionals
Loud! is a series of digital films featuring children (aged 7 - 11) interviewing diverse young professionals (under 30) about their jobs, focusing on STEM & the Creative Industries.
LOUD!

Linking literacy to career-related learning

  • Key Stage 1
  • A standalone activity
  • CPD and Teacher training
  • Information and guidance for teachers who are new to CRL
  • Lesson materials that are adaptable
  • Support to embed CRL into a whole school approach or curriculum
  • Support to involve parents/carers
  • Support to plan an event or activity
  • Support to work with external professionals
  • Embed in curriculum
  • Involve employers and parents
  • Open to all
  • Personalised and relevant to age group
  • Start early
  • Whole school
  • Infant
  • Large school
  • Rural
  • Small school
  • Urban
  • Governor
  • Teacher
  • Information booklets / sheets
  • Lesson material
  • Video
  • Worksheets

Resources support schools in developing their literacy and career-related learning provision.

 

National Literacy Trust
Teacher training on career-related learning
This resource provides training for primary trainee teachers in how to incorporate career-related learning in their lessons. More experienced teachers may also find this training useful.
North East LEP
Exploring skills through language
Wonderful Words and Colourful Careers encourages children to use each letter of the alphabet to discover qualities, skills, jobs and learn more about the world of work.
Positive Footprints
Ideas for involving parents and other tips for teachers

Pack to help teachers to personalise career-related learning for their pupils.

 

TeenTech
Mission Log: Website design

A simple video-led resource for teacher CPD. Resources are designed to give teachers the skills and confidence to build a simple Google Site for their school.

The White Room
Career-related learning journey

Make sure everyone knows which way you’re heading: ensure all stakeholders understand you career-related learning programme by using this template to present it in a visual way.

The Careers and Enterprise Company
Top tips for employers
Whether you’ve never engaged with Primary Schools before, or you just want a refresher for your team, you might find this document useful for activity and resource planning.
The Careers and Enterprise Company
How to...

Resources contain accessible ‘how to’ guides for teachers, looking at practical ways to implement the principles of effective career-related learning. 

The Centre for Education and Youth

Skills Builder Resources

  • Early Years
  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • Support to embed CRL into a whole school approach or curriculum
  • Embed in curriculum
  • Involve employers and parents
  • Open to all
  • Personalised and relevant to age group
  • Start early
  • Whole school
  • Infant
  • Junior
  • Large school
  • Middle
  • PRU
  • Rural
  • SEND school
  • Small school
  • Urban
  • Lesson Materials
  • Evaluation
  • Information booklets / sheets
The Skills Builder Hub provides a suite of tools for educators to build essential skills in the classroom, including learning activities, classroom resources and assessment tools. 
Skills Builder Partnership
Lesson Materials
Linking career-related learning to PSHE

Two comprehensive PSHE lesson plans for year 5 and 6 pupils with supporting classroom materials.

The PSHE Association
LOUD!
Primary School Activity Book: Being a GP

20 activities designed to engage primary pupils in STEM subjects linked to General Practice.

Complete with animations introducing each activity.

Health Education England
Our Future

These resources have been developed to support career-related learning for key stage 1 and 2 children across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

D2N2
Information booklets/sheets
Career Development Framework: Handbook for Primary Schools

New Career Development Framework for Primary Schools.

Career Development Institute
Lesson Materials
Learning through a lens: careers in the curriculum

Health Education England have worked in partnership with the Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) and Forum Talent Potential to fund and support a project which provides real life context to learning.

NHS Health Careers
KS2
Step into the NHS KS2 competition resources

Did you know that someone in every class in your school is likely to work for the NHS in the future? See our KS2 teacher guide for an overview of our ready-made lesson plans and how to introduce meaningful careers-related learning to your pupils.

NHS Health Careers
KS2
Engineering for Families

Developed by NUSTEM, Engineering for Families is a six week afterschool activity for KS2 children and their parents and carers. 

Northumbria University Newcastle
Career Cards

This activity highlights the wide range of people and backgrounds who become STEM professionals and
helps to counteract stereotypes.

Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC)

Barclays LifeSkills

  • Key Stage 2
  • CPD and Teacher training
  • Information and guidance for teachers who are new to CRL
  • Information and support for Governors
  • Learning from other schools
  • Lesson materials that are adaptable
  • Resources to assess pupil skills
  • Support to embed CRL into a whole school approach or curriculum
  • Support to involve parents/carers
  • Embed in curriculum
  • Involve employers and parents
  • Open to all
  • Personalised and relevant to age group
  • Start early
  • Whole school
  • Junior
  • Large school
  • Middle
  • PRU
  • Rural
  • SEND school
  • Small school
  • Urban
  • Parent
  • Teacher
  • Lesson Materials
  • Accountancy, Banking, Finance
  • Business management
  • Media and internet
  • Lesson material
  • Video
  • Worksheets

Access free online interactive resources, ready-made lessons as part of the Barclays LifeSkills suite of career and money related learning activities, to help raise pupils’ aspirations and develop the skills needed for their future.

Barclays LifeSkills
Lesson Materials
Tech We Can On-Demand Lessons

Tech We Can teachers deliver fun and informative online lessons to inspire 8-14-year-olds to consider a tech career.

 

Tech She Can

Tech We Can Animations

  • Early Years
  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • A standalone activity
  • Support to plan an event or activity
  • Support to work with external professionals
  • Embed in curriculum
  • Involve employers and parents
  • Open to all
  • Personalised and relevant to age group
  • Start early
  • Infant
  • Junior
  • Large school
  • Middle
  • Rural
  • Small school
  • Urban
  • Parent
  • Teacher
  • Lesson Materials
  • Creative arts and design
  • IT

Short animations covering a range of technology topics to inspire primary school children about technology and the people working in tech roles.

 

Tech She Can