Overview of the Act
The Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Act 2022 amends the existing duty on maintained schools, special schools and pupil referral units in England to secure independent careers guidance to pupils throughout their secondary education. Currently the duty only applies from the year in which the majority of the pupils attained the age of 13, until the end of the school year in which the majority of the pupils attained the age of 18.
	The Act extends the duty to all students in state-funded secondary education and also establishes consistency across education settings by extending the statutory duty to academy schools and alternative provision academies in England.
	Academy schools and alternative provision academies will also be required to have regard to statutory guidance that underpins the legal duty.
	The Act ensures that all pupils in all types of state-funded secondary school are legally entitled to independent careers guidance throughout their secondary education.