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SOMERSET CAREERS HUB
The Somerset Careers Hub, established in collaboration with The Careers and Enterprise Company to help transform careers education for young people across Somerset.
We work with every state-funded secondary school, special educational needs school, alternative provision & post 16 college across Somerset, as well as Independent SEND schools with Section 41 status, to deliver high quality careers support for students.  We also work with Primary schools, delivering our Dream Big Somerset Project helping to break down stereotypes to ensure primary aged young people have a positive start to their careers education journey.
We also work with employers, independent training providers, universities and career professionals to help to deliver the Gatsby Benchmarks and to ensure that all young people are able to identify their best next step.
The Careers Hub plays a critical role in supporting local skills development plans, understanding current and future job markets and feeding that intelligence into education.
We work closely with our colleagues in the Careers & Pathways Team, The Somerset Education Business Partnership and The Supported Employment Team to deliver on all things careers for young people across Somerset. Our key focuses are supporting our schools with the refined Gatsby Benchmarks and preparing for the modernisation of work experience, with an increase to 50 hours work experience by the end of Year 11 becoming legislative for the 26/27 academic year.
For more information contact the Careers Hub
careershub@somerset.gov.uk
Check out some of our projects
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Somerset Digital Futures Project
The Somerset Digital Futures Project aims to develop systemic solutions to eliminate barriers preventing young people, especially those from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, from pursuing apprenticeships and technical education in digital careers.
Click through to find out more about The Digital Futures Project
PDF Case Study: Microsoft Coding Workshop in Somerset Special Schools
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Somerset Careers Award – July 2026
Last night we celebrated at The Somerset Careers Awards with some inspirational people, who support young people with careers- at a truly glorious venue; North Cadbury Court! From our amazing Careers Leaders, to our incredible Enterprise Advisers, inspirational young people, to the wonderful companies who all put VAST effort into improving the lives of our Somerset Students.ALL who do these roles are just incredible. Last night we celebrated with just wonderful finalists including;The Justin Collis, Enterprise Adviser of the Year Award finalists Martin Symons & Heather Rybaruk, also our amazing EA Lucy-Ella Robinson & Jonathan Taylor who were finalists for other awards; Outstanding Personal contribution for Jonathan & Lucy Ella was representing Supported Employment Employers of the Year – Thales.Careers Leader of the Year finalists included Nina Sinclair from The King Alfred School Academy, Gayle Pogson From Yeovil College & Laura Bowden from Futures – Selworthy SchoolBest Careers Focused Secondary school Robert Blake School, Holyrood Academy & Critchill SchoolFull list of categories, generous sponsors of the awards, finalists & winners are here https://www.somerset-ebp.co.uk/awards/categories.htmIt was a lovely evening celebrating the achievements of all of the finalists and appreciating the hard work that ALL our companies, Enterprise Advisers & Careers Staff put in year in year out. All of you are complete stars 
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Somerset Careers Hub Go-Pro Challenge!
Huge congratulations to the pupils from 3 Dimensions in Chard with first prize and Fairmead School and Fiveways School, who were awarded runner‑up prizes in this year’s Somerset Careers Hub Go‑Pro Challenge!
Our Operational Hub Lead, Jenny Salmon, was proud to present the awards and celebrate the pupils’ fantastic creativity.
The challenge? We invited learners to submit short, career-focused videos—up to 3 minutes long, that showcased their skills, creativity, and aspirations with a focus on the learners’ perspective.
Using their GoPro Action Camera that showcases careers education in action at the school — and they absolutely nailed it!
Their videos brilliantly captured their work experience activities and showcased careers education in action across their schools.
Thank you to everyone who took part – we are incredibly proud of our SEND young people in Somerset and look forward to creating even more opportunities for them to share their talents and truly shine!
Click through to find out more information and nominate! Nominations close on the 14th Feb!
GET INVOLVED
There are 3 ways that you can work with the Careers Hub
There are so many ways you can support your local school or college by giving up just an hour of your time, either in person or virtually…
Being an Enterprise Adviser is a great way of developing your skills whilst getting young people excited about your industry…
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