We introduced the common language of essential skills into our careers lessons. We engaged in targeted staff training to enable teachers to teach students how to effectively use the Benchmark platform. We used resources from the HUB to introduce the essential skills to students, and teachers, and to explain the importance of these skills for their future careers. The Careers Explorer tool and career cards were also useful resources in these early stages. This will then be followed by training and supervised completion of Benchmark assessments for each student. Skills Builder also conducted teacher training in Benchmark and HUB for our Careers teachers that work with Yr 12 Gateway and Yr 13 Pathways students. We then held team meetings to determine the best plan for incorporating essential skills into careers teaching across a span of 2 years. To raise the profile of essential skills across the wider school we designed and created banners for our Pathways Evening that linked the essential skill icons to subject areas. Subject teachers used the extended descriptors for each skill and highlighted three skills for their banner that were most strongly developed through their individual subjects. We created a Pathways Evening Preparation Presentation for the Year 10 students – delivered via Junior Social Sciences lessons which discussed the skills in relation to jobs. We also have digital posters on our college TV screens that highlight different career clusters and the essential skills most relevant to different career pathways. It is estimated that around 4000 people attended the Pathways Evening, so it was an excellent opportunity to familiarise parents and younger students with essential skills.