The government will launch compliance checks next year to find out whether schools are meeting requirements to let further education providers talk to their pupils about future study options. However, secondaries flouting the rules will not be named and shamed 鈥� with anonymised national data published annually from next year instead. Baroness Smith Skills minister Jacqui Smith that the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) will chart whether youngsters are getting informed about technical training and apprenticeship options at school.聽 She said: 鈥淥ne of things we鈥檙e going to do next year is鈥� ask [CEC] to map the compliance with that particular requirement so that we can be confident that students are getting the ability to be able to see what the options are for them.鈥� Statutory guidance states that schools must provide 鈥渁t least six opportunities to meet providers of technical education or apprenticeships during years 8 to 13鈥�. The requirement, called the Baker clause, is designed to give them the chance 鈥渢o consider how studying or training in different ways, and in different environments, might suit their skills, interests and aptitudes鈥�. Data ‘anonymised’ A CEC spokesperson said the 鈥減ublished data will be national, aggregated and anonymised鈥�. Institution-level information gathered by the quango will be shared with 鈥渓ocal careers hub partners on a confidential basis鈥�.聽 The Department for Education said the annual national-level compliance data will 鈥渟hine a light on progress and identify where there is more to do to meet the requirements鈥�. beefed up in 2023 said targeted support would be offered 鈥渋f there are concerns about a school鈥檚 adherence to the provider access legislation. Concerns can be raised through DfE monitoring, Ofsted reports or a complaint from a provider. Should a school continue to fall short after receiving the support, a minister will write to it, setting a deadline by which to comply, 鈥渢o avoid moving to formal intervention鈥�.聽 After this, a legal direction could be issued. Schools may also lose out on government careers funding. The changes came after criticism of the lack of enforcement of previous rules. A 2019 Institute for Public Policy Research study found two-thirds of secondary schools were still flouting the Baker clause a year after it was introduced. A DfE spokesperson said the government has 鈥減rovided clear statutory guidance to support schools to comply with the provider access legislation鈥�. It will continue to work with the CEC 鈥渢o ensure all pupils are given information on the range of technical and vocational options that are available to them鈥�.