Startingpoint

🚨 Big update just dropped…

Startingpoint has just launched 3 powerful new features designed to help you stand out and take control of your future 💡

🎯 Track your progress with impact reporting
🔍 Share your profile publicly and securely
✈️ Build your own employability skills passport

This isn’t just about what you’ve done, it’s about proving what you can do.

Your skills, your journey, your future, all in one place 🚀 Head to Startingpoint to explore!

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day and the incredible potential of young women everywhere 💜

We believe every learner deserves the chance to be seen for their full potential, not just their grades.

By helping students showcase their skills, creativity and experiences, we’re supporting the next generation of confident leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs 🚀

When young women are empowered with opportunity and confidence, the future becomes brighter for everyone!

Every student has potential 💡 The challenge is helping them show it 🌟

Startingpoint is the employability platform built to help young people evidence their skills, track their development and connect with real opportunities beyond the classroom.

For educators, employers and training providers, it offers a clearer way to support learner destinations and engagement with the world of work.

💡 Ready to see how it works? Book a demo and discover how Startingpoint can support you: https://bit.ly/3SHKppi

The government has announced a £4bn investment to reform SEND support, with a clear message: no more 'one size fits all' education.

With funding for earlier intervention, specialist support in every area and enhanced teacher training, inclusion is being positioned as core, not optional 👏

For schools and colleges, this is about timely support, local expertise and helping every learner thrive 💡

At Startingpoint, we believe visibility matters too. When strengths, progress and support needs are clearly evidenced, decisions become fairer and more informed.

A big step for inclusion. The real impact will be in how it’s embedded day to day.

AI has changed the CV forever 🤖

76% of hiring leaders say they’ve received AI-generated CVs with false information, and nearly 80% now prefer evidence-backed signals over polished claims 📊

For early careers, that’s a wake-up call.

When applications look the same, real examples make the difference 🔍

From claims to evidence ✅
From wording to proof 📌
From polished CVs to visible potential 🌟

If you’re ready to put evidence at the heart of early talent, Startingpoint can help!
🔗 Book a 15-minute walkthrough: https://bit.ly/3SHKppi

Keir Starmer has announced a new push on online safety today, including stronger powers to act against big tech and closing a loophole so AI chatbots are properly covered under illegal-content rules 🤖

For schools, colleges and training providers, this matters. Young people are spending more time online than ever, and the way digital platforms are designed can shape confidence, wellbeing and behaviour.

At Startingpoint, we believe digital spaces used for learning and career development should be structured, safeguarded and purposeful 💡

From secure messaging to moderated employer engagement, creating safe environments where young people can build and evidence real skills has never been more important.

We’ll be watching how this develops, particularly how regulation keeps pace with rapidly evolving tech.

⏰ Last chance! ⏰ Final day of National Apprenticeship Week 🚨

If you’ve been thinking about improving how learners evidence skills, manage applications and engage employers, this is your moment.

Startingpoint helps you bring skills, evidence, opportunities and employer engagement into one clear, practical workflow, and this week only, we’re offering 🚨 FREE onboarding 🚨 to organisations that book a demo during NAW 🙌

📌 The demo can take place later, but the booking must be made today*

🔗 Book your demo now! https://bit.ly/3SHKppi

Real work experience opportunities, in one place 👀

Startingpoint makes it easier to connect learners with apprenticeships, work experience and early career opportunities, while keeping everything safeguarded, structured and simple to manage.

Learners can apply, evidence outcomes and reflect on what they’ve learned, while providers and employers see progress clearly, all in one platform 💡

🎯 National Apprenticeship Week offer*
Book a Startingpoint demo this week and receive 🚨 FREE onboarding 🚨 as part of your setup.
The meeting doesn’t have to happen during NAW, just the booking.

🔗 Secure your free demo here: https://bit.ly/3SHKppi

Happy for National Apprenticeship Week 🎉

Our Education & Skills Director, Danny Brett, joined the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith and partners at Thomas Telford UTC this week as part of and the T Level Ambassador Network. The launch of the first Regional Plans is a clear signal of intent, focused action across the North, Midlands and South, shaped by local economies, employer demand and where placements are hardest to secure.

That matters ‼️

Because whether it’s T Levels or apprenticeships, the conversation is the same. How do we strengthen employer links? How do we secure meaningful placements? How do we show the real impact for learners?

At Startingpoint, we see every day how powerful it is when learners can evidence their skills, reflect on their placements and clearly demonstrate what they’ve learned, not just what qualification they’re studying.

T Level Thursday during National Apprenticeship Week is a reminder that this is not about routes competing, it’s about routes connecting. Stronger regional collaboration, clearer employer engagement and better ways to showcase skills can only benefit young people 👏

Evidence skills, not just grades 👀

This is exactly what Startingpoint is built for!
Helping learners capture real skills, confidence and capability through evidence they can actually talk about, not just list on a CV.

From workshops and profile building, to supporting learners ahead of interviews, Startingpoint gives providers and employers a clearer picture of potential and gives learners the confidence to own their story 🙌

✨ To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we’re offering 🚨 FREE onboarding 🚨 to organisations that book a Startingpoint demo during National Apprenticeship Week.
The demo can take place later, the booking just needs to be made this week*

🔗 Book your free demo: https://bit.ly/3SHKppi