Telling your story: measurement & Reporting

• For Individuals (Benchmark): A free online tool where individuals assess themselves against the Framework using a 5-point Likert scale. It generates a report of strengths and areas for improvement, allowing scores to be revisited to measure progress over time.

• For Groups (Hub): Track progress across cohorts, download snapshots for reporting, and use educational resources to observe skill steps in action. 

• Reflective Practice: Use skills-based questions to guide individuals to clearly articulate their learning. Access these by visiting any skill step and scrolling to the bottom of the webpage.

• Holistic Impact: These questions help beneficiaries and staff tell a holistic story of impact, which can be embedded into your own surveys and reports. 

Need further evidence to back your application? Read the latest research here.

• 93% of business leaders say essential employability skills are important for improving young people’s employment prospects.

• 97% of UK teachers say essential skills are as important as academic outcomes.

• 90% of young people think essential skills are important to overcome difficulty and adversity. 

You may want to apply for the cost of your Skills Builder Membership as part of a funding bid. Direct support through membership can be included as:

• Impact measurement consultancy support.

• Benchmark admin accounts for data tracking.

• Quality assurance of your programme.

• Bespoke capacity-building support for your team.

"A recent evaluation has shown that participants make on average between 1 and 1.5 steps of progress across all eight essential skills... compared to the 0.72 steps of progress a young person can expect to make over the course of a year without targeted support."