Year 10 baseline. Students review their Year 9 plan, take a fresh skills audit, refresh their LMI for 2026, and set three KS4 career goals. The output is a 'Year 10 mission' document that shapes the rest of the year.
Lesson outcomes & success criteria

Learning outcomes

Success criteria

Lesson sequence
1
Plan review
reflection · 15 min
Pull out Y9 plan. What's still true? What's changed? Three things to update.
2
2026 LMI check
individual task · 20 min
Look up current LMI for top 3 sectors. Has growth/salary/demand shifted? Update plan.
Builds: Problem Solving
3
Three SMART goals
individual task · 25 min
Write three SMART goals for KS4 — one career, one skill, one experience. Add to Chapter.
📓 Chapter timeline: Save three SMART goals to your Chapter goals dashboard with target dates.
🎮 Chapter Student Game +60 XP
Action: Set your three Year 10 SMART career goals
Save your Year 10 mission to Chapter — the document that will guide your KS4.
Skills: Planning, Problem Solving
Wrap-up
Plenary discussion

Pair-share for 2 minutes: one thing you'll take from this lesson into next week.

Homework / follow-up

Pair with the Y10 baseline 1-to-1 (BM8). Use the document in their session.