To celebrate national careers week and as part of our raising aspiration programme, next week (21-25 March) we are welcoming guests from the below organisations into school to provide students with valuable employer encounters and receive information on careers and apprenticeships.
There is a busy programme of events that provides plenty of insights that open ideas and opportunities up for the future:
Monday 21st March
Balfour Beatty – Room W10 – lesson 2 – 10.10am
Employer encounter to deliver a talk to students and raise awareness of apprenticeships
Year 9.
Tuesday 22nd March
Mercian Regiment – Lecture Theatre – lesson 3 – 11.30am
Presentation about careers in the Armed Forces and equipment to observe.
Year 8 and students who have expressed specific interest.
Wednesday 23rd March
National Citizen Service – Library area – break time and lunch time break
Ambassador from NSC providing information stand about programmes and opportunities with NCS.
Friday 25th March
ASK Apprenticeships – Library area – break time and lunch time break
Ambassador and information stand giving students an opportunity to enquire about apprenticeship providers.
Friday 25th March
ASK Apprenticeships – Room W4 &W5 – 11.30am presentation for specific Year 10 & 11 students about apprenticeship types.
Friday 25th March
Independent Careers Advisor – Sixth Form Centre – 8.45am – 9.10am.
Careers assembly and advice and guidance for Year 13 students.
Richard Barnett-Richards, Assistant Headteacher, said: “We are very much a school that seeks to open our students’ eyes up to every opportunity and we are particularly focusing apprenticeships in the week ahead. The university route is a wonderful option, but with spiralling costs the apprenticeship route offers an alternative that we have secured great success with in the past. We are looking forward to welcoming in a whole host of providers so that the plans for working life start now.”