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Year 12 Aspirations Evening
Earlier this week, our Year 12 students and their parents were invited to attend a Raising Aspirations Evening. During the evening, the Director of Careers, Headteacher and Head of Sixth Form talked to students and their parents about aiming high, university applications and higher level apprenticeships. One of our Senior Students, Finn Morgan also talked about his experiences of Sixth Form life and delivered some sound advice about researching and making applications early in the year.
Our Y12 Raising Aspirations Evening also saw students and parents drop into a series of sessions which shed light on the journey ahead as our Sixth Formers move into Higher Apprenticeships and university places.
The guest speakers – sessions included:
Applying to Oxbridge & Russell Group Universities – University of Sheffield
Higher Level Apprenticeships – Jessica Pieri from NGTU
Student Finance – Loughborough University
How to Start Your Own Business – Chamber of Commerce and Caitlyn Atkins (former student and business owner)
Carrie Cain, Assistant Headteacher, said: “Our Raising Aspirations Programme is not only about aiming high but also showing students how to get there. We worked hard to get a good range of speakers and every student has taken away things they can use moving forward.”
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Year 12 Employability Workshops
This week saw the second set of employability workshops we have held this term as part of our ongoing commitment to raising aspirations across the school. This time, it was the turn of our Year 12 students.
During the morning, students were given advice and guidance about performing in interviews, creating great first impressions and communicating effectively. Experienced professionals worked alongside our students giving them a valuable insight into their industries, what they look for when employing young people and the importance of having strong employability skills.
Students also took part in individual mock interviews with a team of 16 professionals. Each interview helped to build confidence and give students valuable experience and exposure to how interviews are conducted.
We were thrilled to receive superb feedback from both the students and employers about the morning’s activities.
Carrie Cain, Assistant Headteacher, said: “Today’s Employability workshop has given students much to consider as well as a newly acquired skillset to use in future interview situations. We are so proud of all the students who took part and very grateful to those employers who gave up their time today.”
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Sixth Form Pupils meet with PWC
CTA 6th Form pupils, Mr Giles Head of 6th Form and Director of Careers Mrs Poppleton were all delighted to be joined today with an Ambassador, Avraj Bansal from PWC to speak about some fantastic pupil and graduate leaver opportunities including ‘Flying start Degrees’. Pupils had an overview of the wide range of roles, sectors and global locations which are available for their ‘ Flying start degree apprenticeships’. Avraj also gave a valued insight into making successful future applications and what to expect on assessment days. Pupils were given details for the Employability Hub with free and useful virtual tools to support developing students key employability skills. This afternoon was a launch ahead of preparing our 6th Form pupils for some upcoming events including a parent/student Aspirations Evening and an employability morning. The employability morning will include guest speakers, employer mock interviews and taking part in mock assessments for pupils who are interested in applying for degree apprenticeships
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Year 10 Employability Workshops
This week our Year 10 students participated in employability workshops and interviews as part of our Raising Aspirations Programme.
The workshop included information from Pete Thorpe, Head of Education at Youth employment UK, who visited the school to talk about employability skills and to ensure students are better prepared and ready to go when it comes to university, apprenticeships, college or job interviews.
Students used the skills gained in this workshop to take part in individual mock interviews with a team of over 50 professionals visiting the school that day. Each interview was designed to ensure every student is prepped and ready to go when it comes to jobs. These sessions gave valuable experience and exposure to what interviews are really like and helped build students’ confidence.
Once again, we are thrilled to receive high praise in relation to the students and the school from the volunteers about these sessions:
One volunteer said: “All your students have been an absolute credit to you and have all tried their best. A testament to how much hard work goes into planning this day.”
A second volunteer added: “I have been really impressed with how polite, confident and engaged the students have been.”
Carrie Cain, Assistant Headteacher, said: “The employability sessions our students have taken part in have given them a unique opportunity to prepare for future workplace interviews. The volunteers were superb, quickly earned the respect of students and passed on their expertise swiftly. All in all, a fantastic session.”
We look forward to the next employability workshops on the 24th November with Year 12.
Carrie Cain
Assistant Headteacher