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.”

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.”

KPMG Work Experience

Our fourth experience of the KPMG work experience opportunity at Chase Terrace Academy was fantastic. KPMG Partner Peter Workman was impressed with the quality of our candidates. This year we had 52 candidates apply which exceeded our previous best year of 48 applicants back in our first cycle in 2019. The letters of application and CVs were of a high standard and it was challenging to select the 12 candidates who will get the opportunity to visit the luxurious KPMG offices in Birmingham. The final six candidates who did the group presentation and undertook individual interviews were:

• Bethan Evans
• George Holmes
• Daniel Matheson
• Rihanna Harris
• Holly Whitby

Peter was adamant at the start of the morning that there would be only 1 successful candidate. However, due to the quality of our students, Peter felt compelled to offer places to both Rihanna Harris and George Holmes. In addition mentoring and further support has been offered to Bethan Evans and Daniel Matheson.

We are so grateful to Peter and his team at KPMG for extending this prestigious opportunity to our pupils once again.

Chase Terrace Academy Pupils Celebrate Fantastic Achievements

We are absolutely delighted to announce that our Year 13 pupils will be leaving Chase terrace Academy with a tremendous set of results this summer. The pupils have worked incredibly hard alongside our staff during uncertain and disruptive times. They have demonstrated superb tenacity and ability to achieve very highly in their qualifications.

These pupils are the first to receive their results following external assessment since the school made significant changes to our Sixth Form provision. The results that pupils have achieved are some of the best in the school’s history and a big improvement on 2019.  We would also like to thank the staff for their hard work and dedication in supporting our pupils to go onto the next stage of their journey, whether that be in higher education, apprenticeship or employment.

Congratulations of course go to all of our pupils, however, notable performances include: Daniel Fisher A*, A*, Dist*; Sophia Chiles A*, A, A*; Isaac Holdsworth A*, A*, A; Jessica Johnson A*, A*, A; Meena Harrington A, A*, Dist*; Ben Grayson A, Dist*, Dist; Shane Kent A, A, A; Lilyann Willis A, A, A*.

We wish all of our pupils the very best in their futures and congratulate them again on a wonderful set of results