Teach First Career Day

Our Y56 pupils were delighted to be offered the opportunity to experience a Careers Day with our partner Teach First. Like us they believe it is their responsibility to inspire our pupil to use education as a key to unlock career and employment opportunities. 

The session - held at the Teach First offices in London - had three key objectives:

1. To understand the different roles that exist within companies

2. To reflect on their interests, motivations and skills and how these can help guide a career choice

3. To realise the education pathway required to achieve a professional career

Pupils were split into groups of five before they got to meet their volunteer hosts: money brokers, mathematicians, physicists, marketing executives and recruitment specialists. They were able to ask them about their roles, what they typically did, the parts of their job they enjoy and how they qualified for their career.

'We met a lady called Ionna. She was a mathematician who had worked in the city as a broker in a bank. Ionna could speak more than one language and is a tennis coach! She told me how maths had helped her achieve so much.'

Emma Bloy - Year 5

Afterwards the pupils used Apple as a case study to examine the different roles within a company, the qualifications and the average salaries of each role.

'Mr Drakes had told us that the average salary was £25,000. The jobs we looked at earned much more than that, but you have to study and pass your exams. Now I can see why A Levels and a degree can help me.'

Isaac Stevens - Year 6

It was an inspirational day, which we hope will give our pupils even more motivation to do their very best. A huge thank you to Teach First for the opportunity!

I loved the opportunity to learn about jobs I hadn't heard of before.

Samson

It has made me think about the kind of career I would like to try in the future 

Thelma

I didn't realise how much your qualifications link to what you are likely to earn

Kye

The Venn diagram activity made me think about my skills and how I could turn them into a career

Sophie 

It was great to meet the volunteers and hear about what they did for a job. Our table had a volunteer who was a corporate lawyer.

Simona