On Thursday 4th February we
opened our doors for our first ever careers fair at Hope Academy. This event
was attended by year groups 9 to 13 plus a very successful turn out after
school by both pupils and parents.
Our stallholders ranged from
Universities such as Edgehill, Liverpool Hope and Manchester Metropolitan to
Apprenticeship schemes from St Helens Chamber and Waterside. We also had
various businesses such as Lloyds banking, IBM and Hill Dickinson to name a few
plus the British Army and various MerseySTEM ambassadors such as NSG and
AstraZeneca. There really was something for everyone and the place generated a
real buzz from pupils throughout the day.
The feedback we have received
from both pupils and providers was excellent!
“The behaviour from students at
Hope is the best we have ever seen” St Helens Chamber
“An outstanding careers fair to
help year 9 pupils progress with their lifetime skills” Angel Siddeley Year
9
“Pupils were very polite and
pleasant and very interested in this organisation” J Holcroft Skills for
Health
“Overall a great event! All the
students behaved impeccably” O2
“A great opportunity to start
thinking about apprenticeships and degrees. This has helped me to decide what I
want to do when I grow up and will help year 10s prepare for their GCSEs and A
Levels. All of the universities and companies were extremely helpful” Laura
Pendlebury Year 10
“Great day! We thoroughly
enjoyed it!” NCS Northwest
Miss Davies
Volunteering
& Enterprise Coordinator
