More than 1,000 pupils benefit from St Bart’s School careers events
A Newbury school was busy hosting two careers events for its pupils last week.
More than 70 volunteers supported over 1,000 pupils at St Bart’s School’s Year 11 Interview Day and Key Stage 3 Careers Fair.
Careers lead Denise Seward said: “St Bart’s would like to extend a huge thank you to all those involved, former students, parents and local businesses.
“It was wonderful to welcome both those volunteers joining us for the first time and those who have attended in the past and continue to support us year after year.
“Without them these opportunities would simply not exist for our students.”
The Year 11 Interview Day offered pupils the chance to practice their interview technique through a ‘real-life’ interview with a business representative, who then provided feedback on their performance.
The event was supported by the Education Business Partnership, which supports schoolchildren across the Thames Valley with employability initiatives.
Some of the participating organisations included AWE, Barclays, Gardner Leader, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Horsey Lightly, Priors Court and Vodafone.
Paul Rose, an engineer for the Ministry of Defence, was honoured with an award at the event for their contribution as a volunteer.
CEO of the EBP Kate Barrow, said: “Over the past year, Paul has consistently gone above and beyond, lending their expertise and enthusiasm to numerous events and workshops.
“Their unwavering commitment has inspired countless young minds and strengthened our mission to empower the next generation.”
And then the following, the school hall opened its doors to pupils from Years 7 to 9 as part of its annual Careers Fair.
More than 800 pupils were able to explore over 50 different career options within journalism, the armed forces, arts sector, architecture and many more.
Year 9 pupil Florence said of the event: “It was really interesting to speak to the man who was an architect.
“I really enjoy design, and he gave me lots of advice about what to study and spoke about how he gained qualifications and got started with his own studio.”
The school was also supported by its own alumni throughout both events, including interviewers Hozan Edwards (B2B Technologies), Ellie Evans (AWE), Sabrina Luck (Vodafone), as well as Lois Ryan and Beth Parker (both from Gardner Leader).
Also supporting the Careers Fair were Alex Blake (sales consultant), Jeanette Cheeseman (planner) Tom Cole (cyber security advisor), Jonah Hood (apprentice), Tom Herrington (broadcaster), Melanie Mildenhall (customer service director), Aiden O’Neill (paramedic), Archie Perks (lawyer) and Joe Seward (doctor).
