What is Primary Futures?
Primary Futures is a simple and effective way to link learning to the wider world. Developed with teachers, it connects primary schools with diverse workplace volunteers to take part in interactive and engaging activities and be quizzed by children about their jobs.
Why start in primary school?
Children form stereotypes about occupations, careers and pathways from the age of six.(1) Our Starting Early research shows:
- Starting early is key to social mobility
- Meeting real-life workplace role models increases motivation to learn
- It also challenges stereotypes, particularly around gender and ethnicity
- Disadvantaged children benefit the most from these activities
Everything you need to get started
Primary Futures gives you free access to:
- 90,000+ volunteers from the world of work to invite into your school, in person or virtually
- Ready to use resources – such as Plug + Play videos
- Regular virtual events for your pupils throughout the year
- Live interactive training and support to help you plan activities and embed career-related learning
Hear from teachers and pupils
From teachers:
“Ofsted were really impressed with the way children could talk about the next stage of their learning and how this fits into future careers.”John Snell, Headteacher
Welton Primary School, Somerset
From pupils:
Bring learning to life with Primary Futures
See how schools use volunteer role models in a variety of ways to inspire children, enrich learning across the curriculum and help pupils discover the world of work.
Introducing our Recognition Scheme
The Primary Futures Recognition Scheme celebrates primary school teachers and staff who inspire pupils about future jobs and the wider world of work.
It gives you a way to recognise and share the work you’re doing with parents, colleagues, stakeholders and your local community.
We’re here to help
We are a small, friendly team and are here to help. You can get in touch with us in lots of different ways:
- Call us on 0207 566 4880
- Email us enquiries@inspiringthefuture.org
- Book a short planning call with Davina using our online calendar
- Or join one of our webinars to find out how to get started or for specialist topics such as how to embed career-related learning in the curriculum and link to subject topics
Primary Futures is run in partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the Education and Employers charity, and is part of Inspiring the Future.
Safeguarding
We are committed to providing safe and supportive environments for everyone involved in our organisation and the work we do. See more about Safeguarding.