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6 October 2017

Pupils share their future aspirations in drawing the future survey

6 October 2017

We’re delighted to have already received some amazing entries for the Drawing the Future survey from schools across the country as well as enquiries from across the world. We’ve also had some lovely feedback from teachers about the benefits to their pupils: “The survey promotes to the children the importance of raising aspirations and helps […]

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21 September 2017

Drawing the Future – survey and competition

21 September 2017

Education and Employers is excited to announce the launch of a landmark national survey and competition. The charity is undertaking the survey in partnership with the NAHT, the TES and University College London Institute of Education and in collaboration with OECD Education and Skills. The Drawing the Future survey, the first of its kind, asks primary school […]

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7 July 2017

Primary Futures comes to Maidenhead

7 July 2017

Today St Edmunds Campion Catholic Primary School became the first school in Maidenhead to host a Primary Futures event. It featured a wide range of volunteers including a solicitor, magistrate, helicopter pilot, journalist, district nurse, surveyor and a prop maker who brought with him a large caricature of Donald Trump he had made. The aim […]

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7 July 2017

Career Footsteps at William Howard School

7 July 2017

The Career Footsteps programme headed far North this week for an event with the William Howard School in Brampton, Carlisle. This was an action packed session with masterclasses, mock interviews, interview workshops, CV workshops and more. All fit into one morning, this illustrates the range of activities that can be packed into one event. The […]

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4 July 2017

Career Footsteps in Chelmsford

4 July 2017

Hylands School in Chelmsford, Essex, was the latest school to host a showcase Career Footsteps event to help keep their students informed about the varying paths they can follow into the world of work. The Career Footsteps programme, run in partnership with the Edge Foundation, is a free programme available to schools across the country […]

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27 June 2017

Primary Futures awarded Edge Foundation funding

27 June 2017

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding from the Edge Foundation to expand our Primary Futures campaign in schools across the UK. With a generous grant of £50,000 we hope to extend the reach of primary schools we work with to be able to engage with 240,000 pupils. This funding will […]

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27 June 2017

Career Footsteps at Arnold Mill Primary School

27 June 2017

It was time for a primary school Career Footsteps event with Arnold Mill Primary School and eight volunteers. Taking part in classroom workshops, 90 Year 5 and 6 pupils were given the opportunity to hear from volunteers about the importance of working hard in school and the many different career paths they can one day […]

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26 June 2017

Primary Futures with the Department for Transport

26 June 2017

Volunteers from the Department for Transport, including the Permanent Secretary Bernadette Kelly and all her executive committee members as well as other staff including an apprentice, visited pupils at St Paul’s Cray School in Bromley, Orpington today . They took part in a transport themed Primary Futures event chatting to children about their job and […]

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23 June 2017

Career Footsteps with Walbottle Campus

23 June 2017

The next in our series of Career Footsteps regional showcase events took place in Newcastle at the Walbottle Campus. The Career Footsteps programme, run in partnership with the Edge Foundation, aims to educate young people about the wide range of routes into different careers, with a particular focus on vocational, technical and alternative pathways. Volunteers […]

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