News Archive

14 May 2020

Case study: Virtual interactive sessions with Hope Academy

14 May 2020

On Monday 4th and Wednesday 6th May, two of the first virtual interactive Inspiring the Future sessions took place. In total, 44 Year 7 and 8 students from Hope Academy in St Helens took part in the Career Chats activities, where three volunteers talked about their careers before answering questions from young people attending on the online platform. When Hope Academy teacher Charlie Wignall found out about the new remote sessions from Inspiring the Future, he was keen to get […]

22 April 2020

Supporting young people and schools virtually during Covid 19

22 April 2020

Over the last few weeks schools and colleges have been focusing on ensuring the safety and well-being of all our children and young people and helping them to continue with their education and learning. They have responded with amazing speed, as have parents and carers now involved in home schooling. This is a particularly difficult, unsettling and disruptive […]

18 March 2020

Inspiring the Future and Primary Futures events suspended

18 March 2020

In line with the latest government advice concerning non-essential travel and contact, we have suspended all face-to-face events with schools until further notice. The health, safety and wellbeing of our volunteers, schools, and the wider community is our top priority. Working with schools, we are exploring other ways to inspire young people, including remote access options. […]

7 February 2020

Children from across the UK visit 10 Downing Street to ask the PM questions

7 February 2020

On Thursday 30th January 2020 Year 5 and 6 pupils from six schools visited 10 No Downing Street. Ballysally Primary School, Coleraine NI Bramble Brae Primary, Aberdeen Culcheth Primary, Warrington Lainesmead Primary School, Swindon Soho Parish Primary School, London Welton Primary School, Bath & North-East Somerset They had been invited to take part in a […]

27 January 2020

Summing up Inspiring the Future event: “The students loved it”

27 January 2020

Overview Rebecca Cashmore, Head of Careers at St Joseph’s College in Norbury delivered a mock interviews session as part of a broader employability day, in November. Please describe your event and tell us what impact you hoped to have on your students. We chose to do this event with year 11. We wanted them to […]

18 January 2020

Disconnected: Major New Report

18 January 2020

A major new report reveals a disconnect between young people’s career aspirations and jobs in the UK, whether current vacancies or projected demand. This report is based on an international survey of over 8,500 people aged 14-18. There were over 7,000 responses from young people in the UK and this report focuses on their responses. Read […]

18 December 2019

Raising aspirations for primary children at Newcastle upon Tyne

18 December 2019

Overview Beech Hill Primary School recently organised a Primary Futures event as part of their aspirations programme focused on career-related learning. The event was successfully completed with three volunteers from varied professional backgrounds, including a solicitor, a pharmaceutical apprentice and a police officer, along with an enthusiastic class of Years 5 and 6 children. After […]

10 December 2019

Over 50 teachers to become Inspiring the Future Teacher Ambassadors

10 December 2019

Teachers and careers professionals across the UK are taking part in Inspiring the Future Ambassadors. The scheme has been launched to create a network of school staff with first-hand knowledge and experience of employer engagement. Ambassadors will share best practice and promote careers activities with volunteers from the world of work amongst colleagues, enjoying a […]

4 October 2019

Raising Aspirations

4 October 2019

Zoe Mawson, Head Teacher, Beckfoot Heaton Primary School & Nursery, Bradford Our school serves an area of high deprivation in Bradford, West Yorkshire, within one of the 10% most deprived wards in the country. In 2016, we created a 3 year vision which we named, “Growing To Be Great”. Prior to this, expectation and ambition […]

4 October 2019

Primary Futures is Expanding!

4 October 2019

As the new academic year starts, we are pleased to announce that Primary Futures will be expanding to work with more schools over the next academic year thanks to funding from AKO Foundation and the Department for Education / Careers & Enterprise Company Primary Fund. Primary Futures received the largest amount of funding from the […]