April 5, 2023

Primary Futures – A Headteacher’s View

April 5, 2023

John Snell is Headteacher at Welton Primary School in Somerset and a long-time user of Primary Futures. In this article, John discusses how it has helped open pupils’ eyes to the wider world beyond the classroom and excite them about the subjects they are learning. I have worked in schools for over 25 years, 13 […]

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March 2, 2023

Schools talks to mark NHS’s 75th anniversary

March 2, 2023

To help mark the NHS’s 75th anniversary in July, NHS England and Inspiring the Future have teamed up to inspire children and young people to consider a career in the NHS. The ‘NHS Ambassadors’ programme connects NHS staff with schools to give talks about the wide and stimulating range of careers across the Service – […]

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January 31, 2023

Building Future London: Children meet the role models building their city

January 31, 2023

Over 3,000 young Londoners have had the opportunity to meet and chat with a wide range of people working in construction and infrastructure as part of the Building Future London project. The project was launched in May 2022 by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, with support from Primary Futures, the aspiration-raising programme run by […]

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January 25, 2023

An insight into children’s aspirations internationally

January 25, 2023

In 2018 Education and Employers published Drawing the Future which examined the career aspirations of primary-aged children. Over 20,000 7-11 year-olds from 20 countries took part, drawing a picture of the job they want to do when they grew up and saying who or what inspired them. The aim of the study, done in partnership […]

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January 11, 2023

Education and Employers give evidence to the Education Select Committee

January 11, 2023

In January 2022 the Education Select Committee announced it was holding an inquiry into the effectiveness of the careers advice given to students – a root and branch review of how well the current system for careers education, information, advice and guidance is working. The Education and Employers charity submitted written evidence to the Committee […]

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November 9, 2022

New report illuminates the difference made by career-related learning on children’s aspirations in Blackpool

November 9, 2022

An evaluation report of our Primary Futures Blackpool project was launched today and shows the impact of a committed and sustained approach to career-related learning on primary-aged children’s aspirations.  Funded by the Blackpool Opportunity Area Board, the project launched in September 2021 and ran over the 2021-22 academic year. The project builds on the success […]

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October 10, 2022

New evaluation shows impact of role models on primary-aged children

October 10, 2022

An evaluation and impact research report published today shows how meeting a diverse range of role models from the world of work has helped to raise children’s aspirations, broaden their horizons, increase their motivation and helped foster a more positive attitude towards learning. The report evaluates the impact of the ‘Our Future’ project in its […]

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September 21, 2022

Primary Futures partners with STEM Learning 

September 21, 2022

We are delighted to announce a partnership between Education and Employers’ programme Primary Futures and STEM Learning. It will offer primary school teachers across the UK free access to an even greater range of STEM-specific volunteers from the world of work.  The partnership will enable teachers to access STEM Ambassador volunteers directly through their free Primary Futures […]

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September 20, 2022

Inspiring the Future launches in Jersey

September 20, 2022

The Education and Employers charity is excited to announce the launch of Inspiring the Future Jersey.   Thanks to a partnership between the charity Every Child Our Future, Skills Jersey (part of the Government of Jersey) and ourselves, schools and volunteers in Jersey can now connect easily, quickly and freely via the online match-making service. Primary […]

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