Careers' Fair at Winston
On Wednesday 15th November we held our annual careers fair with around 1200 students across the whole school attending, as well as parents and carers after the end of the school day.
We were delighted to welcome a record number of exhibitors from a broad range of sectors including healthcare, education, uniformed services, construction, engineering, conservation, wellbeing, education, sport, arts, culture, science and finance to name a few.
We had a wonderful turnout from parents, alumni and local businesses, including representatives from Scott Brownrigg, Bank of America, British Airways, BUPA dental care, Civil Service, Fuse Games, Gardline, Invotra, ITP Telecoms, Mayer Brown, MIT Skills, MSC Cruises, Natural England, NHS, Omni Academy, Overview Ltd, Photonics Technologies, Royal Holloway University, Sony, Surrey Chambers of Commerce, The Army, The Pirbright Institute, WSP, RAF.
We were joined by local colleges and 6th forms, including Woking College, Farnborough 6th form, Farnborough College of Technology, Activate Learning Colleges, Fullbrook 6th form, Hoe Valley 6th Form and Brooklands College, who were able to explain different education routes and courses, such as A-levels, T-Levels, vocational courses and apprenticeships.
It was great to see students engaging with our visitors and having meaningful conversations with employers and further and higher education, learning about career pathways, such as apprenticeships, and what working life is like. They practiced the Winston competencies and skills that are key to their future career, such as being open-minded, questioning and listening.
Employers said that they thought that the overall engagement with the students was good, that they had some great questions and that the Year 9 student helpers were very polite and helpful.
It was a very successful day and inspired many students. We are planning to organise this event again next year and if you would like to support our careers programme, wherever you are in your career journey, we would welcome you to our community. Please contact our careers department on l.smyth@wcsc.org.uk.
A huge thank you to Mrs Smyth for the outstanding organisation of this
informative event.
