Careers: Aiming High

A flexible 60 to 90 minute workshop bringing students into direct contact with business volunteers to inspire them to recognise their potential and give them practical first-hand guidance on different career paths.


Gatsby Benchmarks:

This activity helps towards meeting the following Gatsby Benchmarks: (GB3) addressing the needs of each pupil and (GB5) encounters with employers.
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Years 8-11

How the day works?

Careers Workshop:  An interactive 60 to 90 minute virtual or face-to-face workshop where volunteers from a business background talk with your students about aiming high, setting achievable goals and celebrating success. 

 

They will come away with a better understanding of how to set short, medium and long-term goals, how to remain resilient in the face of challenges and the importance of recognising their potential.


The workshop includes an opportunity for students to question the volunteer and hear about their career pathway, including its ups and downs and the lessons they have learned.

 

Aiming High is a highly adaptable workshop that can be tailored to suit different year groups and many learning abilities.  SATRO staff will introduce and run the workshop and bring student materials.


SATRO are a partner of the Skills Builder Framework and the well established resources that have been developed to support the key skills which we will cover in this workshop: 

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How much does it cost? 

Our workshops are adaptable to suit your timetable, and we can cater for the number of classes in each year group and provide back-to-back sessions across the school day, delivering the workshop to different class groups, with two sessions before lunch or one after.


We have to make a charge to cover our staff and materials costs, but our pricing is structured to enable this flexibility.


Thanks to charitable funding we have raised which supports State Secondary and SEN schools, we are able to offer heavily subsidised rates:

  • 1 Workshop session £210
  • 2 Workshop sessions £315

For Independent Schools:

  • 1 Workshop session £315
  • 2 Workshop sessions £570

For all schools:
•Bookings on 2 consecutive days qualify for a 10% discount
•3 or more bookings on different dates made in same enquiry qualify for a 10% discount


We are often able to approach companies for funding to support this event particularly for schools with high levels of Pupil Premium/SEN.  Please enquire when booking.