Sharing Across the School Community – Charter School North Dulwich

June 1, 2025

Students: We start educating students about apprenticeships in Year 9 and drip feed information throughout years 9-11 via apprenticeship assemblies, workshops and lessons.

Students in years 12 and 13 are given further support, including:

• We host apprenticeship fairs as part of Southwark Schools Learning Partnership. These include panels of apprentices and employers talking about apprenticeships.
• We survey students to find out who is interested in apprenticeships.
• We run an employer workshop with Investment20/20. Current apprentices run sessions on the parts of the application process.
• We deliver apprenticeship workshops ourselves to support students with searching for and applying to apprenticeships and employers.
• We have a Destinations Week, one day of which involves a carousel of apprenticeship activities with Pathway CTM.
• Former students who are now apprentices come back and do assemblies and workshops with students.

Staff: We have a Careers Champion for each department. They are responsible for auditing what their department are doing careers-wise and then as a team, they commit to what they are going to achieve over the coming year. They also meet with different employers and discuss potential activities to go into lessons.

Parents: We run parent webinars on apprenticeships every year. One of the barriers is often parental opinion on apprenticeships, so we educate them on apprenticeships and how to support their children.