GREAT SCHOOLS USING THE CUTLERS' 'MADE IN SHEFFIELD' PROGRAMME AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE!

I was in Sheffield again yesterday with colleagues from the Cutlers' "Made in Sheffield" engineering schools who have worked with us over the last three years to develop this radically different and unique programme. A programme which helps young people develop core and work skills and character and understand what can be achieved with persistence, determination and hard work.

RELEASE THE MAGIC... LIGHT YOUR OWN FIRE!

I bumped into an old colleague in a service station cafe recently and she reminded me that we simply need to stop waiting for someone else...

IT'S A WHOLE NEW WORLD!

We need to build a new, rewarding and engaging curriculum for our young people because we are preparing them for a world that is changing fast. We are preparing them for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't been invented yet. We need them to solve the problems facing us with climate change, population growth, disease, technological change... and others we simply don't know about yet!

THE KEYS TO SUCCESS: TEAMWORK, COACHING, PRACTICE AND HARD WORK 3!

THE KEYS TO SUCCESS: TEAMWORK, COACHING, PRACTICE AND HARD WORK 2!

THE KEYS TO SUCCESS: TEAMWORK, COACHING, PRACTICE AND HARD WORK!

BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AND EDUCATION SURVEY 2015

Firms think careers advice should include workplace experiences (64%), encounters with employers and employees (62%), and link curriculum learning to careers (45%).

This is exactly what we have been developing in the Cutlers' 'Made in Sheffield' programme over the last three years. If you want to find out more about the programme please get in touch.

BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AND EDUCATION SURVEY 2015

Business leaders surveyed think that secondary schools could do more to help students get on the career ladder, with three key actions needed to bridge the gap between the world of education and the world of work. Most businesspeople think schools should teach students how to conduct themselves in an interview (78%), demonstrate transferable skills (54%) and communicate lessons learned from work experience (46%).

This is exactly what we have been developing in the Cutlers' 'Made in Sheffield' programme over the last three years. If you want to find out more about the programme please get in touch.

BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AND EDUCATION SURVEY 2015

The report identifies the skills employers believe young people need and urges schools to embed key skills for work into the curriculum. The top five skills that firms value most are communication (88%), literacy (69%), numeracy (64%), computer literacy (56%) and teamwork (53%).

This is exactly what we have been developing in the Cutlers' 'Made in Sheffield' programme over the last three years. If you want to find out more about the programme please get in touch.

BRITISH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE BUSINESS AND EDUCATION SURVEY 2015

Two-thirds of businesses (69%) believe that secondary schools are not effective at preparing young people for work, according to a major new UK-wide survey of over 3,500 business and education leaders published by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

This is exactly what we have been developing in the Cutlers' 'Made in Sheffield' programme over the last three years. If you want to find out more about the programme please get in touch.

THINK TEAM!

Schools need relationships with other schools, headteachers need relationships with other headteachers and teachers need relationships with other teachers.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE; DO SOMETHING!!

BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM!

Working with another group of young people in Sheffield last week reaffirmed my belief in people; their energy, passion, enthusiasm and commitment. It also made me realise how destructive the current accountability system is and the desperate need to develop learning leadership, beautiful systems and intelligent accountability as the drivers for change across the country.