Careers Afternoon offers Third Years valuable insights
Third Year pupils found out more about careers they might be interested in, and learned about some they hadn’t considered before, at a Careers Afternoon.
The sessions, which took place in the Woodsmoor building, saw representatives from a range of industries and businesses give presentations and talks about their daily work.
A number of Old Stopfordians returned to school for the event. Libby Porter (OS 2023) and Enoch Ajayi (OS 2025), alongside Inaaya Khan, spoke about apprenticeships; Kim Cothari (OS 2014) talked about being a Sky Sports Journalist; and Natalie Clarke (OS 2013) and Claire Richards discussed being Environmental Consultants.
Jenny Carlsson (OS 2014) talked about her career as an Ecologist; Dr Laura Pickering (OS 1999) spoke about being a Psychologist; and Amy Morgan (OS 2014) delivered an interesting talk on her career in the emergency services.
Jen Gladman gave an insight into her job as a Head Stylist at JD Sports; Jonathan King and Jodie Sumner discussed careers in law; Jenny Cox covered architecture; and Nathan Boydell spoke about a career in medicine.
Mathematics Teacher Miss Rosie Read chatted about her previous career as an Actuary; Assistant Head (Character and Culture) Mr Adam Power gave an insight into his former job as a Government Policy Advisor; and Dr Jude Power talked about being a Senior Medical Advisor.
Reflecting on the event, one pupil said: “It was really interesting as some of the speakers were only a few years older than us”, a second commented: “I got to see a really good range of careers”, whilst another noted: “It has made me consider ecology as a job.”
The Third Years will continue to do further research into careers in their Life Studies lessons before making their GCSE choices next term.
