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Careers & Enterprise
Careers & Enterprise
Maximise Your Potential Day
Northampton Academy recently welcomed a number of
business and education mentors to run careers workshops with
Year 10 and Year 12 students as part of the school’s ‘Maximise
Your Potential’ Day.
The workshops ran all day in various locations around
the school covering topics such as personal development,
interview skills, negotiation, team-building and confidence
in careers and were led by top local, regional and national
businesses. Students relished the opportunity to fine tune their
interview skills with business and educational establishments
such as Travis Perkins, Opus Energy, Smurfit Kappa,
Barclaycard, The British Army, The University of Northampton
and many more.
Students came to school smartly dressed in business clothes
ready for the day and enjoyed the chance to practise a range
of professional skills which will be critical for impressing
prospective universities, employers, colleagues and clients.
“It really was an amazing day and I got lots out of
it, so I hope the pupils did too. I haven’t been into
a school for many years now and I could tell what
a top rated place the academy is the moment I
walked in the door. The ambassadors were all very
professional and welcoming and the pupils were
engaged and were a total pleasure to work with.
“Lots of the students I worked with on a one to one
basis had many fantastic ideas and strengths that
could match those of an older more mature student.
I can tell lots of hard work has gone into making this
event happen and I think it has really paid off.”
Vanessa Kirk - HMRC
“Maximise Your Potential Day’ is part of the academy’s six month learning programme on career development
for Year 10 and it was an excellent and invaluable opportunity for them to put theory into practice, as with the
Year 12 students who also took part. We were delighted to see so many business volunteers sharing their career
expertise and pathways knowledge to guide students towards the important decisions they will make Post-16.
We have received lots of really positive e-mails back from the businesses that took part. Following the event,
we are also very pleased that Siemens want to work with a group of prospective engineers from Northampton
Academy and that Opus Energy are employing a number of our student ambassadors over the summer holidays.
On behalf of everyone at the academy, I would like to thank all the visitors that gave their time for this event
which was well received by all involved and an amazing learning experience for our students.”
Karen Betty, Careers and Enterprise Manager
