Case Study

Birchwood High School, Bishop's Stortford

Birchwood High School in Bishop's Stortford currently has 32 pupils on the Young Apprenticeship Programme and Vocational Programme. The school has been working collaboratively with Skillnet and is moving into its third year on the programme.

Deputy Head, Sally Taylor said: "I would recommend both the Young Apprenticeship Programme and the Vocational Programmes to other schools. The course is integral to the student curriculum and feedback from pupils and parents alike is very positive."

Sally went on to say: "The course is always oversubscribed and as a result we have to select students by a process of interviews. We hope that by providing these courses, we raise student's aspirations to consider automotive engineering at university or to take on an Apprenticeship. Some of our students have already been offered Apprenticeships when they finish school."