Introducing Our New Ask an Apprentice Community!

Coming on 7th November! The first-ever platform where your students can interact directly with real apprentices, asking questions, getting guidance, and gaining insights that textbooks can't provide. One of our mentors explains why it's important for her to help students.

How Does it Help You?

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Exclusive Personal Advice

Empower your students by connecting them with real apprentices who can answer their questions. All of our mentors have been Enhanced DBS checked and have received safeguarding training.

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Track Student Engagement

Monitor student engagement and track their progress within the platform, giving you valuable data to tailor your career advice based on their interests and readiness.

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Meet Gatsby Benchmarks

Meet Gatsby Benchmarks easily, without adding to your workload. Our platform helps fulfill key benchmarks (1, 2, 3, 5, and 8), giving your school the tools to support student career education and guidance.

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Save You Time And Money

We understand the resource limitations teachers and schools face. Our platform is designed to help you save time so you can focus on doing what you do best, whilst being completely free!

Want to Get Early Access? How to Get Involved?

We're offering early access to a select number of schools and colleges. By collaborating with us, your school will have the exclusive opportunity to shape the future of this platform, ensuring it truly meets your students' needs whilst offering feedback to help us refine it further.

Step 1: Register on our site as a member of staff.
Step 2: From the portal, invite your students' to create an account. Here is a video guide to help you through the process.
Step 3: Ensure your students complete the registration process to access the community. You can monitor this through your teacher dashboard.
Or book a call in with one of our team
- Schedule a call with Mitesh
- Schedule a call with Fleur
- Schedule a call with Matt

We will only be inviting schools whose students have completed the registration process to participate.

Struggling to Meet all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks?

Beyond the Ask an Apprentice platform, we offer a range of tools designed to make your work easier and provide students with valuable career support whilst helping you meet all 8 benchmarks.

1 - A Stable Careers Programme

We support you in developing a stable careers programme by offering structured resources and guidance, ensuring that career education is personal and integrated consistently throughout the academic year.

2 - Learning from Career and Labour Market Information

We provide you with up-to-date labour market information, through our extensive physical and digital resources, enabling your students to make informed decisions about their future pathways.

3 - Addressing the Needs of Each Pupil

As well as Ask an Apprentice, we help schools address individual student needs by offering personalised career profiles that track interests and aspirations, ensuring tailored support for every learner.

4 - Linking Curriculum Learning to Careers

Over 2,000 have used our comprehensive physical & digital career resources to connect curriculum subjects to real-world career opportunities. We can assist you in delivering relevant and engaging lessons that illustrate the importance of various jobs.

5 - Encounters with Employers and Employees

We facilitate direct encounters with employers through interactive webinars and Q&A sessions, giving students valuable insights from industry professionals and fostering connections for potential career opportunities.

6 - Experiences of Workplaces

Our platform offers various workplace experience resources, including employer-led workshops and providing connections to employers to arrange work experiences directly with them.

7 - Encounters with Further and Higher Education

We provide interactive webinars and Q&A sessions featuring representatives from further and higher education institutions, enabling students to explore post-secondary options and understand the pathways available to them.

8 - Personal Guidance

Through our Ask an Apprentice community, our mentors, drawn from diverse career backgrounds, offer personalised guidance and support to students, helping them navigate their career journeys and make informed choices about their futures.

Success Stories

“I would like to pass on the appreciation from all subject leaders. They all love the posters and booklets; some are even asking me to purchase multiples for each subject classroom. Excellent quality, teachers haven't stopped talking about them!!!”

— Liverpool School

“My colleagues at school absolutely love the guides, it gives them a better understanding of the opportunities they can promote to students and as the guides are so comprehensive it caters for all teacher needs”

— Queen Elizabeth's School

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