Primary Futures

Our research tells us that only 1% of pupils learn about jobs from people visiting schools

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Challenging social and gender stereotyping from an early age

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Our national campaign 'I am#InspiringTheFuture' aims to build a 100,000-strong network of volunteers from the world of work

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Working together for young people

How Primary Futures works

Primary Futures enables schools to connect with interesting volunteers from the world of work quickly and easily, revolutionising the way in which children get insights…

A teachers view

Watch this film of Karen Giles, Head Teacher of Barham Primary School, who explains why she thinks Primary Futures is so essential to all primary…

Drawing The Future published

Education and Employers have published their landmark report Drawing The Future The survey was undertaken in partnership with Tes, the National Association of Head Teachers, UCL…

News and events

Children from across the UK visit 10 Downing Street to ask the PM questions

On Thursday 30th January 2020 Year 5 and 6 pupils from six schools visited 10 No Downing Street. Ballysally Primary School, Coleraine…

Raising aspirations for primary children at Newcastle upon Tyne

Overview Beech Hill Primary School recently organised a Primary Futures event as part of their aspirations programme focused on career-related learning. The…

Raising Aspirations

Zoe Mawson, Head Teacher, Beckfoot Heaton Primary School & Nursery, Bradford Our school serves an area of high deprivation in Bradford, West…

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Our programmes

Education & Employers raises aspirations by helping children understand the link between learning and work.

Providing invaluable first-hand career insights to motivate young people to consider the widest range of future working options by connecting volunteers from all backgrounds with schools.

Tackling gender stereotypes in career aspirations for girls by connecting schools to thousands of female volunteers from all sectors and running campaigns to highlight the issue.

Ensuring schools and colleges provide the best environment for student achievement by connecting thousands of volunteers interested in becoming governors to schools nationally.

Empowering young people to make informed choices about their career paths by raising awareness of apprenticeship routes.

Providing career ideas and information for young people through over 1,000 real-life video stories connecting subjects and jobs.

Building the evidence base on what happens when employers engage with schools to support young people’s learning and progression into the world of work.

Sharing and collaborating with countries across the world to support employer engagement within education using the power of volunteering.