Primary Futures

Raising aspirations by helping younger children understand the link between learning and their futures

Working together for young people

Watch our film about Primary Futures

Children begin to form stereotypes about occupations, careers and universities from the age of six*. Having the opportunity at primary school to meet a wide…

Primary Futures – a teachers view

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

See some Drawing the Future drawings

We received thousands of entries to our drawing competition which asked primary school children to draw what they wanted to be when they grow up.…

News and events

A Head Teacher’s experience of their school’s first Primary Futures event

Wheldon Infant School and Nursery is the latest school to hold a Primary Futures event as part of our Inspiring Wakefield campaign. Tracey Lake,…

Primary Futures – Aspirations Week in Corby

During National Careers Week, Education and Employers worked with a collection of Corby Primary schools to deliver a fun packed week of…

Inspiring the Future calls for No More Female CEOs

Inspiring the Future’s new campaign NO MORE FEMALE PROFESSIONALS asks whether the language we all use when talking about jobs, contributes to…

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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.

Invites current and former apprentices to talk with young people about what an apprenticeship is and how to apply.

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.