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7th February 2020

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

7th February 2020

On Thursday 30th January 2020 Year 5 and 6 pupils from six schools visited 10 No Downing Street. Ballysally Primary School, Coleraine NI Bramble Brae Primary, Aberdeen Culcheth Primary, Warrington Lainesmead Primary School, Swindon Soho Parish Primary School, London Welton Primary School, Bath & North-East Somerset They had been invited to take part in a […]

6th February 2020

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

6th February 2020

18th December 2019

Raising aspirations for primary children at Newcastle upon Tyne

18th December 2019

Overview Beech Hill Primary School recently organised a Primary Futures event as part of their aspirations programme focused on career-related learning. The event was successfully completed with three volunteers from varied professional backgrounds, including a solicitor, a pharmaceutical apprentice and a police officer, along with an enthusiastic class of Years 5 and 6 children. After […]

4th October 2019

Raising Aspirations

4th October 2019

Zoe Mawson, Head Teacher, Beckfoot Heaton Primary School & Nursery, Bradford Our school serves an area of high deprivation in Bradford, West Yorkshire, within one of the 10% most deprived wards in the country. In 2016, we created a 3 year vision which we named, “Growing To Be Great”. Prior to this, expectation and ambition […]

4th October 2019

Primary Futures is Expanding!

4th October 2019

As the new academic year starts, we are pleased to announce that Primary Futures will be expanding to work with more schools over the next academic year thanks to funding from AKO Foundation and the Department for Education / Careers & Enterprise Company Primary Fund. Primary Futures received the largest amount of funding from the […]

2nd August 2019

Primary Futures: A Year

2nd August 2019

It has been a fantastic year at Primary Futures with hundreds of aspiration raising activities taking place in schools across the country and thousands of children benefitting from talking to volunteers from the world of work. Throughout this academic year, teachers up and down the country have used Primary Futures to invited volunteers into their […]

25th July 2019

Raising Aspirations in North Lincolnshire

25th July 2019

Since the showcase event in North Lincolnshire earlier this month, Primary Futures has been going from strength to strength in the area with schools planning exciting activities with Primary Futures volunteers to raise aspirations and broaden horizons. With strong backing from North Lincolnshire Council, schools in the area have shown great ambition to show children […]

20th June 2019

Inspiring London goes to the Guildhall

20th June 2019

On Tuesday 18th June, we took our Inspiring London campaign to the glamorous Guildhall. We spent the day at the Guildhall in London to raise the aspirations of local children by opening their eyes to the possibilities available to them in their futures. We ran numerous sessions throughout the day to introduce a number of […]

10th April 2019

‘This event inspires everybody’

10th April 2019

<strong><em>‘A brilliant initiative’ (volunteer), ‘I loved every single person who came to our classroom’ (pupil)</em></strong> Just two of the scores of quotes following the launch of Inspiring Dorset. On 3 April we held a Primary Futures event at Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School & Community Nursery followed by a speed networking event as […]

9th April 2019

‘This event inspires everybody’

9th April 2019

‘A brilliant initiative’ (volunteer), ‘I loved every single person who came to our classroom’ (pupil) Just two of the scores of quotes following the launch of Inspiring Dorset. On 3 April we held a Primary Futures event at Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School & Community Nursery followed by a speed networking event as […]