79 Year 7 pupils at Sir Herbert Leon Academy took part in four one-hour Employability Now sessions led by Worktree.
In post-session evaluation, the students gave an average score of 7.8 out of 10 for the statement ‘The session has made me committed to learning and want to achieve’. They gave 7 out of 10 for ‘The session made me confident making choices about my future work options’.
Interestingly, their responses to the question about ‘3 jobs I would like to do’ suggests that more than a third aspire to types of work which are extremely hard to obtain (see top ten below).
| Job type | Points given (3 for first choice, 2 for second choice, 1 for third choice) | % |
| Professional footballer/athlete | 78 | 18% |
| Professional artist/musician/dancer | 46 | 11% |
| Vet/working with animals | 39 | 9% |
| Teacher | 27 | 6% |
| Writer | 18 | 4% |
| Doctor | 17 | 4% |
| Hairdresser/beautician | 16 | 4% |
| Police officer | 14 | 3% |
| Marine biologist/scientist | 13 | 3% |
| Soldier | 12 | 3% |
