Encounters with employers - Primary toolkit

This toolkit collates a range of practical resources and case studies of best practice which you can use to develop meaningful and age-appropriate encounters with employers and employees for pupils. Proving pupils with a range of opportunities in different sectors and with different employers, both large and small, can help pupils to understand the importance of skills in the workplace.

Engaging with employers

Essential Guide to Engaging with Employers

A guide to support planning, delivering, and evaluating encounters with employers/external providers as part of a wider careers programme.

Employer Database Template

This simple Excel database is designed to help you capture all communication with businesses who can support your careers programme and activities. 

Platforms to support employer engagement

North East LinkUp Portal

A platform that allows you to raise requests seeking support for career-related events and activities with businesses across the North East.

Primary Futures

A simple and effective way to link learning to the wider world. Developed with teachers, it connects primary schools with diverse workplace volunteers to take part in aspirational activities and talk with children about their jobs.

STEM Ambassadors

STEM Ambassadors help bring STEM subjects alive and provide real-life examples of industry careers, facilitating an invaluable link between schools and industry.

I’m a scientist get me out of here

I’m a Scientist is a student-led STEM enrichment activity. It connects school students with scientists through energetic real-time text-based Chats.

Making encounters meaningful

Differentiated Career Pages

An example of a template used by pupils at Toner Avenue Primary School to reflect on encounters throughout school.

Careers Event Evaluation Form

An example of a template used by pupils at Jarrow Cross Primary School to reflect on encounters they have had as part of a careers event.

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