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Barclays Return for More Life Skills
Volunteers from Barclays and the Talent Foundry were back, teaching all of Year 12 about reading playslips, working out tax and earning money through employment. Students interacted with a number of scenarios that opened their eyes to the complexities of tax and how important it was to understand where their pay goes, and how to …
Accenture Virtual Work Experience Day
17 students took part in a virtual work experience day with Accenture – a global IT company at the cutting edge of advances in Artificial Intelligence and Information Technologies. The Year 12 students involved spent the day learning about the company, who have major offices across the North-East, and the type of work they are …
Learning Life Skills with Barclays
All of Year 12 took part in the first of four sessions lead by Barclays bank, teaching the students a number of important life skills for when they leave school. This week the team were describing the basics of credit and debit accounts, insurance polices, inventory agreements and interest rates – providing them with the …