Fresh from running the London Marathon, Matt Batchelor and three colleagues from Network Rail led a fabulous Employability Skills workshop for our Year 12s. This included CV writing, tips about what employers are looking for and the opportunity to analyse cvs and identify strengths and weaknesses. Students were given guidance on how to prepare for interviews, particularly using the STAR technique, before taking part in mock interviews. The session ended with a Mock Assessment Centre where everyone was given a limited amount...

It was standing room only for a brilliant careers talk today, delivered by Georgia Latham, who works at the Football Association as England Marketing Manager for the national teams. Georgia loved her time at Thornton and talked about the friends she made and the attributes she developed here, particularly residence and persistence. She shared that she was not an academic high flyer, had no idea what she wanted to do and studied Criminology at university. She realised this wasn’t a career...

Since half term, our Year 10s have been having 1:1 meetings with our Careers Advisor, Mrs Scott. They have all received individual feedback regarding careers, sixth form subjects options and university courses. On Monday, armed with this information, the Year 10 students visited the UCAS Discovery Event at ExCel London. It was a vibrant, busy few hours, with over 150 universities hosting stands. Students were able to find out more courses and entry requirements and speak to student ambassadors. Sixth Form leaders...

Emma Courtney delivered a fantastic talk on different roles within the Creative Arts Sector. Having always wanted to be a Vet, Emma failed her Physics GSCE whilst achieving the highest English GSCE mark in the country! She studied English and Philosophy at university, took a graduate position in Marketing before securing a job with Weber Shandwick, the world’s largest PR Agency. Emma explained the difference between PR and Marketing, and although she gained brilliant experience at Weber Shandwick, she wanted to...

PwC were ranked second in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2025 survey and are proud of their record of consistently being voted as a top employer by university students. Our Year 12s took part in an event to mark the beginning of National Careers Week which highlighted the fantastic different pathways that PwC offer school leavers. Ameena, who only left school two years ago, is currently on the Tax Entry Programme. She studied Maths, Economics and Business at A level...