We are hugely grateful to Volkswagen, who delivered a brilliant live workshop via Zoom to Year 7 and 8 students on 10th October. Each group was given a task brief to design an electric vehicle for a target customer. The students had to meet specific criteria when creating their vehicles, for working professionals, self employed…
Thornton regularly join with the boys at St Columba?s College, St Albans for careers activities, and this week our Sixth Form students have enjoyed two events. A group of Year 13s joined a virtual UCAS Interview workshop with the boys, where they were given mock interviews in Law, Medicine and Veterinary Science by a selection…
Thornton has won The Independent Schools of the Year Award! Mrs Holmes, Thornton’s Headteacher is clearly delighted: “To be The Independent School of the Year for our Careers Programme from all the hundreds of schools that entered the Awards is an amazing recognition for our school and especially for our Careers Team, who go above…
Caitlin Brennan from InvestIn delivered a presentation to our Year 10 and 11s on ‘Your Future Career’. Caitlin introduced the idea of Career Clusters, focusing on groups of careers that are linked and acquiring skills that will be transferable across the cluster. A wealth of extra curricular activities are available at Thornton, and Caitlin spoke…
We are hugely grateful to Alison Georgakis from Grupo Bimbo UK for delivering a fantastic careers talk on Business and Food Manufacturing. Not only did Alison touch on all the different functions within the business, she also passed on some great tips from her role in recruitment. Two recent graduates, Jasper and Ellie, told us…
A fantastic panel of clinicians joined students for our inaugural virtual careers event. We hosted speakers from dentistry, nursing, medicine, midwifery and physiotherapy. It was fascinating to hear the different pathways followed into the professions and the opportunities in terms of different types of practice, working hours and travel. The commitment to vocation was inspiring…
Thornton have been recognised as a Finalist in the Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2020! The Independent Schools of the Year Awards is an annual celebration of the successes of schools and their students across the independent education sector in the UK and British schools overseas. Showcasing the excellence of the educational experience available…
