Trust Careers Lead is crowned a Lincolnshire Careers Champion

Congratulations to Mrs Libby Barber, Trust Careers & Aspirations Lead who has been crowned ‘Greater Lincolnshire Careers Champion 2022/23’ as her invaluable work of preparing our students for their future has been officially recognised by the Greater Lincolnshire Careers Hub.

Mrs Barber was shortlisted along with 21 other individuals from across Lincolnshire and she was officially crowned as one of five ‘Careers Champions’ at a prestigious Careers Hub event which was held at Lincolnshire Showground at the end of term.

The panel judging the award said “Libby has worked arduously to achieve the perpetual, robust careers programme that we see today across our four schools. As the Trust grew from two schools, so did Libby’s knowledge and confidence; this is acknowledged not just by her Level 6 Leadership qualification, but by the clear increase of engagement from students, staff and families.”

We know that the careers support our students receive is outstanding in every way and for this to be recognised by the wider education community is testament to Mrs Barber and her careers team. Students in every Year group benefit from an extensive careers calendar of events and activities to inspire and inform them with the diverse range of careers available and so they make the best choices possible.

On winning the award, Mrs Barber said “I am always humbled by the gratitude of our students and proud to know that the hard work we put in as a team makes the difference.”

This is just some of the activities that is conducted by our careers team across the Trust:

• Immersive and interactive annual Careers Fairs
• Enterprise events for all year groups
• Myth busting assemblies
• Ongoing group talks and workshops with external visitors
• UCAS personal statement and application support
• Sixth Form careers guidance
• Pastoral support
• Post-16 and Post-18 options information
• Mock interviews
• Apprenticeship process and application support
• CV writing
• Implementation of virtual and in-person work experience

For the full calendar of careers activities for Years 7 to 11, visit: www.gilesacademy.co.uk/careers