National Careers Week is a one-week celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people develop awareness and about their future pathways.

NCW is a dedicated week every year allowing schools, colleges, universities, alternative provision settings and organisations to work towards enhanced careers provision.

Here at The Bishop’s Stortford High School, we have both events and special form activities planned (see below).

For lots of great information, advice and resources, do visit the National Careers Website: https://nationalcareersweek.com/

 

National Careers Week

2^nd-7^th March 2026

 

Sponsored by Nat West, National Careers Week (NCW) is a dedicated week every year that celebrates careers and provides a focus for careers activity. It aims to help support young people develop awareness and excitement about future pathways and opportunities

Career Assemblies

Monday 2nd March	Year 7	GEA Ground Investigation, Geotech & Environmental Associates	Holly Yeoman John Fuggle
Friday 6th March	Year 8	CBRE Ltd Real Estate Industry	Lorraine Howells
Tuesday 3rd March	Year 9	Inflite Aviation Engineering Company	Robin Heath Peter Mankelow
Thursday 5th March	Year 10	Raytheon UK Defence Contractor	Amy O’Keefe + graduate volunteers
Tuesday 3rd March	Year 11	Educational & Sporting Futures Careers in sports teaching/coaching	Henry Mead

 

 

Careers Stands

Tuesday 3rd March	Military Prep College of Training	Scott McLaren
Friday 6th March Dining Corridor	GSK	Daniel Badcock

 

 

Lunchtime Careers Workshop

Monday 2nd March 1.10.pm-1.45pm B25	Careers, apprenticeships & roles in the NHS	Dr Bekim Arifaj Princess Alexandra Hospital
Thursday 5th March 1.10pm-1.45pm B25	Arup Planning, Designing, Engineering The Future	Sarah Glover Assoc Director

National Apprenticeship Week

9^th – 13^th February 2026

 

NAW is a week-long celebration that brings together businesses and apprentices across the country to shine a light on the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy

We hosted some fantastic careers workshops here at TBSHS presented by some of our terrific alumni students, plus Year 12 enjoyed a dedicated information session and form activities – see all the details below

Monday 9^th February – Kira Shaw from Mishcon De Reya visited.

We learned all about her solicitor apprenticeship at this highly prestigious, top-drawer firm 

 

 Tuesday 10^th February – Eva Stewart presented at a workshop.

Eva is from yet another highly prestigious institution and is enjoying her apprenticeship with The Bank of England

 Wednesday 11^th February – This was a super workshop delivered by Max Andrews who is loving his Quantity Surveying apprenticeship with Turner & Townsend

 

 Tuesday 24th February – It was a pleasure to welcome back Jess Mitchell who is loving her PC Degree Apprenticeship; only yesterday Jess gave chase to a potential suspect during a retail theft.      

 

Year 12 – An Apprenticeship Introduction – Thursday 12^th February

This apprentice session was for Year 12 students and aimed to demystify apprenticeship programmes, give tips on how best to search for apprenticeships and help students with the application process.

Our presenter was close supporter of the school, Angela Andrews, ably supported by TBSHS alumni apprentices Patrycja Rusinek of KPMG and Will Stewart from wealth management company St James’s Place.  Appearing by video were Cate Munir, an engineering broadcast apprentice with the BBC and Patrick Winnington who is now EasyJet engineering apprentice.

It was fantastic to welcome back and see Kira, Eva, Max, Jess, Patrycja and Will – and see Cate and Patrick on screen – and we’re really grateful and appreciative of the time they spent supporting our students.