Careers and Financial Literacy
At Pinfold Street, we empower our children for the future by exposing them to a wide variety of skills relevant to the world of tomorrow. We are passionate about exposing our children to the world of work through our in school careers days and strive to improve aspirations and outcomes for all pupils.
Why?
Wide research shows that children start formulating ideas about careers from an early age. Our goal is not to direct children to a particular career path but to open up the world of possibilities and inspire our children to begin to the think about potential careers. We continue to challenge stereotypes, build confidence and encourage curiosity about the world of work and future world around us.
What we do?
Each year, we hold a careers day or a focus day on financial literacy. We invite local community leaders into school to discuss their jobs, what they enjoy about their role, the pathway to gaining employment, with the key outcome being to upskill our pupils with information about different careers. The day is incredibly positive and it is a date in the calendar that all of our pupils look forward to!
For the past two years, we have also been lucky enough to build up a positive working relationship with HSBC. They attend school once a year to support our pupil’s financial education. We are honoured to have gained the HSBC UK Smart Money Award for the last two consecutive years.