We’re delighted to share that Suki Gill, 16-19 Curriculum and Funding Adviser here at HFL is speaking at the ASCL Annual Conference 2025 – A Brighter Future on Saturday 15 March.
The conference is being held at The ACC Liverpool on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 March, and on the Saturday at 12.40pm Suki will introduce the Twin-track apprenticeship toolkit that encourages students to apply for apprenticeship programmes alongside a degree. The workshop will allow secondary school leaders to explore the toolkit and consider an approach for KS3, KS4 and KS5 staff to change the culture, improve practice and increase teacher knowledge of apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships.
The toolkit is based on work with schools which revealed that whilst students, teachers and parents were increasingly positive about the apprenticeship route, teachers lacked the expertise and confidence to provide students with high-quality advice and guidance. The “Twin-Track Apprenticeship Toolkit” signposts school leaders to a free resource that will help them plan and implement an apprenticeship support programme.
Suki led the development of the toolkit and said: “This project has provided a fantastic opportunity to liaise directly with schools to assess their existing provision and work collectively to identify best practices. As we discovered from speaking to students who were applying for apprenticeships, there is no formulaic system as with UCAS, and by comparison the application process can be something of a minefield for young people, parents and teachers.
“We’re delighted to have been able to create this toolkit which we hope will be a real gamechanger in demystifying the apprenticeship pathway moving forward."
Download the Twin-track apprenticeship toolkit and find out more about the ASCL Annual Conference 2025.
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