Content

Our programme is based on the simple proposition that young people will succeed if they are supported by those who are already successful.

Objectives

At NWHS we aim to provide a package of opportunities to raise the aspirations of our young people, and close the gap between those aspirations and their attainment.

Our mentoring programme is designed to provide positive role models for our students. We want them to be inspired, motivated, confident, and full of self-belief. We need to develop their ‘soft skills’ to improve their long-term employment prospects, because the latest research shows that this has huge benefits for both students and employers in the medium and long term.

Target students

We believe that all of our students will benefit from mentoring, and it should be an entitlement for all, rather than just our weakest or least motivated students. Limited aspirations, low confidence, a weak sense of personal urgency and a limited understanding of career opportunities are shared across all ability levels.

Schoolbackground

The last OFSTED report graded the school as ‘Good’.

They gave this context:

* This school is smaller than the average-sized secondary school.

*The proportion of students who are disabled or who have special educational needs is average.

* The proportion of students for whom the school receives the pupil premium is average. This is additional government funding for students who are eligible for free school meals and those in local authority care.

* The number of students from minority ethnic backgrounds is well below average, as is the proportion who speak English as an additional language. Nearly all of the student population is White British.

*The school meets the current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for the attainment and progress of students.

How our scheme works

Our Year 9 students (13-14 year olds) attend a Speed Networking event in February, which is their opportunity to hear from potential mentors about a wide range of potential careers. They go into this session briefed and eager to find out about careers and options for their futures. At the end of the session we ask them to choose someone they have interacted well with during the session who has inspired them. This person then acts as their mentor for the following 2 years.

Over the course of year 10 and 11, the students meet their mentors regularly. We ask that the mentors commit to an average of one meeting per half term – if each meeting lasts an hour, that is 10 hours over the 2 years.

The meetings happen at the convenience of the mentor. Our school day runs from 08.30 to 14.50- so most meetings happen at 08.30, which allows mentors to schedule it without losing a working day.

How can you get involved?

We offer a package of training to get our mentors involved. All need to complete a DBS check and basic safeguarding training to be able to work with our students.

We provide a pack of activities for our mentors to use, but all are actively encouraged to use their own professional expertise. Many have taken students out on workplace and other visits, to provide a range of experiences which a school could not hope to supply. We aim to facilitate these experiences, and actively support our mentors in arranging them.

When you want to see your mentees, you simply let the Pastoral Assistant know when you want to come in. They will check that a visit won’t clash with another timetabled event (exams, trips, fixtures etc) and book a suitable room, inform students and arrange any other equipment required.

To register your interest:

Volunteer for our Speed Networking Launch on Friday 12th February

More info? Sign up?

Email Kate Lawn [email protected] or call 01692 402 581

or Paul Clark [email protected] 0790 407 3312

Book your meeting with our Genix business adviser. Free, impartial and confidential we’re here for established small business owners as well as for start ups.

 Health, Safety & Well-being.   

This session features a couple of short presentations followed by a facilitated discussion – we are joined by Stuart Haysman [MOISH] talking about Health and Safety for SME’s while Peter Lawrence considers the related topic of Employee Well-being from an SME perspective. 

The session is facilitated by Rod Lee of Human Capital Department. 

Spotlight: Protecting your Idea – An Introduction to Intellectual Property. Everyone owns the right to their own creativity so knowing what’

About this Event

Spotlight: Protecting your Idea – An Introduction to Intellectual Property.

Everyone owns the right to their own creativity so knowing what’s protected in your business and what’s not is essential. Intellectual Property (IP) is any original creation that can be bought or sold. If you are a business person, an inventor, an artist or an author, IP will affect you.

In this session we’ll focus on four key areas of intellectual property: design, patent, copyright and trademark. There will be an introduction of each area with some discussion of how to recognize your IP and how best to protect it. We will then discuss some of the difficulties faced such as concepts and methodologies, with a Q&A to finish.

This is one of a series of free Spotlight bitesize business courses that are run by the BIPC Norfolk, Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library. Booking is essential. 

You do not need to visit the library to attend, details of how to join this online event will be sent out nearer to the event itself.

Digital Surgery are excited to be offering their next webinar focusing on how to draw insights from your data!

About this Event

For the next Digital Surgery webinar, we will be joined by Chris Pont, CEO at IJYI as he explores the tools you can use to automate and present your KPIs, and in return save time, reduce human error and focus effort.

Second speaker to be announced soon!

Presentations will last approx 15 minutes, with a short Q&A after.

To keep up to date with all our news, events and guest announcements head over to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and give us a follow at Digital Surgery.

Book now for iExpo, New Anglia’s innovation exhibition, supported by BT.

20th November, at BT’s global engineering HQ at Adastral Park

• Be inspired by products created by pioneering companies in Suffolk and Norfolk.

• Discover the emerging technologies which have made BT the No1 UK technology sector investor in R & D

• Meet funding and business support organisations, including the New Anglia Growth Hub, to identify how they could help your company grow

Book your FREE place at www.newanglia.co.uk/new-anglia-iexpo

[Adastral Park is a high security closed site. Attendance is strictly pre-registration only.]

Our bite-sized business workshops can help you to transform, future-proof or grow your business

About this Event

Building Customer Relationships

We all know that ‘people buy people’ first, but how much thought do we give to the way in which we build those first impressions and establish long-lasting and loyal relationships with our customers?

In this Spotlight business workshop experienced MENTA business trainer and businessman John Clarke shares some very simple tools and techniques to do just that, so that we can deliberately and consistently put the customer at the heart of all we do.

This one hour session is free but booking is essential.

This session will be held remotely, and you do not need to visit a library to attend. Once registered, and nearer to the time of the event, we will send out joining details.

For more information about any of our events, please email the BIPC team at [email protected] or telephone 01603 774708

Our Reset. Restart programme is here to help you transform, future-proof or grow your business through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond

About this Event

We know this is a difficult time for small businesses and business owners. That’s why we’ve developed a free dedicated programme of business support that can be accessed remotely, wherever you are. Reset. Restart is open to all business owners, especially those in the first years of trading.

Alongside the national Reset. Restart programme run by the British Library Business & IP Centre, we are offering a series of free local 1-to-1 support sessions, workshops and networking events – all delivered by MENTA

Building Customer Relationships

We all know that ‘people buy people’ first, but how much thought do we give to the way in which we build those first impressions and establish long-lasting and loyal relationships with our customers?

This workshop shares some very simple tools and techniques to do just that, so that we can deliberately and consistently put the customer at the heart of all we do.

This is one of a series of five workshops – you’ll find details of the others on our main Eventbrite page.

For further information about any of our events, please contact us at [email protected] or telephone 01603 774708

Our Reset. Restart programme is here to help you transform, future-proof or grow your business through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond

About this Event

We know this is a difficult time for small businesses and business owners. That’s why we’ve developed a free dedicated programme of business support that can be accessed remotely, wherever you are. Reset. Restart is open to all business owners, especially those in the first years of trading.

Alongside the national Reset. Restart programme run by the British Library Business & IP Centre, we are offering a series of free local 1-to-1 support sessions, workshops and networking events – all delivered by MENTA

Looking at the numbers: Re-adjusting and re-assessing your cost base

It’s very easy for us to ‘do what we’ve always done’ and expect to ‘get what we’ve always got’! In these challenging and turbulent times though, it is crucial to take a step back and re-evaluate whether we are doing things in the most efficient and effective manner.

At a time when growing income can be so tough, this session gives you time and opportunity to re-assess your business, your plans and/or ideas to ensure you have the right balance with your financials and look at ways you might improve your cost base.

This is one of a series of five workshops – you’ll find details of the others on our main Eventbrite page.

For further information about any of our events, please contact us at [email protected] or telephone 01603 774708

What will Brexit mean for our small businesses?

As the negotiations move into a critical phase, the Federation of Small Business, along with partners Future50 and UEA, invite you to a debate on the UK’s future outside the European Union, and the challenges and opportunities that it will bring for our small firms. Speakers from the world of politics, academia and industry will give their views on the consequences of Brexit in areas such as trade, immigration, regulation and funding.

You’ll have the opportunity to ask your questions to this influential panel – so whether you’re excited about the UK cutting its teeth on new trade agreements or concerned about losing access to the EU talent pool, this is an opportunity not to be missed!

The event will be chaired by BBC East Political Correspondent Andrew Sinclair.

Panellists include:

• Chloe Smith MP

• Alex Mayer MEP

• Professor Hussein Kassim, University of East Anglia (UEA)

• Martin McTague, Policy Director, Federation of Small Businesses

• Tony Bambridge, Norfolk Chair, National Farmers Union

Registration, drinks and networking will begin from 5.30pm.

The debate will begin at 6.00pm, and will conclude at 7.30pm.

Half of the proceeds from ticket sales for the event will be donated to the Norwich and Central Norfolk Mind mental health charity.

#FSBBrexitDebate

Our Reset. Restart programme is here to help you transform, future-proof or grow your business through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond

About this Event

We know this is a difficult time for small businesses and business owners. That’s why we’ve developed a free dedicated programme of business support that can be accessed remotely, wherever you are. Reset. Restart is open to all business owners, especially those in the first years of trading.

Alongside the national Reset. Restart programme run by the British Library Business & IP Centre, we are offering a series of free local 1-to-1 support sessions, workshops and networking events – all delivered by MENTA

Your business roadmap: Updating your budgets and business plans

An opportunity to review your business, your business plan and your budgets in the light of the extraordinary times in which we live.

Our experts will help you to look at things through a new set of lenses, ask the right questions of yourself and your business, and support you in revising your budgets and plans accordingly.

This is one of a series of five workshops – you’ll find details of the others on our main Eventbrite page.

For further information about any of our events, please contact us at [email protected] or telephone 01603 774708