The recent news headlines outline a possible cash crisis facing Norfolk’s schools. 91% of secondary schools stated they will have to cut faculty/subject budgets; 93% of secondary schools identified that they will have to cut ‘other resources’; and 39% of secondary schools advised that they will have to reduce teaching staff through redundancies either in 2015 or 2016. It is therefore even more important that the Norfolk business community engages with the local education establishments.
Soft skills and accessing a future workforce are key issues for the Norfolk business community. Norfolk Chamber is passionate about developing the talent of Norfolk’s young people and we are working with our key stakeholders to help bridge the gap between the world of education and the world of work.
Many businesses rely on the education system to help equip young people with the soft skills and attitude they need to successfully make the transition to work and we will continue to work with our education and business members to ensure that we work in partnership towards closing this gap.
For those schools that are already part of the Chamber network, they are aware that the Chamber can provide the school’s head teacher/principal and members of staff with opportunities to attend Norfolk Chamber events. This provides them with easy access their local business networks. Norfolk Chamber also actively welcome groups of member school’s students to attend our large scale events, such as B2B and any specific events aimed at both young people and businesses.
