The All Saints Career Academy is a two year programme open to all Sixth Form students, who enrol on our Business & IT and STEM related courses. It is designed to help raise their aspirations, to allow them to make more informed choices about their futures and bridge the gap between education and work, by giving them access to real experience with world class businesses.
It provides a structured programme of paid internships, mentoring by employer volunteers, motivational lectures and workshops to give students, the work experience and skills they need to be able to perform more effectively in the wider world. This highly successful programme, is designed to compliment students’ studies.
For businesses, getting involved with The Career Academy is a cost-effective way of companies developing their own workforce and demonstrating their corporate values. By being a mentor (Partner in Business), offering an internship or ‘guru’ lecture or joining a Local Advisory Board, employers provide their staff with personal and professional development opportunities.
A full list of the businesses that are currently working with us to provide opportunities for our students, are listed below:
Jaguar Halewood
The Halewood plant was originally opened in 1963 to build the Ford Anglia. Ford also owned Jaguar Cars and production of the Jaguar X Type commenced at Halewood from 2001 onwards. In 2008, Ford finalised a deal to sell Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors, part of the India based Tata Group, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of commercial vehicles. The plant has gone from strength to strength and the new Range Rover Evoque, which is in high demand, has led to the plant working 24 hours a day.
Abbey Logistics Group Ltd
Abbey are a well-known European Logistics Company with a highly valued brand image driven 100% by customer satisfaction. The brand is underpinned by outstanding people, customer service, quality, reliability and environmental efficiency. We are ranked in the top 30 UK logistics companies and seen as leaders in our markets. Employees are committed, well trained, highly valued and enjoy being part of Abbey.
Halifax PLC
Halifax is a banking chain in the UK and a division of Bank of Scotland which is a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. It is the UK’s largest provider of residential mortgages and savings accounts. It is named after the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire where it was founded as a building society in 1853. In 2001 Halifax plc merged with the Bank of Scotland forming HBOS. In 2009 Bank of Scotland including Halifax became part of Lloyds Banking Group. Halifax, Liverpool, provides internships for our students on the Career Academy Programme.
QVC
QVC, Inc is one of the world’s largest multimedia retailers. We aim to provide an outstanding brand experience for our customers, engaging them in a community of people and ideas.
Every day we set out to grab our viewers’ attention and never let go. We offer them a front row seat to everything from legendary performers and world-renowned designers, to unstoppable innovations and exciting locations.
Mersey Care - NHS
Mersey Care provides specialist mental health services in North West England and beyond. We are passionate about mental health and wellbeing and we are passionate about delivering the best possible services for the people we serve.
Our vision is to become the leading organisation in the provision of mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care. Quality, recovery and wellbeing are at the heart of everything that we do.
The Walton Centre - NHS
The Walton Centre is unique - we are the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services.
Our specialist staff offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting patients suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Leyland DAF
Leyland Trucks operates from one of Europe’s most advanced truck assembly facilities, the Leyland Assembly Plant. The company, employing 800 people, manufactures the full range of DAF product, of which approximately 50% is exported to all European Union markets and the wider world.
The Company’s future development is focused on the use of leading edge applications of information technology in all aspects of truck design, manufacture, procurement and logistics.
LLoyds Bank
With expertise earned over centuries, Lloyd’s is the foundation of the insurance industry and the future of it. Led by expert underwriters and brokers who cover more than 200 territories, the Lloyd’s market develops the essential, complex and critical insurance needed to underwrite human progress.
Backed by diverse global capital and excellent financial ratings, Lloyd’s works with a global network to grow the insured world – building resilience for businesses and local communities and strengthening economic growth around the world.
The Co-operative Bank
The Co-operative Bank provides high street and internet banking, current accounts, mortgages, savings accounts, credit cards and loans.
We pride ourselves on our customer service and customer satisfaction levels, and we're always looking to put our customers at the heart of what we do. We are also committed to leading the way on ethical, environmental and community matters. The Co-operative Bank has a unique ethical policy setting out the way we do business which we've developed in full consultation with our customers.
Scottish Power
Scottish Power is a leading international energy company providing gas and electricity to millions of customers across the UK.
They are at the forefront of innovation being involved in major engineering challenges from wind farms and hydro-electric power to tidal turbines and gas power stations.
The Civil Service
The Civil Service provides services directly to people all over the country. We also have staff working on policy development and implementation, including analysts, project managers, lawyers and economists.
We’re politically impartial and independent of government and work in central government departments, agencies, and non-departmental government bodies.
Royal Sun Alliance
With a 300 year heritage, RSA is one of the world’s leading multinational quoted insurance groups.
Focusing on general insurance, RSA's core markets are the UK and Ireland, Scandinavia and Canada with the capability to write business across the globe.
We have around 13,500 employees across our core businesses and, in 2015, our net written premiums were £6.8 billion.
The Santander Group
Simple, Personal & Fair embodies how all Santander's professionals think and operate, and represents what our customers expect of us as a bank. It defines how we conduct business and take decisions, and the way in which we interact with customers, shareholders and society.
Simple, Personal & Fair is the key to becoming the go-to bank for our customers and the top employer for our staff.
Royal Bank of Scotland
Through our brands, we provide financial products and services to personal and business customers throughout the UK and beyond.
At RBS, our purpose is to serve customers well. We serve around 24 million customers across the globe, and our aim is to consistently meet their needs wherever they find us.
Hill Dickinson
With more than 200 years in practice, we have built a solid and enviable reputation amongst clients and wider business communities.
We have more than 1150 people, including 190 partners and legal directors, delivering a comprehensive range of legal services.