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Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College

BUTTERSHAW Business and Enterprise College’s IaG team has been nominated for the Business in Schools Award for the work it does to give pupils important career guidance.
The school has a new careers programme and leadership structure led by Joe Ryan (Assistant Headteacher for Student Experience), Rachael Arbuckle (Tutorial Programme Leader), Stacy Rhys-Hill (Careers and Academic Mentor) and Sue Stewart (Business Engagement and Partnerships Manger).
It offers Key Stage 3 and 4 students in the school careers advice, three dedicated whole-school Careers Weeks, two dedicated whole-school Enterprise Weeks, and an aspiration day held at the University of Bradford. 
Year 10 and 11 students each receive individual Careers Interviews, Year 10 have one week of work placement in May and     Year 10-13 attend an Aspirations Evening in November, attended by over 50 educational and training providers and businesses.
During the school’s Science Week there is also the promotion of careers linked to many areas of STEM.
The school has built partnerships with Santander, Lloyds, Amazon and Yorkshire Water to name just a few, and there are very low NEET figures among school leavers.

Integrated Bradford - Make the Grade programme

THE Ahead Partnership’s Integrated Bradford scheme, which works with six schools in the Bradford district, has been shortlisted for the Business in Schools Award.
It runs the Make the Grade Programme in Beckfoot School, Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College, Grange Technology College, Hanson School, Titus Salt, Tong School and University Academy Keighley
Integrated Bradford has invested in its Make the Grade programmes to provide opportunities for students of all ages and abilities to develop their employability skills and confidence when it comes to future careers success.
It focuses on bringing ideas and inspiration through real-life, hands-on experiences about future career paths to young people. 
School and college teams work with business experts and volunteers to design and deliver activities that have a lasting impact, combining their knowledge and expertise to provide exciting experiences for students that help them to make more informed decisions about their futures.
With the help of Ahead Partnership, each school chooses from a variety of activities to make up their programme each year and may choose to co-invest in order to expand opportunities and have a wider reach.

Nazrul Islam - Feversham Primary

NAZRUL Islam from Feversham Primary School has been nominated for the Business in Schools Award for his work running a school business and enterprise project.
The project, set up by Mr Islam, sees pupils at the school given £10 to set up their own business.
The aim is to teach pupils about entrepreneurship and investment at a young age, giving them a better understanding of the worth of money.
Shakira Afzal nominated him for the award, adding: “It is a huge success and loved by the children and the community. Thanks Naz, you are brilliant.”
It is the second category he is shortlisted for in the 2018 Telegraph & Argus Schools Awards – he is also in the Nursery/Primary Teacher of the Year.
Mr Islam is the senior school improvement leader at the Barkerend school, and has even won the school’s ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ because of his diplomatic and caring skills.
Mr Islam took a year-long break from teaching after his first battle with cancer, only for it to return in 2014, when he was diagnosed with cancer of the neck and thyroid. After getting three types of cancer, he had been advised not to teach, but wanted to return to the job he loved.
He said: “I feel very lucky to be here.”