Track to the Future
A four-part meaningful work experience programme where mentors from Network Rail support students through a series of sessions exploring the rail industry. The programme aims to introduce students to an exciting range of careers they may not have considered before.
What's involved?
This programme offers students the unique opportunity to gain an insight into the rail industry and its wide range of career paths.
Students will develop key transferable skills aligned with the Skills Builder Framework, including problem solving and creativity, supporting their post-KS5 pathways. Students will also learn about Network Rail competencies including accountability, collaboration and responding to challenging situations.
This programme will guide students through the basic principles of project management, engineering, station design and sustainability by engaging in a brief to design a train station, encompassing our partner's recently launched sustainability strategy goals, company-specific priorities and important equality, diversity and inclusion principles.
Students will learn about how to make an effective presentation before planning and delivering a speech about their project, building their communication skills.
Even the less confident students were encouraged to get involved in the tasks. The students were pushed outside their comfort zone ... and I could see how much their confidence had grown from the first session to the last.
Who's this suitable for?
This programme is available to students in Year 12 - 13, or S5 - S6 in Scotland.
We're focused on ensuring the participation of under-represented groups including women and young people from an ethnic minority background.
At least 50% of the students from each school should be women, and there should be strong representation of young people from an ethnic minority background.
One member of school staff to support each session, completing and submitting the relevant booking form and ensuring that all students attend all sessions.
Where is this delivered?
Workshops 1-3 will take place in school, with workshop 4 taking place at a Network Rail office location, providing students with an opportunity to experience the workplace.
Gatsby benchmarks
Learning from career and labour market information
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Encounters with employers and employees
Experiences of workplaces
Make an enquiry
Step 1 - Phone our Schools Engagement Team
Phone our Schools Engagement Team on 0207 148 0934 to check eligibility*.
*Places are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis to schools in our target cohort (higher than average numbers of pupils eligible for pupil premium funding).