Work Experience – the Students’ Perspective
This article is one in a series marking Work Experience Week, FairTrain’s annual campaign to celebrate and raise awareness about the benefits of work experience. Every... Read More
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Mocktails, Menus and Maths!
This year, our flagship primary programme, Work Week, has reached 23 schools across Hackney, Islington, Haringey and Waltham Forest. We’re thrilled to expand our reach to... Read More
City Conferencing Business brings enterprise to life
Since 2011, Inspire! has been delivering a bespoke enterprise programme for Year 9 students at the City Academy, Hackney. Funded by the Academy’s sponsor, KPMG, and the City of... Read More
Our Lady’s students show off their confidence, creativity and collaboration!
Our Custom Made programme made its debut at Our Lady’s Convent High School this week, where it was a hit with students and volunteers alike. The programme... Read More
LAMP – Helping students shine
The Linklaters Achievement Mentoring Programme (LAMP), run by Inspire! as part of the Realising Aspirations programme, works with Year 7 students at Clapton Girls’ Academy. Its second cycle recently... Read More
Changing minds at Careers in the City
For the third year in a row, our Careers in the City event introduced Hackney sixth form students to the many and varied routes young... Read More
‘Overlooked and left behind’: Inspire!’s Response
Today marks the publication of the House of Lords Social Mobility Committee’s report, ‘Overlooked and left behind‘, which looks at the myriad issues surrounding the... Read More
The Inspired Directions School – A REAL Alternative
The Inspired Directions School has joined the REAL Alternatives Hub, a new forum for alternative providers to develop innovative teaching practices. The term Alternative Provision (AP) covers... Read More
Magic and music to celebrate 10 years of Inspire!
Supporters, trustees, partners and staff gathered at the beautiful and historic Mercers’ Hall to celebrate Inspire!’s achievements over our first decade. Guests were treated to a gourmet... Read More
Nightingale pupils rediscover iDiscover!
We were so excited last week to bring our primary STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programme, iDiscover, back to Nightingale Primary School! The programme’s come... Read More
Inspire! and Fab Lab – Getting children excited about STEM careers
We’re delighted to announce our continued partnership with Fab Lab London as part of our mission to bring STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) careers to life for... Read More
A Seasonal Summary – Autumn at Inspired Directions School
With the Christmas holidays around the corner, our thoughts are not only on seasonal celebrations; we’re also celebrating our students’ fantastic Autumn term! This term... Read More