Cranford Review 2019

On
visit Cranford
Friday 14th June 2019, Cranford
welcomed the CEO of DHL’s supply chain
in the UK to the academy. Jose Nava met with year
9 and 10 students who have been involved with the
DHL careers toolkit this year completing workshops
on CV writing and employability guidance.
Jose Nava was accompanied by Sonia Chhatwal
the Director of the DHL Foundation who are a key
partner of Teach First and Cranford were delighted
to host the visit in support of Teach First who we
have worked with since their inception in 2003.
In total, six VIPs toured the academy visiting
lessons and meeting with the Senior Leadership
Team and couldn’t have been more impressed with
the students and staff. A group of year 9 and 10
students were also fortunate enough to hear from
Jose Nava about his own career journey from
Central America to London and asked challenging
and engaging questions.
We hope this will be the start of a new and exciting
relationship with another major multinational
company which will benefit our students. Thank
you to Ms Sidhu (Head of Year 9) and Mr Watton
(Head of Year 10) and all the students and staff
involved with the DHL toolkit this year for their
support. Vidhu Sood-Nicholls, Deputy Director of
Fundraising at Teach First said:
“To see the ethos and approach that you, Kevin
and the wider team are taking at the school was so
inspirational. Pupils at Cranford are very lucky to
have such a dedicated team.”
Rob Ind (Head of School)
Employability Workshops
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Over tow sessions in March and May
2019, 50 year 10 students and Mr
Watton spent time working with a
number of DHL staff to develop their employability
skills. In the first workshop we looked at the types
of jobs that made up DHL in the UK and the rest
of the world. We then did some group work where
we looked at the skills that were needed for those
jobs and finished off looking at the career path that
one of the DHL team, an ex-Cranford student, had
taken in his career. Students asked lots of really
excellent questions and we were all considerably
more knowledgeable about DHL as a company and
the great range of employment opportunities that
they had available
Our second session took place in May and was very
much focused on what you needed to do to get a
job not only at DHL but anywhere. We looked at
how to evaluate your personal skills and then how
to use these to construct yourself a CV. We then did
some evaluation work and practised writing CVs,
giving us all the skills and knowledge to be able to
create our own when needed. The second half of the
session looked at the process of interviewing and
what sort of things you would/could be asked in an
iinterview, followed by some practice.
Both sessions were really informative with some
excellent activities and we learnt a great deal of
useful skills and information.
Simon Watton (Head of Year 10)