Education Select Committee chair Robin Walker visited the Black Country Careers Hub to see the partnership work of employers supporting SEN pupils at a local school.
The visit took place at The Westminster School, a special school in Rowley Regis, which caters for pupils with moderate learning difficulties plus additional needs pupils aged 7 – 19 years.
During the visit Mr Walker experienced a range of different practical activities led by the companies Mitie, DPD, Chartwell Catering and Ground Control, which are all businesses that support the school’s careers programme.
Each activity was designed by the business to give pupils hands-on experience of what a day-in-the-life of a particular job was like so they could learn more about the sorts of skills needed in certain career roles.
