Apprentice Stories

Meg Hipgrave – teaching assistant apprentice

17 August 2022

"I felt that doing an apprenticeship would benefit me more as I’m.......

Paige Barratt – teaching assistant apprentice

17 August 2022

Nineteen-year-old Paige Barratt is a Level 3 teaching assistant......

Tom Blount – bricklaying apprentice

17 August 2022

"I’ve started the apprenticeship as I think it will lead to many.......

Ruth Bayliss – former health & social care apprentice

17 August 2022

"All the information, knowledge and skills I have gained from the......

Kath Hennes – former leadership & management apprentice

17 August 2022

“I am thankful for the ongoing support offered to me whilst I completed my.......

Elisha Manning – former hairdressing apprentice

17 August 2022

After leaving school at 16, Elisha Manning signed up for a full-time hairdressing......

Molly Cutler – former hairdressing apprentice

17 August 2022

Getting a Saturday job at Zak’s Hairdressing in Wolverhampton gave Molly.......

Electrical Apprentice Adam Hans

5 March 2018

Adam Hans was looking for a career change and decided an apprenticeship was a great way to pick up new skills while continuing to earn a wage. The 27-year-old Electrical Apprentice said: ““I have always worked in admin but ...

Hospitality Apprentice Shaideen Malcolm

5 March 2018

In just 12- months, 20-year-old Shaideen Malcolm has gone from having no self confidence to cooking for customers in a busy restaurant, thanks to a hospitality apprenticeship. After initially completing a Prince’s Trust Team ...

Business Apprentice Kayla Mazunda

5 March 2018

“Stopping on a school after GCSEs wasn’t for me – I wanted to be more independent,” says 17-year-old Kayla Mazunda, a business admin apprentice in the e-services department at City of Wolverhampton Council. Kayla, who a...

Engineering Apprentice Carys Lewis-Waterfield

5 March 2018

Eighteen-year-old  Carys Lewis-Waterfield is following in her father’s footsteps by doing an engineering apprenticeship and working for him in the family’s steel fabrication firm. Carys said: “I’ve grown up around engi...

IT Apprentice Jack Haden

5 March 2018

“I didn’t want to go to university and was attracted to an apprenticeship because I could earn money at the same time as gaining work experience and doing a qualification that will be useful in the future,” says 19-year-old ...