We were thrilled to see our Year 12 Engineers presented as runners up in the innovation category for the Industrial Cadets Gold Award last week at Cambridge University.

Back in the autumn six of our Year 12 students started their adventure with the Industrial Cadets Gold Award. Previously known as The Engineering Education Scheme, the initiative is a 6-month long programme designed to give Year 12 students a realistic insight into a career in engineering. Students are grouped into teams of 4-6 and commit over 50 hours to the project over 16 weeks.

Our students had to choose from a selection of design challenges, and have chosen to work on a solution to the Hammersmith Bridge Project alongside the engineering firm, Arcadis, who provided mentor support working on a real life project, challenging the students to design a solution to a particular problem. During the year there were also virtual webinars, project management, higher education and a company tour. Finally, the team presented their idea to a panel of assessors.

Previous school teams have had their work integrated into the Elizabeth Line and won awards for their work on HS2.

Congratulations to all our engineers!