STRATEGIC EMPLOYER BOARD
How do employers help shape careers?
Our Strategic Employer Board brings together employers and partners from across the region to help shape our careers programme, so you develop the skills, knowledge and experience you need to succeed in today's labour market.
Through regular engagement, the Board gives us insight into local and regional skills needs across North Lincolnshire and the Humber, informs what you learn and helps create real employer encounters and work-based learning.
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What is the Strategic Employer Board?
The Strategic Employer Board is a group of regional employers and partners who work with John Leggott College to shape our careers programme.
Through regular engagement, the Board gives us valuable insight into local and regional skills needs. That insight informs curriculum development and helps us create meaningful employer encounters, work-based learning opportunities and progression activities for every student.
What support will I get?
Insight into local skills needs
Informs curriculum development
Creates real employer encounters
OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Who sits on the Strategic Employer Board?
The Board includes representatives from 12 key employers and partners across the region. They work particularly closely with the college and play a significant role in shaping and delivering our careers programme.
British Steel
North Lincolnshire Council
NHS Talent Academy
HETA
Wilkin Chapman Rollits
Ongo
Lindsey Lodge Hospice
Forrester Boyd
Nolan Interiors
Humberside Fire & Rescue
Scunthorpe United FC
Humber Outreach
200+
employer contacts across a wide range of industries and sectors
How big is the JLC employer network?
Beyond the Board, John Leggott College works with a network of over 200 employer contacts. These relationships give you access to workplace experiences, employer encounters, career events, industry insight and progression opportunities throughout your time at college.
YEAR AFTER YEAR
How do our employer partners support students?
Our strategic partners return to John Leggott College year after year, working with you in your Upskill sessions, at careers events and through real projects and placements. Behind the scenes, they also help shape what and how you learn.
Upskill Programme sessions
Delivering sessions in our weekly Upskill Programme, every Wednesday, 1–2pm.
College-wide Careers Events
Taking part in our careers events, so you can meet employers face to face.
Wider Destinations Event
Attending our Wider Destinations Event to show you routes beyond university.
Employer Brief Projects
Setting and reviewing real-world projects, with professional feedback.
Work placements
Providing external work placement opportunities in real workplaces.
Guest lectures and talks
Delivering guest lectures, workshops and industry talks.
Labour market insight
Sharing what's happening in local and national labour markets.
Curriculum and skills planning
Supporting curriculum development, so learning matches what employers need.
Why do employer partnerships matter for my future?
Because you meet the same employers again and again, you get consistent support from people who understand both what industry needs and what you want to achieve.
Working together, we identify skills gaps, create meaningful work-related learning and make sure you develop the knowledge, behaviours and experience that employers, universities and apprenticeship providers value most. Our employer partnerships are a key strength of our careers programme.
Build a professional network
Get to know professionals from local and regional employers before you leave college
Gain real-world industry experience
Experience you can talk about in personal statements, CVs and interviews.
Make informed decisions
Choose your next step, whether university, an apprenticeship or a job, knowing what it involves.
FOR EMPLOYERS
How can my organisation work with John Leggott College?
Join our network of over 200 employers and help shape the skills of the young people who'll join your workforce. Whatever your size or sector, there's a way to get involved.
Email: careers@leggott.ac.uk and our team will get in touch
Deliver an Upskill session
Set an Employer Brief Project
Offer a work placement
Give a talk or workshop
Join a careers event
Share labour market insight
DESTINATIONS
Where can the Aspire Programme take me?
John Leggott College has been sending students to Oxford and Cambridge for more than fifty years. Aspire students also go on to Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science, and to other leading Russell Group universities.
CLASS OF 2026
Thomas Lawson
A-LEVELS STUDIED
DESTINATION
Newcastle University to study Medicine
Aspire MDV was really valuable, Nigel was really encouraging and I made a lot friends along the way.
CLASS OF 2026
Jess Trattles
A-LEVELS STUDIED
DESTINATION
Liverpool University to study Nursing
"I am really excited for my next steps. In September I will be joining the University of Liverpool to study Nursing! I am very pleased with my results and so grateful for all the help from my teachers at JLC!"
CLASS OF 2026
Khoa Nguyen
A-LEVELS STUDIED
DESTINATION
Manchester University to study Chemical Engineering
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QUALITY YOU CAN TRUST
How do our employer partnerships support the Gatsby Benchmarks?
The Gatsby Benchmarks are the national standard for good careers guidance. Our Strategic Employer Board and employer partnerships contribute directly to five of them: Benchmarks 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.
01
A stable careers programme
Our Strategic Employer Board helps plan and shape our careers programme. Employers such as British Steel, North Lincolnshire Council and NHS Talent Academy work with us year after year, so the support you get is consistent and well planned.
02
Learning from career and labour market information
Our partners share what’s happening in local and national labour markets, including which skills are in demand across North Lincolnshire and the Humber. This helps you understand where the jobs are and what employers are looking for.
04
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Employer feedback helps shape our curriculum and Upskill Programme, so what you learn in lessons connects to real careers and builds the skills employers value most.
05
Encounters with employers and employees
Through our 12 strategic partners and a wider network of over 200 employer contacts, you’ll meet employers regularly at Upskill sessions, Careers Events, our Wider Destinations Event and guest lectures, workshops and industry talks.
06
Experiences of workplaces
Our partners offer external work placements and set real-world Employer Brief Projects, then review your work and give you feedback, so you gain genuine workplace experience before you leave college.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Employer partnership FAQs
Quick answers for students, parents and carers, and employers about how John Leggott College works with employers across North Lincolnshire and the Humber.
It’s a group of employers and partners from across the region who help shape our careers programme. Through regular engagement, they share insight into local and regional skills needs, inform curriculum development and help us create employer encounters, work-based learning and progression activities for every student.
Our Strategic Employer Board includes British Steel, North Lincolnshire Council, NHS Talent Academy, HETA, Wilkin Chapman Rollits, Ongo, Lindsey Lodge Hospice, Forrester Boyd, Scunthorpe United Football Club, Nolan Interiors, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service and the Humber Outreach Programme. Beyond the Board, we work with a network of over 200 employer contacts across a wide range of industries and sectors.
For Medicine and Dentistry, most students take Chemistry and Biology plus at least one other science or Maths. For Veterinary Science, Biology and Chemistry are usually needed, with a third subject of your choice. Every university sets its own requirements, so our Aspire team helps you choose the right combination before you start Year 12.
Our employer partners offer external work placements, and our Work-Based Opportunities Officer can help you find one that matches your goals. You’ll also take on Employer Brief Projects, real-world challenges set and reviewed by local employers, so you gain workplace experience even if a traditional placement isn’t possible.
We ask them. Our Strategic Employer Board tells us directly about local and regional skills needs and where the gaps are. We use that insight to shape our curriculum and Upskill Programme, so you build the knowledge, behaviours and experience that employers, universities and apprenticeship providers value most.
Yes. Talks, workshops, placements and Employer Brief Projects give you real-world industry experience and a professional network, plus strong, specific examples to use in your personal statement, CV, applications and interviews.
Yes. Many students start sixth form without a clear plan, and that’s fine. Meeting employers from a wide range of industries helps you discover jobs you might not have heard of and make informed decisions about your future. Our Careers Team is here to help you work out your next step.
Your child will meet employers regularly at John Leggott College, from Upskill sessions to careers events and placements. Because our strategic partners return year after year, students get consistent insight from people who understand industry, helping them make well-informed decisions about university, an apprenticeship or employment.
There are lots of ways to get involved. Employers can deliver Upskill sessions, set Employer Brief Projects, offer work placements, give talks or workshops, join our careers events and share labour market insight. To find out more, email [TBC: employer email address] and our team will be in touch.
It supports five of the eight benchmarks: Benchmark 1 through employer involvement in careers planning, Benchmark 2 by bringing in employer knowledge of local skills needs, Benchmark 4 by using employer feedback to develop students’ skills, Benchmark 5 through sustained engagement with employers, and Benchmark 6 through work placements and employer projects.
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