Apprenticeship Bus

Led By: Simon Ingram – Managing Director, Mountjoy
and Chloe Bolton – Enterprise & Skills Executive (Careers), Portsmouth City Council

Every year, the Apprenticeship Bus embarks on a three-day roadshow across the city of Portsmouth, bringing apprentices from local businesses and organisations directly to senior schools.

This initiative enables Year 10-11 students an opportunity to engage with apprentices, face to face, providing them with an authentic, first-hand insight into the world of an apprenticeship.

If your organisation or business would like a seat on the 2026 Apprenticeship Bus Roadshow, please express your interest by completing the form here.

Any further questions, please contact Kirsty Hill at kirsty.hill@shapingportsmouth.co.uk.

Objectives

  1. To inspire students in Portsmouth to consider Apprenticeships as a viable and exciting career option.
  2. To provide Apprentices from as many Portsmouth businesses and as wide variety of industries as possible.
  3. To reach the maximum number of Year 10-11 students in Portsmouth each year.

Current Initiatives

Impact

  • In 2024 we visited 10 senior schools over three days

  • Engaged with over 1000 pupils  

  • 56 Apprentices from local businesses joined the tour

  • 875 students completed feedback.

    • 635 students agree or strongly agree that they will now consider an apprenticeship.

    • 684 students agree or strongly agree that there was a good range of apprentice role represented and available to talk too.

Apprenticeship Bus is delivered in partnership with:

The latest news from Apprenticeship Bus:

Testimonials

“Stagecoach have been proud to support the Apprenticeship Bus programme since 2018. As part of our community engagement, we have been delighted to continue our support in conveying apprentices to a number of education establishments across the city of Portsmouth.”
Steve Thorpe
Steve ThorpeMarketing Officer, Stagecoach South

Want to know more about this programme? Contact us.