Shaped By Solent is back!
After a successful 2022 programme Shaped By Solent returns to continue the success and embark on a new and exciting challenge. We are thrilled to work together with Little Green Academy, Mary Rose Academy, Redwood Academy, and their students, to create some exciting and innovative products in this Dragon’s Den style initiative. The Shaped By […]
Smart Training and Recruitment Limited are graded ‘GOOD’ by Ofsted
Smart Training and Recruitment Limited is thrilled to announce that it has been recently awarded a Grade 2/Good rating, (August 2023), another key achievement for the Company that reached a milestone of 20 years in operation this year. This achievement reflects the organisation’s continued commitment to providing exceptional learning provision and delivery to both Learners […]
Shaping Portsmouth CEO to retire in the New Year
Shaping Portsmouth Chief Executive Officer Stef Nienaltowski has announced that he will be retiring in the new year. Since taking over in January 2017, Stef has transformed the not-for-profit organisation with its mission to create partnerships and lead programmes which make Portsmouth Britain’s premier waterfront city in which to invest, live, learn, work and visit. […]
Help Portsmouth’s pupils explore their futures
After a successful pilot run in July this year, Shaping Portsmouth’s Explore Your Future Business Workshop was offered to all senior schools in Portsmouth on Monday 11th September and we are looking for local businesses to get involved. The aim of these sessions will be to support students in years 7-9 to understand more about […]
Portsmouth Grammar School bursaries help pupils to achieve
Reflecting the ambition of its Founder, Dr William Smith in 1732, The Portsmouth Grammar School aims to inspire and engage children as part of an academically challenging community, and for this not to be dependent on their economic background. “1 in 5 pupils at PGS receive fee assistance,” says David Wickes, Head of The Portsmouth […]
A new Lead for our Apprenticeship Bus Programme
Shaping Portsmouth is pleased to welcome Simon Ingram as our new Apprenticeship Bus Programme Lead. Every year, the Apprenticeship Bus embarks on an inspiring journey across the city, bringing apprentices from thriving businesses and organisations in Portsmouth directly to schools. This dynamic initiative grants students a golden opportunity to engage with these apprentices in person, […]
Introducing our new Education & Community Lead
We are very pleased to welcome Kirsty Hill as the newest member of the Shaping Team. As Education & Community Lead, Kirsty will be supporting the volunteers and activities of our programmes under the Education and Community pillars, to ensure they run smoothly and each programme succeeds in its objectives. Born in Cardiff, raised in […]
Meet the Mary Rose Trust 2023 Weston Heritage Interns
The Mary Rose Trust Weston Heritage Internship Programme is a 12-week paid internship supported by The Garfield Weston Foundation taking place this year between June and September. Collections Development and Curatorial Interns Hannah and Holly will be working on a research database for the human remains, recording objects’ details, digitising documents and evaluating visitor survey […]
Join our team: Apprenticeship Bus Programme Lead
We are looking for a new partner who has a passion for Apprenticeships to join our growing team from September 2023 to February 2024. Every year, the Apprenticeship Bus embarks on an inspiring journey across the city, bringing apprentices from thriving businesses and organisations in Portsmouth directly to 10 senior schools. This dynamic initiative grants […]
Explore Your Future’s In-class session has officially launched!
On Monday 17th July the Shaping Portsmouth Explore Your Future programme team delivered a pilot run of our new In-Class Sessions at Trafalgar School. The programme aims to support students in years 7 to 9 to understand more about the world of work and the local labour market. It will provide an early employer intervention for […]