Legacies Event –College Experience

Former Our Lady’s students always remain part of our wider community and we carefully cultivate links with our alumni so that they can pass on their advice and experience to our current cohort. Mrs Lancaster coordinates ‘Legacy Events’ and they are very popular with the students. In January two former students came back to Our Lady’s and talk about their experience of further education. We asked the students to describe how beneficial they found the event.

‘During our recent legacy event, two amazing past students came to help year 11 and year 10, to choose what our future would look like after high school. The questions that were asked from the students were very helpful for me, as I was able to start creating a plan for what I would do after my GCSEs to the transition of me starting my first year in college. One question that was asked was “are you able to change your A-level options when you do start college” - the legacies did help answer this question, which came with great comfort, as I would be able to make a final decision for myself. I think these events are very helpful as choosing what to do in the future is quite hard, so as much guidance as possible would be helpful and comforting. I’m very grateful to get this opportunity given to us.’ she is currently studying journalism at Leeds University and loving it!

Here is the information for the next legacy events we are hosting. We will continue to develop our alumni network so students can network and support each other after they leave school. Please get in contact if you would like to be involved.

Tuesday 17th January College Interviews/college experience

1.10-2.50

Weds 1st March University

1.10- 2.50

Tue 28th March

Alternative routes- T-level/Football Academy

12.10- 1.50

Weds 3rd May

It was a real treat to see Vanely (class of 2020) and Vanessa (class of 2021) again and to take them on a tour around school. They both especially enjoyed seeing their former teachers as well as all of the improvements we have made to our site. Vanely was particularly excited to see Mr Quiligotti again and cited a trip he organised to the BBC studios at media city when she was in year 8 as the reason she chose her intended career path -

Prepare for exams

1.10-2.50