Students at North Bromsgrove High school have swapped the classroom for real world experience, with the launch of adi Group’s new Pre-Apprenticeship scheme designed to revolutionise the future of engineering in the UK.

Aimed at those students who are potentially looking toward a hands-on engineering career, the pre-apprenticeship qualification will offer practical experience and employability skills. Occupying 10 per cent of their overall GCSE curriculum time, the students will spend half a day per week in a live workshop at adi’s headquarters in Kings Norton.

The pre-apprenticeship is the first of its kind in the UK, and will help to close the skills gap by introducing and inspiring young people to the exciting opportunities offered by the engineering sector.

Inspiring the next generation of Engineers is something that the adi Group take very seriously. We are extremely proud of our Pre-Apprentice Academy and would be very happy to assist any companies that were looking to deploy a similar model into and across their own businesses – get in touch if you’d like to find out more.

Watch our pre-Apprentice Introduction video to find out more about this fantastic programme.