Medway Education Business Partnership is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. We obtain funding from a variety of sources, to link schools and students to employers and the wider community, to better prepare them for working life and citizenship, and in so doing provide a stronger and better motivated local workforce.

We work in close collaboration with other organisations providing services to young people in Medway, to ensure that they all have the best possible support to develop the skills, attributes and knowledge they need to make good career and life choices.

MEBP provides a range of services for pupils of all ages, their teachers, employers and members of the community.

Our main focus for key stage 4 is on the four areas:

• Work Experience
• One or two week ‘block’ placements for whole year groups
• Extended placements – one, two or three days a week
• Specialist placements to support vocational courses
• Young Apprenticeship placements – 50 days over two years
• Preparation and planning for teachers, students and employers
• Health and safety and insurance checking
• Quality awards for best practice

• Professional Development Placements for Teachers, Tutors and other professionals
• One day secondments into industry to update knowledge and skills
• Lengthier secondments with employers for development in specific teaching areas
• Conferences and training seminars hosted by businesses

• Work-related Learning and Enterprise - activities to support the new entitlement for students at KS4, for example:
• One day enterprise workshops
• Careers development workshops, visits and in-school talks
• Mock interviews, CV, application and letter writing
• Young Enterprise, Company Programme and Masterclasses
• Skills development workshops with employer facilitation
• Work-readiness programmes
• Project support in all curriculum areas
• Careers conferences, seminars and workshops
• Mentoring – business personnel mentoring students

• Employer engagement
• Training and preparing employers and employees to support the work-related learning and enterprise activities above
• Supporting employers’ personal and professional development through engaging in schools
• Supporting the corporate social responsibility agenda
• Engaging employers in the strategic planning of Medway’s work-related learning activities

The Team:

Toni Clarke, Chief Executive
Dawn Jansen, PA and Office Manager
Sarah Codling, STEM Projects Manager
Charlotte Cunningham, Project Manager
Sarah Burgiss, Work Experience Co-ordinator
Anita Davenport, Work Experience Co-ordinator
Denise Gouge, Work Experience Co-ordinator
Sian Jansen, Work Experience Co-ordinator
Ben Goldberg, Administrator
Gill Munson, Employer Engagement Officer
John Tillott, Health and Safety Consultant
Irene Wild, Health and Safety Consultant

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