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Futures Evening 2026 - Tuesday 3rd February

19 professionals (including some ex-students) from industry attended The Warren School to give short presentations to our students, across all year groups, and to their parents and carers. This informative event inspired our students by providing information, advice and guidance about their future career paths, with the opportunity to ask questions from the various professionals. Our presenters talked about what they do, what education route they took, e.g. university, FE college, and apprenticeships, and gave advice to the students about how to get into their field. 

Research shows that young people who had been in contact with several employers were nearly twice as likely to believe that they had a good idea of the knowledge and skills needed for the job they wanted to do. 

Students are encouraged to investigate job profiles from the National Careers Service website, where they can look into skills and qualifications needed to get into jobs, what the work would be like, the average salary they could expect and what the career prospects are: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-careers

A big thank you to the following presenters who presented at our Futures Evening:  

Colin Francis Professional DJ & Entrepreneur, Gurpreet Sandhu and Lubna Butt Banking, Nationwide Building Society, Councillor Ajanta Deb Roy Councillor, LBBD UK Parliament, Mahdi Hasan Investment Risk Analyst, Seven Investment Management, Maria Ahmed and Aish Mittra UCL University, Robert Andrews Trading standards LBBD, Dr Jacqueline Wabara Business Management Bill Gates Foundation, Bharat Jethwa High frequency trading, IMC Trading, Andrew Pauling (NHS - Paramedic), Dr Bonita Kabir NHS Doctor, Thomas  Hilson M&G apprenticeship, Real estate investor relations, Denzel Eggerue Data Engineer, Daintta , Mo Ahmed (London Fire Brigade), John Brecknell NHS Neurosurgeon , Indy Dhami (Cyber Security - KPMG LLP), PC Valerie Gill Metropolitan Police and Dr Kamil Ahmed, Dental Surgeon, Hermitage Clinic.

Feedback and comments from some of the presenters include: 

“I truly appreciate the opportunity to participate in the Futures Evening event. I found the whole event to be meticulously organised, and both of my sessions were filled with enthusiastic and engaged young learners. Their curiosity and the sheer number of questions asked about cyber security were incredibly inspiring to me. It gives me great confidence to see that we have a new generation of children interested in protecting businesses and society at large." Indy Dhami, Partner, Cyber Security, KPMG LLP (UK) 

"It was a real pleasure to be part of the Futures Evening. I really enjoyed the event and found it very inspiring. It was great to see so many young people interested in politics and asking thoughtful questions. Their enthusiasm and confidence were lovely to see. Events like this are so important in helping students think about their next steps and believe in what they can achieve." Cllr Ajanta Deb Roy, UK Parliament

Feedback and comments from some our students include:  

"Maths is my favourite subject and listening to the High Frequency Trading speaker was a really good experience as it is something I want to do when I am older and helped be boost my mindset" Adam Year 7. 

"The meeting with the Neurosurgeon helped me to understand more about career paths, what subjects to choose for my options and requirements for that job" Areeba Year 9.

"I attended the Data Engineer talk and the information was very useful, which helped me understand how to prepare for the future. The session also introduced us to the education pathway that needs to be taken to be able to achieve the job" Aleks Year 12.

Mr A Uddin MBE

Director of Learning Phases