National Apprenticeship Week sees Nestle give teachers a taste of the factory floor

As part of National Apprenticeship Week, Nestle has given teachers a chance to get a taste of what a modern apprenticeship is really like by spending a day shadowing young people at one of its factories.

The teachers, from York, Dalston and Fawdon, will be joined by Nestle’s Senior Factory Managers who are going back to the floor and shadowing apprentices – offering their support and career coaching.

This follows research commissioned by Nestlé UK in 2014 which revealed that the majority of UK businesses feel that there are not enough young people studying maths and science to meet the future demand. Also the majority of young people, and their teachers and tutors, do not know what STEM-related businesses are looking for in new recruits.