Take Your Place

13/08/2026

Good luck to everyone receiving their A Level results today! 🎉

Whatever your results, remember there are plenty of pathways and opportunities ahead. For advice on your next steps, including Clearing, university choices, and results support, take a look at UCAS's helpful guides:

🔗 https://www.ucas.com/applying/after-you-apply/clearing-and-results-day/results-day

Results day can be stressful, so it pays to be prepared. Read on find out what to expect and what your options might be.

21/07/2026

We were delighted to welcome some of our Future You young people to the University of Cambridge for our Summer Celebration event at the end of last month ✨

The day began with conversations about the different post-16 pathways available to them, followed by a tour of Kings College and Chapel, giving everyone the chance to see student life and explore future possibilities.

One of the highlights of the day was a powerful rap workshop, which provided a creative platform for the group to explore, write about and share their aspirations for the future. Our young people wrote and, some of them, performed original pieces, expressing their ambitions, hopes and personal reflections in a safe, supportive space alongside friends and peers who could relate to and encourage one another.

To round off the day, we enjoyed some punting fun in the sunshine on the River Cam. ☀️

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the day so special. Thank you to The Rap School, and to Become Charity who delivered targeted support and educational funding advice to our parents/carers. 👏

02/07/2026

🎤 ✨Some great student feedback after another fantastic Raise Your Words final event at last month!

Year 9 students from Hampton College, Witchford Village College, St Peter's School and Queen Katharine Academy came together to take part in a public speaking workship led by the brilliant .trust.

Following lots of games and practice, the day culminated in students delivering their own speeches to the group - a huge achievement and a real testament to their courage, hard work and willingness to step outside their comfort zones. 👏

04/06/2026

📣 Have your say and help shape what works for Service children

The SCiP Alliance Impact Centre is taking its Listening Tour across the UK, bringing together professionals who support children from Armed Forces families to share experiences, insights and evidence of effective practice.

This is an opportunity to contribute to a national conversation about what’s working well, how impact is measured, and how evidence can be better shared to support Service children. The findings will help shape future training, resources and guidance across the sector.

If you with Service children in any capacity as part of your regular work, we encourage you to get involved.

🔗Find out more and register here: https://www.scipalliance.org/events/impact-centre-listening-tour

28/05/2026

🎉Future You Summer Celebration coming soon
👉 Sign up by Monday 1st June to secure your place!

A fantastic event for care-experienced young people across East Anglia to come together and explore Higher Education opportunities 🎓✨

Sign up to Future You here: https://www.takeyourplace.ac.uk/students/year-7-11/future-you/

Carers and guardians welcome 💜

If you have any questions about the event or whether your young person is eligible for Future You, email us at [email protected]

12/05/2026

19/03/2026

Which are the smartest ways to revise? 🧠📚

Swipe 👉 to see if you got it right!

At our Study Skills for Parents & Carers sessions last week, Helena - one of our brilliant Higher Education Champions at the University of East Anglia - shared a range of different retrieval practice techniques.

These techniques help students recall and embed what they’ve already learned, while identifying any gaps in their knowledge💡

Helena also gave practical tips on:
⏱️ Planning revision effectively
🍅 Using the Pomodoro method
🧩 Spacing revision so knowledge really sticks

Missed the session? Don’t worry!
🎥 The webinar recording is now available on our website: https://www.takeyourplace.ac.uk/parents-carers/study-skills/

05/03/2026

Last week, we were delighted to welcome 206 children of Armed Forces families from 25 schools across East Anglia to our Festival of Friends* Pupil Voice events in Peterborough, Essex and Norwich 🎉🎉

It was wonderful to celebrate our Service children and spend time together building friendships and reflecting on and sharing experiences through poetry, song writing and art workshops ✨

A huge thank you to all the amazing children, schools and organisations involved for making them such special days Matt Blyton, The Armed Forces Education Trust, Such Innocence

*Festival of Friends is a collaborative, peer-supported programme for supporting Services children. Its key aims are to develop, and then share, good practice in the education and pastoral support for Services children, and to promote progression to further and higher education.

26/02/2026

⚙️ Want to experience Engineering at the University of Cambridge? ⚙️

Join our FREE Future You Engineering Taster Day on the 19th March 🚀

Open to eligible young people in Years 9-13 as part of our Future You programme*

🔗 Click here to sign up: https://www.takeyourplace.ac.uk/students/year-7-11/future-you/

Any questions? Contact [email protected]

*Future You is a collaboration between neaco University and Further Education partners, and Virtual Schools in Norfolk, Suffolk, Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.

24/02/2026

We had two fantastic subject taster events with some of our fabulous Future You students last week! 👏

On Tuesday, it was a Medicine and Health Sciences taster at the University of East Anglia and City College Norwich. On Thursday, it was a Social Work taster at the University of Suffolk, including an interesting visit to the mock court room on campus (pictured).

Head to our website to find out more about Future You, our free programme of events and activities designed especially for care-experienced young people: https://www.takeyourplace.ac.uk/students/year-7-11/future-you/