Schools and businesses across the region have been urged to sign up for a special scheme which gets teachers in the workplace.

Six schools and two colleges took part in Teacher Encounters events staged by the Marches Careers Hub at Shrewsbury and Telford Health Trust, Aico and Breedon’s Leaton Quarry, which welcomed a party of teachers to its quarry at Leaton to show them the range of jobs and opportunities on hand.

Now the careers hub, which co-ordinates the events across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin, wants more businesses and schools to take part across the coming academic year.

Andriané Usherwood-Brown, strategic careers hub lead, said: “We’ve had a very successful first full year of the Teacher Encounters programme, with three employers staging events and some tremendous feedback.

“We would love to hear from more employers who are happy to invite teachers into their workplaces to show them how they work – and want more schools to take up the fantastic opportunities the programme can provide.”

Interested schools and employers should contact Andrianne at Andriane.Usherwood-Brown@shropshire.gov.ukr.