Devina's Story

Devina has always been interested in working with numbers to solve problems and is considering a career in a financial field. She jumped at the opportunity to do her Year 10 work experience at the Bank of England, located in the City of London. Devina undertook a variety of administrative tasks while on placement that included inputting data onto spreadsheets, filing important documents and also undertaking visits with colleagues to a local printing press.

Devina really enjoyed her work experience placement as she was treated as an adult by staff and she was able to find out what qualifications would be useful to enter this field of work. She also gained an awareness and understanding of the key skills and personal qualities that she would need to be successful. This included being able to use her own initiative, take on responsibility and work effectively as part of a team.

Afterwards, in Year 11, Devina met with her Connexions personal adviser in school to talk through her plans for the future. She subsequently chose to move to a local further education college as she felt a new environment would benefit her personal development.

Devina is now studying an AS/A2 programme in subjects that include mathematics, further mathematics, physics and economics. She intends to study mathematics at university and plans to enter a career relating to either banking or accountancy.