Mentoring for year 8-9 pupils interested in pursuing healthcare.

The King's Social Mobility & Widening Participation department partner with The Armitage Foundation to run the Armitage Juniors after-school programme for pupils in years 8 and 9. Sessions are a mixture of fun, practical and theory-based training including communication skills, ethics, respiration, radiology, cardiology, GCSE options and advice on next steps.

Sessions are delivered by trained King's Outreach for Medicine & Dentistry student ambassadors with selected pupils from each school. Alongside St George's University of London, we are proud to partner with The Armitage Foundation and looking forward to continuing to grow the partnership.

The NHS should reflect the diverse society it serves and any student with the capability & passion to become a doctor should be able to do so irrespective of their background.

Armitage Juniors will: 

• Learn more about studying medicine.
• Gain a greater understanding of the different medical and healthcare careers and specialisms available.
• Focus on your aspirations and personal development.
• Find out more about the educational journey required to study and work in healthcare careers.
• Meet doctors, current medical students and other pupils interested in pursuing a healthcare career.
• Learn more medical sciences like neuroscience, radiology & cardiology
• Visit the King’s College London Campus.

The Armitage Juniors programme will also include:

• Twelve mentoring sessions over two years.
• An end of year celebration for year 8 pupils.
• A graduation event for pupils in year 9 completing the programme things that would be important if I choose a career in medicine.

Armitage Juniors is open to year 8-9 Pupils interested in science and exploring a possible future career in healthcare who are care experienced, have an underrepresented ethnicity or are in receipt of free school meals or pupil premium.

Pupils need to attend these schools:

London Partner Schools:

• Platanos College, Lambeth
• St Thomas the Apostle College, Southwark

Kent Partner Schools (thanks to funding from the Medway NHS Foundation Trust):

• The Hundred of Hoo Academy, Rochester
• The Robert Napier School, Gillingham

Mentoring sessions will be delivered online or in schools. End of year celebrations will take place on the King’s College London campus as long as this is possible.

If you are an interested teacher or Hospital Trust, please contact Aniqa Rob (aniqa.rob@kcl.ac.uk), Outreach for Medicine & Dentistry Officer.

Find out further information on The Armitage Foundation webpage.