Earlier this week a group of our Year 9 students enjoyed another group session as part of their our REACH Project (the careers program facilitated by Co-op Academies Trust).

Our students took on a Dragons Den challenge with the employers from Link, the construction company that is supporting the project. The challenge they were set was to produce a new chocolate product. They had to design it, find the cost for the packaging, source production and plan how to deliver it in to stores.

To assist their planning and research they visited a local Co-op food store to see all the different chocolate products on offer. The boys’ team performed exceptionally well and received an amazing offer from the ‘Dragons’ of £250,000 for 10% of their company. The girls pitch was excellent too and they were praised for their beautiful design and packaging.