SKILLS Local teacher named UK’s best apprentice
A Leicestershire teacher has been crowned the best apprentice in the country after a meteoric rise from learning support assistant to full-time school staff member. Matthew Moir, 20, from Market Harborough,
won the Apprentice of the Year Award at the Association of Colleges Student of the Year Awards, one of the biggest student awards in the further education calendar. The Loughborough College student was
shortlisted after rocketing through the ranks at Little Bowden Primary School, in Leicestershire, where he started last year as an apprentice but quickly found himself leading classes, working with special educational needs and disabled children.
‘Matt’s award is fully deserved and he has shown that he is a great role model’
He even became a YouTube star during the first national lockdown in March 2020 after creating a series of “stay active at home” video PE lessons for children. Matt made such an impact during his
apprenticeship at Little Bowden that he is now a permanent member of staff and, at the age of 19, was entrusted with helping develop the school’s approach to PE, leading lessons and sports clubs. He said: “I never applied for this
apprenticeship thinking I was going to end up to being nationally recognised for doing something
Matt Moir
that I do for the pure enjoyment and pride that I can make a difference in young people’s lives.” On top of his work at the school, for which he
received glowing appraisals from senior staff, Matt was also chosen as a joint group representative for Loughborough College’s school sport health and wellbeing apprenticeship. Sunny Chavda, Matt’s tutor at the college,
said: “Matt’s award is fully deserved and he has shown that he is a great role model not just for the students he teaches, but for anybody looking to take on an apprenticeship.” Two other Loughborough College students
were runners up in the awards, which were held online on 25 February. Halle Parker was a finalist in the Young Student of the Year category, while Daniel Jennings was a runner up in the HE Student of the Year category.
Pippa Culverwell and Chris Goodman
PIPPA CULVERWELL, A digital marketing apprentice at fellow Chamber member North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College, was a runner-up in the Apprentice of the Year category. Pippa, from Leicester, started her role as an
apprentice for Billesdon-based print and graphic design business Soar Valley Press last year and helped to drive an eight-fold increase traffic to its website. She achieved a Chartered Institute of Marketing Level 4 qualification and, after gaining a distinction grade for her apprenticeship assessment, was promoted to a marketing co- ordinator role. She now leads the business on SEO, social media marketing and web design. Soar Valley Press managing director Chris Goodman added: “We are proud of how far Pippa has come over the last year and pleased that she has been recognised in this way by the Association of Colleges.”
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