Celebrating Growth, Ambition and Achievement: Future Leaders Celebration Events
At Villiers Park we are proud to celebrate not just academic outcomes, but also the personal journeys behind them.
Our recent Celebration Events in Hastings, Tyneside, Swindon, Cambridge and Norwich brought together students, alumni, families, school partners and supporters. Together, we celebrated the incredible achievements of young people on our Future Leaders and Leadership Challenge programmes.
Among our special guests were the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex, the Mayors of Hastings and Bexhill, corporate partners, alumni and school liaisons. We were thrilled to be joined by so many people play a vital role in helping young people unlock their potential.
The events featured inspiring stories from young people, including Lily (Year 11), who reflected on her journey:
“Leadership Challenge has given me so many opportunities and greatly improved my confidence in how I oversee the world.”
Sophie, also in Year 11, spoke about the value of individual guidance:
“The coaching was just incredible, to have that dedicated time to sit down and discuss my future, what I wanted to do and my aspirations.”
As many of our Year 13 students look ahead to university life, one participant, Kyle, shared:
“I am very thankful to the programme as a whole, because of the opportunities for university life, for that experience and the knowledge that's been given to us.”
The long-term impact of Villiers Park was powerfully summed up by alum Joshua Drinkwater:
“I’m now working as a Trainee GP in West Swindon [...] simply without Villiers Park I don’t think I would have got there.”
As students are eagerly awaiting their results today, we are proud to have played a part in many stories and to celebrate our students' growth both in and beyond the classroom.
