Winners announced at the School Leaver Awards 2017
- Emma Finamore
- Last updated 26 May 2017
The awards celebrated everything from company culture, social media, career progression and training – as decided by school leaver trainees from 100 UK organisations – at a celebrity-hosted event held at London’s Waldorf Hilton Hotel.
The UK’s top employers for school leavers were revealed last night, when the results of a nationwide survey were announced at an awards ceremony in London’s Waldorf Hilton Hotel, hosted by comedian Ed Byrne.
AllAboutSchoolLeavers.co.uk’s School Leaver Awards 2017, sponsored by EY and supported by Laing O’Rourke, announced the winners of 36 categories – including skills development, career progression, training and company culture – as decided by surveys completed by apprentices and school leaver trainees from 100 UK organisations.
Young people working in the school leaver training world were asked to complete employee satisfaction surveys, covering every aspect of their working lives, from job satisfaction and career progression, to company culture and work/life balance.
In the fifth annual ceremony, GoldmanSachs was named Top Employer for School & College Leavers, and Alistair Wheeler of BT won the School Leaver of the Year award.
AllAboutSchoolLeavers.co.uk’s School Leaver Awards 2017, sponsored by EY and supported by Laing O’Rourke, announced the winners of 36 categories – including skills development, career progression, training and company culture – as decided by surveys completed by apprentices and school leaver trainees from 100 UK organisations.
Four of the 36 categories were shortlisted by an industry panel, for example the School Leaver of the Year award, and the Most Innovative Recruitment Campaign award – recognising organisations’ forward thinking recruitment methods using modern techniques such as WhatsApp campaigns and online media.
Two of the categories – Best Website and Best Social Media – were shortlisted by a student panel made up of a cross-section of the AllAboutSchoolLeavers.co.uk student database.
Industry-specific categories acknowledged the top employers in their particular fields, for example Top Employer – Public Sector, Top Employer – Engineering and Top Employer – Accounting & Professional Services.
Award winners, runners up and finalists in full:
Top 100 Employers for School Leavers
1 Goldman Sachs
2 Bentley
3 Schroders
4 Savers
5 Capgemini
6 Mace
7 Softcat
8 Superdrug
9= BP
9= Kennedys
11 The Juice Academy
12 Eversheds
13 Severn Trent Water
14= Arup
14= KFC
16= Nomura
16= Virgin Media
18 Haymarket Media Group
19= EY
19= Plymouth City Council
21 WSP
22 Smith & Williamson
23 TUI
24 A4G
25= Menzies
25= JLL
27 PKF Cooper Parry
28 Hazlewoods
29 Hill Dickinson
30 Laing O'Rourke
31 Basildon Borough Council
32= MHA MacIntyre Hudson
32= PwC
34 Irwin Mitchell
35 Shoosmiths
36= Lloyds Banking Group
36= NATS
36= Robins and Day
39 Barclays
40 GSK
41 The Skills Company
42= Mercedes-Benz
42= Transport for London
44 Lovewell Blake
45= Morgan Sindall
45= National Grid
47 Currie & Brown
48 NG Bailey
49 Busy Bees Training Academy
50= BDO LLP
50= Royal Mail Group
52 The National Physical Laboratory
53 Anchor Trust
54= Gordons
54= Heineken
56 Kone
57= BT
57= British Sugar
59 Teledyne e2v
60= Alstom
60= Morrisons
62= Nestle
62= STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
64 Renault Trucks
65 London Borough of Hillingdon
66= Grant Thornton
66= National Audit Office
68= Harrods
68= Arcadis
68= Mediacom
71 Fidelity
72 Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
73 3M
74= BAM Nuttall
74= Mazars
76= Marks & Spencer
76= Volvo Trucks
78 Toyota
79 City of Lincoln Council
80 Leonardo Helicopters
81 CGI
82= Enterprise Rent-A-Car
82= Greene King
82= IBM
82= Tata Steel
86 Aecom
87 Balfour Beatty
88 Thomas Cook
89 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
90 Arvato
91 John Deere
92 Jaguar Land Rover
93 DSTL
94 Nottingham City Council
95 Autonet Insurance
96 Markerstudy Group
97 Civil Service
98 Fujitsu
99 Moore Stephens
100 Gist
School Leaver of the Year
Alistair Wheeler, BT
Ben Maynard, IBM
Harry Edwards, EY
Bradley Whiting, GSK
Hannah Black, Severn Trent Water
Sam Coulson, GSK
Chris Achiampong, IBM
Hamzah Ahmed, National Grid
Alex Blatch, Nomura
Top Employer for School Leavers
Goldman Sachs
Bentley
Schroders
Savers
Capgemini
Mace
Softcat
Superdrug
BP
Kennedys
Best Intermediate Apprenticeship
Savers
Superdrug
John Deere
Plymouth City Council
Mercedes-Benz
JLL
Basildon Borough Council
Shoosmiths
NATS
Robins and Day
Best Advanced Apprenticeship
Bentley
KFC
Softcat
The Juice Academy
PKF Cooper Parry
Arup
Virgin Media
Toyota
Haymarket Media Group
Plymouth City Council
Best Higher Apprenticeship
Severn Trent Water
Bentley
Kennedys
Nomura
Transport for London
Lloyds Banking Group
EY
Smith & Williamson
National Grid
TUI
Best Degree Apprenticeship
Goldman Sachs
Capgemini
Mace
Eversheds
PKF Cooper Parry
Barclays
Currie & Brown
Lloyds Banking Group
Nestle
Aecom
Best School Leaver Programme
Schroders
Mace
BP
A4G
Menzies
Hazlewoods
Laing O'Rourke
MHA MacIntyre Hudson
Shoosmiths
PwC
Best Sponsored Degree
PwC
Morgan Sindall
Morrisons
CGI
Balfour Beatty
Aecom
Top Employer - Small School Leaver Intake
Goldman Sachs
BP
Kennedys
Eversheds
KFC
Nomura
Haymarket Media Group
Smith & Williamson
TUI
A4G
Top Employer - Medium-sized School Leaver Intake
Bentley
Schroders
Capgemini
Mace
Softcat
The Juice Academy
Severn Trent Water
Arup
Plymouth City Council
WSP
Top Employer - Large School Leaver Intake
Savers
Superdrug
Virgin Media
EY
PwC
Lloyds Banking Group
Barclays
Mercedes-Benz
Transport for London
National Grid
Top Employer - Accounting & Professional Services
EY
Smith & Williamson
A4G
Menzies
PKF Cooper Parry
Hazlewoods
MHA MacIntyre Hudson
PwC
Lovewell Blake
BDO
Top Employer - Automotive
Bentley
Mercedes-Benz
Renault Trucks
Volvo Trucks
Toyota
Jaguar Land Rover
Top Employer - Banking & Financial Services
Goldman Sachs
Schroders
Nomura
Lloyds Banking Group
Barclays
Fidelity
Autonet Insurance
Markerstudy Group
Top Employer - Construction
Mace
Arup
JLL
Laing O'Rourke
Morgan Sindall
Currie & Brown
BAM Nuttall
Balfour Beatty
Top Employer - Energy & Utilities
BP
Severn Trent Water
National Grid
Aecom
Top Employer - Engineering
WSP
NATS
NG Bailey
Heineken
Kone
British Sugar
Alstom
Arcadis
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains
Leonardo Helicopters
Tata Steel
Top Employer - Hospitality & Tourism
KFC
TUI
Greene King
Thomas Cook
Top Employer - IT & Technology
Capgemini
Softcat
Virgin Media
BT
CGI
IBM
Arvato
Fujitsu
Top Employer - Law
Kennedys
Eversheds
Hill Dickinson
Irwin Mitchell
Shoosmiths
Gordons
Top Employer - Public Sector
Plymouth City Council
Basildon Borough Council
Transport for London
London Borough of Hillingdon
National Audit Office
City of Lincoln Council
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
DSTL
Nottingham City Council
Civil Service
Top Employer - Retail
Savers
Superdrug
Robins and Day
Morrisons
Harrods
Marks & Spencer
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Top Employer - Science & FMCG
GSK
The National Physical Laboratory
Teledyne e2v
Nestle
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
3M
Best Recruitment Campaign
Severn Trent Water
The Skills Company
Marks & Spencer
EY
CGI
Mazars
Most Innovative Recruitment Campaign
EY
Severn Trent Water
Marks & Spencer
CGI
Mazars
Best School Engagement in a Recruitment Campaign
Severn Trent Water
The Skills Company
CGI
Best Social Media
National Grid
Jaguar Land Rover
JLL
PwC
Volvo
Laing O'Rourke
BDO
IBM
Severn Trent Water
EY
Best Website
Nomura
BT
Mercedes-Benz
Laing O'Rourke
EY
PwC
Mazars
TUI
BDO
CGI
Best Training
Goldman Sachs
Eversheds
Softcat
Savers
Schroders
Mace
Bentley
The Juice Academy
Haymarket Media Group
Superdrug
Best Training Provider
Softcat
Superdrug
Savers
KFC
Busy Bees Training Academy
Bentley
Goldman Sachs
Kone
Capgemini
Smith & Williamson
Best University for a Sponsored Degree
PwC
Morgan Sindall
Morrisons
CGI
Balfour Beatty
Aecom
Best for Skills Development
Nomura
Goldman Sachs
A4G
Menzies
Virgin Media
Arup
Schroders
BP
Softcat
Barclays
Best for Career Progression
Eversheds
Hill Dickinson
Nomura
Goldman Sachs
Bentley
Haymarket Media Group
Softcat
Arup
Kennedys
WSP
Best Level of Support
Goldman Sachs
Mace
Kennedys
Savers
The Skills Company
Severn Trent Water
KFC
Eversheds
Hill Dickinson
WSP
Best Job Satisfaction
Bentley
Capgemini
Kennedys
Basildon Borough Council
The Skills Company
Virgin Media
Morrisons
Goldman Sachs
Savers
Severn Trent Water
Best Company Culture
Eversheds
Bentley
Haymarket Media Group
Goldman Sachs
Schroders
Mediacom
Capgemini
Mace
Arup
NATS
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