After leaving SGHS Sally started a Degree Apprenticeship with Laing O’Rourke in Civil Engineering. Over the 5 year Apprenticeship she worked on some of the UKs major construction projects – Yorkshire Schools, Manchester Airport Terminal 2 Extension, Liverpool Clatterbridge Cancer Hospital and Google HQ Kings Cross London. She studied for 5 years at Bolton University studying 2 degrees. In terms of career development she has worked her way through the ranks from Technician Engineer, to Site Engineer and is currently a Section Engineer working on the New Everton Stadium in Liverpool.

After leaving SGHS, Hetty went on to study Biological Sciences at Lancaster University, achieving the Royal Society of Biology Top Student Award and contributing towards the $40-million Gates-funded Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Potential research project. She completed her Masters level Primary PGCE at Cambridge University, being awarded the Charles Fox Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, her research proposal requested to be published as a journal article. Hetty has since returned to the Northern Star Academies Trust, now as a teacher.