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The Apprentice Selection Process

Well… that was unexpected 👀

I came down on the train from North Wales yesterday and spent today in London at an early stage of The Apprentice selection process.
I can’t share details (and genuinely won’t — confidentiality matters), but I can say this:

What happens behind the scenes is very different from what viewers imagine.

There were moments today that surprised me, challenged me, and made me reflect deeply on pressure, presentation, and how quickly decisions can be made — sometimes for reasons that have nothing to do with capability or experience.

I won’t be writing about this publicly in detail.
But I will be sharing some honest reflections — what I learned, what I’d do differently, and what the process really asks of you — privately with my email subscribers in my February newsletter.

If you’re interested in:
• resilience after disappointment
• what the Apprentice selection process actually measures
• staying grounded when outcomes feel out of your control
• or simply the human side of high-stakes environments

…you might find it worth reading.

You can sign up on this website for the newsletter.

Sometimes doors don’t open — but they do show you something useful about how rooms are built.

💛

angelique5

Ange Anderson is a visionary educational consultant who has revolutionized therapeutic and technological support for the neuro-divergent community. Her innovative methods have been widely recognized and she has appeared on many podcasts worldwide and spoken at educational conferences across the world. She is the former headteacher of a leading specialist school and now supports schools and parents on site / at home, as well as remotely. As well as writing academic papers she writes for magazines catering for those who are neuro-divergent. She is the author of special educational books published by Routledge . Her book on utilizing virtual reality as a tool for those with unique minds has been translated into Arabic expanding her impact to international markets. She is an esteemed advisor to a leading global VR company. VR was the catalyst for her latest book ‘The Cosmic Caretaker’. She has also self-published several children's books and both edited and contributed to 'The Future of Special Schools'.