Hartlepool Students given mock interviews by centre manager Mark Rycraft

Catcote Academy pupils got to develop their job interview skills by taking part in a lifelike exercise with Middleton Grange shopping centre.

Centre manager Mark Rycraft, who is also an enterprise advisor for Catcote Academy, interviewed the students as if they were applying for the job of a retail assistant.

It was part of Catcote Academy’s STEPS study programme which focuses heavily on work experience and placements with businesses around the town.