Revved up for race car build

KIT DONATED AHEAD OF FORMULA 24 CHALLENGE

- By GAZETTE REPORTER

Nichole Munro, CEO of Atomix

A “world of possibilities’ has opened up for pupils at Bishopton Pupil Referral Unit, in Billingham, after Atomix Educational Trust's CEO won the bid for a racing car kit to be donated to the school.

Nichole Munro, CEO of the Trust, which also includes Errington Primary School, Prior Pursglove College and Stockton Sixth Form College, decided a new approach to teaching engineering was needed last June.

She introduced a T Level in the subject to the Trust, which is the equivalent of three A Levels.

Introducing the T Level also had the added benefit of attracting capital funds - and Nichole also wrote out to a wide variety of businesses to apply for matched funding.

Greenpower Education Trust, an education charity based in West Sussex, responded to find out more about Atomix - and were excited to learn about Nichole’s desire to introduce a more experiential curriculum.

The charity then suggested the Trust bid for a grant for one of its race car kits sponsored by Blink EV Charging and become part of its Greenpower Challenge, that will see pupils design and build a Formula 24 electric kit car to race at Greenpower events, one of which is in Gateshead.