ATON’S PROOF THAT TRAVEL BROADENS THE MIND

Former AKS Lytham sixth form student, Aton Salem, 18, is another of Ameon’s 2024 intake on the company’s acclaimed Degree Apprenticeship Programme.

Prior to joining AKS sixth form, Aton – or ‘Atty,’ as he prefers to be known – of Thornton, had attended Millfield School, before completing his last year of GCSE study several thousand miles away at the international school in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where his mother, Lee-Anna, had secured a two-year teaching post.

What could have been disruption to his GCSE studies proved to be quite the opposite, with Atty gaining 6 ‘A*’ and 2 ‘A’ pass grades across all subjects taken.  He followed up with high A-level grades at AKS in maths, further maths and physics – the perfect base for his degree apprenticeship aspirations, which were shaped during an AKS school visit to Ameon earlier this year.

Atty will be a welcome addition to the team as he takes on the five-year study programme for the BEng degree, through the University of Central Lancashire.