Professional summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Languages
Certification
Affiliations
Timeline

Sara Ahmed

CathARTic
Watford
2
Languages
1
Certification
5
years of post-secondary education
3
years of professional experience

Through having a number of active volunteering roles, skills regarding communication and independance are well learnt. Able to adapt through observing situations and am able to successfully build a strong happy environment through friendliness. Customer service skills are proven to be excellent, and am able to speak to the public politely and confidently.

Work history

Teaching Assistant - Volunteer

2 Years 2 Months
Al Lawh | Watford, Hertfordshire | 09.2024 - Current

Act as a teaching assistant, helping students aged 10-15

Support teachers in making tasks to help students with learning

Encourage student participation through staying positive

Maintain a happy environment though staying confident and joyful to all

Ensure all surfaces and rooms are clean, and regularly assist teachers in planning activities and keeping a fun environment

Attend weekly sessions held on Sundays, from 10am-1pm

Student Volunteer

2 Years 11 Months
CathARTic | Watford, Hertfordshire | 12.2023 - Current

Work with young adults with special needs, aged 19-35

Help out with and use creativity skills to aid adults when doing art activities

Quickly learnt how to adapt depending on each persons needs

Consistently have maintained a strong bond with each adult

Am able to confidently communicate with a range of people

Demonstrate friendliness to all who come

Have always arrived on time, and have maintained strong relationships with managers through regularly keeping them updated on all matters regarding attendance

Originally started for DofE, but willingly chose to continue coming due to how much I enjoyed being here

Attend weekly sessions held on Wednesdays

Teaching Assistant - Work Experience

Parkgate Junior School | Watford, Hertfordshire | 06.2023 - 06.2023

Engaged in one-to-one sessions with each child with reading and mathematics

Assisted with helping children understand the subject

Adapted to each child's needs - ensuring I facilitate their age to allow them to become comfortable

Helped motivate certain children and built confidence in some individuals

Stayed confident and lively to help children in their studies

Supervised children in both the classroom and at lunch and break time

Developed excellent relationships with students despite short time being here

Education

GCSEs

Parmiter's School | Watford, Hertfordshire | 09.2023 - 09.2025

Grades:

English Literature - 6

English Language - 6

Maths - 6

Combined Science - 66

German - 5

History - 8

Religious Studies - 5

Food Technology - 5

A-Levels

Parmiter's School | Watford, Hertfordshire | 09.2025 - 08.2027

Predicted Grades:

Politics - B

Philosophy - A

English Literature - B

A-Levels - EPQ

Parmiter's School | Watford, Hertfordshire | 09.2025 - 09.2026

Question: Should there be an expansion of police powers in England to combat modern day crime?

This zooms into legislation and modern day advancements

Through taking part in this, I have obtained time keeping skills through keeping up to date with deadlines

Dedicated 120 hours to this across 12 months, through independent study

Demonstrates excellent project management and organisation skills

Skills

Customer service - During my summer holidays in 2025
I helped out in the Summer Reading Challenge at my local library. I did this for a total of 18 hours across the 6 weeks
and showed clear communication skills when speaking to both adults and children. Due to the range of ages of children coming
I was required to adapt to ensure I appropriately spoke to all of the children. I often helped out in the library
through stacking shelves and helping with returns and issues which the public had
using my initiative to ensure I was as helpful as I could be
Problem solving - I had the pleasure of becoming School Prefect in June 2025
and am leading the Equalities Committee. We have been working to fix a range of issues
specifically the Personal Development. Through regular meetings with teachers
I have improved my skills in resolving conflict and have been able to ensure Personal Development is more accessible and personal to all.
Teamwork - I was one of 6 students who took part in the Industrial Gold Cadet Award
held under the organisation Leonardo. Here
I learnt how to create an autonomous drone
and was able to show clear teamwork skills as I helped with the soldering of wires
alongside presenting my ideas through clear communication
Resourcefulness in education - Shown through my role as a Youth Ambassador
which requires me to create mental health content aimed at Year 7s. This further has allowed me to develop leadership skills as I was required to create a full slideshow and deliver it to Yr 7-10
consisting of 600 students in total.

Languages

Punjabi
Upper intermediate
German
Elementary

Certification

  • First Aid - October 2026
  • Young Reporters Scheme - June 2026
  • Telegraph Media Literacy Programme - March 2026
  • Duke of Edinburgh - August 2024

Affiliations

  • Reading
  • Sudoku
  • Badminton

Timeline

Parmiter's School

A-Levels
09.2025 - 08.2027Read More

Parmiter's School

A-Levels from EPQ
09.2025 - 09.2026Read More

Teaching Assistant - Volunteer

Al Lawh
09.2024 - CurrentRead More

Student Volunteer

CathARTic
12.2023 - CurrentRead More

Parmiter's School

GCSEs
09.2023 - 09.2025Read More

Teaching Assistant - Work Experience

Parkgate Junior School
06.2023 - 06.2023Read More
Sara Ahmed