Supporting Your Career

Career Advice

This is available to all sixth formers through individual meetings or as part of the more formal talks from visiting speakers and through our Enrichment Programme.  There is a wealth of information available to all so we urge sixth formers to make the most of accessing this so that they can make informed choices about their future.

Career Mentors

Some may have very definite ideas as to how they want their early careers to progress (do not panic if you have no idea yet, we are here to help and guide!).  To this end as far as possible we will provide sixth formers with a link to someone who works in their chosen area.  They can then talk to them via email/phone to gain a broader understanding of this career path.  Sixth formers – your career mentor will also help to keep you focussed during your studies so that you can achieve the grades to reach your goal.  Many invite students into their workplace and in some cases students have even been offered a job by their career mentor.

Work Experience

It is essential to gain as much work experience as possible.  This helps to develop a more rounded and interesting sixth former, and one who has a much better chance of progressing successfully to university and into a successful career.  We support our students in finding work experience and many actually gain experience in our prep school and in other local junior schools, teaching games, modern languages and in many other ways.

Leadership Opportunities

Many students take up on one or more of the many leadership opportunities within the school.  School perfects, heads of houses, mentors for younger pupils, working on our prep site, working in the school’s reception office, running activities for younger pupils; leading a school music ensemble or group; captaining a team; taking prospective parent tours; leading assemblies: there are so many.

Universities and future employers look for candidates with experience of leadership.  Those who have been leaders develop a broader understanding of how to cope in different situations, of how to work as a team, of how to make decisions.  These skills, learnt in a supportive environment at school, give students a foot up on the university and career ladder.

The benefits of developing leadership are most pronounced in a school based sixth form setting.