CARRERS OPPORTUNITIES

From the moment she sets foot in our school, your daughter will be part of a programme designed to introduce her to the opportunities that await her.

Careers education from our Head of Careers is delivered throughout the senior school and in sessions with Years 5 and 6 at our prep school.  Careers lessons are delivered as part of Assembly and Form Time periods in Years 7 and 8 and as additionally as part of the PHSE programme in Years 9 to 11. Other careers events include speed networking in Year 8, a combination of voluntary Take Our Daughters to Work Day in Year 9 together with a whole year group experience of ‘A Window to Work’ Careers Day.   The Enrichment Programme in Year 12 includes Careers and Employability Skills sessions as well as trips and a summer speaker programme.

In Year 10, your daughter will be introduced to the idea of employability, skills for life and transferable skills. She will also gain a deeper understanding of herself and her abilities through Morrisby psychometric profiling.

By Year 11, careers guidance is one-to-one working from her Morrisby profile and career planner, with the opportunity of applying for work experience placement.

Employability skills workshops, mock interviews and attending careers-specific Insight Days form a valuable part of the Sixth Form experience. One to one careers appointments are regularly arranged with the Head of Careers, and all guidance is bespoke and personal to each girl.

UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS

University admissions preparation is a key part of the careers service and the school works closely with admissions tutors from Oxbridge, Russell Group Universities and specialist Higher Education Institutions. Every year A Level students have their UCAS Personal Statements read by an expert in the field to which they aspire and are interviewed by the same expert to provide valuable interview experience and feedback.

Highly experienced tutors, in partnership with the careers department, provide invaluable guidance regarding potential courses and destinations and provide a sounding board for a decision making process that treats each A Level student as an individual with her own unique aspirations for her future.