82%
Highgate leavers secured
their first choice of university (2024)
Higher education and careers
We can help with selecting the right university, degree or future career.
With thousands of higher education options available, picking the right institution and course can be challenging. Our Higher Education and Careers Specialists, together with the Sixth Form team, provide advice and assist students throughout the application process, helping you to apply for courses in the UK and abroad.
Preparations begin in Year 12 with:
- Higher education talks
- Visits to universities
- Higher education fair with representatives from Russell Group universities, gap year and apprenticeship providers
- North American university fair attended by major colleges
The team were incredibly supportive with thorough information sessions. —Highgate sixth former, 2024
PERSONAL MENTORS
Each sixth former is assigned a personal mentor from our teaching body, who will guide and support you in planning and preparing your university applications. This ensures that we offer individually-tailored support to each student regarding university admissions in the UK and abroad. We have members of staff to support applications to North America, Canada and other international university options.
SPECIALIST TEACHERS
Our subject specialist teachers provide personalised guidance about available university courses, while our extension classes let you go beyond the classroom and further develop your interests. These extension classes also help to foster intellectual independence amongst our sixth formers and introduce subjects not taught at Highgate, such as anthropology, architecture, law, sociology and medicine.
We are proud of the higher education achievements of our sixth formers, who study and thrive in universities across the globe.
I was encouraged to explore choices I wouldn't have done otherwise —Highgate sixth former, 2024
22
Highgate leavers received places
at Oxbridge (2024)
Careers and employability support
Highgate supports all sixth formers in making informed choices about their future career. We have a full-time Careers and Employability Specialist to ensure everyone receives up-to-date, relevant and useful careers advice.
Our active careers programme is designed to help our sixth formers understand themselves, their personal preferences, interests, their strengths and attributes. It also provides opportunities to explore and understand the huge range of options available after Highgate.
In addition, we are lucky to be able to draw on the experience and expertise of our dedicated parent body and alumni community, who provide significant support for our many initiatives. If you are interested in providing support in this way, please contact us.
- Activities and events
- One-to-one careers conversations with our Careers and Employability Specialist ensure you gain impartial and independent guidance, explore career options, develop your CV, and applications for apprenticeships, volunteering and gap year opportunities.
- Our compulsory four-week carousel of PSHE lessons in Year 12, delivered by specialist teachers, starts you thinking about future employability.
- Our annual careers fair lets you talk to representatives from different professions sharing their insights and experiences.
- Mentoring opportunities with industry figures ensure you get to talk about your interests and start thinking about future employment.
- Practice job interviews in Year 12, and gain advice on preparing and submitting a CV for future job applications and interviews.
- Employability days let you learn more about writing cover letters, preparing for interviews and finding work experience.
- A wide range of careers events and talks offer advice on employability and careers options, apprenticeships opportunities, and taking a gap year
