9
Highgate leavers gained
places to study medicine (2020)
Higher education and careers
Selecting the right university, degree and career can be daunting.
With thousands of higher education options available, picking the right institution and course can be challenging. Our Careers and Employability Specialist, and experienced Sixth Form team, provide advice and guidance. They assist our sixth formers throughout the application process, helping you to apply for courses in the UK and abroad.
Preparations begins in Year 12, with:
- higher education talks
- visits to universities
- higher education event with representatives from most Russell Group universities, gap year and apprenticeship providers
- North American university fair attended by major colleges
I've been given insights into areas of work I hadn't considered before. —Highgate sixth former, 2020
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. In this way, we ensure that we offer individually-tailored support to each sixth former regarding university admissions in the UK and abroad. We also have two members of staff to support applications to North American universities and each year send sixth formers to top-ranking institutions in the USA and Canada.
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, like anthropology, architecture, law, sociology, and medicine.
We are justly proud of the higher education achievements of Highgate sixth formers, who study and thrive in universities across the globe.
You can also read more about why we won the Careers Programme of the Year 2020-21 here
I've been able to meet interesting professionals and find out about key industries. —Highgate sixth former, 2020
7
Highgate leavers joined top tier
international colleges (2021)
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, and their strengths and attribute. 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
- Bookable one-to-one careers conversations with our Careers and Employability Specialist ensure you gain impartial and independent guidance, explore individual career options, develop your CV, and work on 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 employment fields. Last year’s virtual event saw over 35 speakers share their insights and experiencees
- 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, plus advice on preparing and submitting a CV, prepare you 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 lets you get more advice on employability and careers options, apprenticeships opportunities, and taking a gap year
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