Raising Standards in UK Independent Schools Education 2016

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1 Raising Standards in UK Independent Schools Education 2016 Jay Piggot Headmaster Founded in 1855, HMC, Co-ed Boarding and Day,745 pupils Entries at 13+, 16+ and 11+ from 2016 Alice Martineau Head of Lower School

2 Epsom s academic curriculum is built on a principle of progressive and increasing choice, in which no pupil is required or allowed to make hasty or ill-judged decisions that might have serious consequences later. All career guidance offered supports this principle.

3 Year 9 Careers matters and advice delivered in Assemblies and in Tutor Groups Lent Term: GCSE Options and Choice Information presented to pupils and parents Summer Term: Career Investigator findings and individual reports discussed with pupils Jay Piggot Twice Termly Careers Bulletin Headmaster Year 10 Summer Term Year 10 pupils enrolled in Futurewise Careers Programme Twice Termly Careers Bulletin Founded in 1855, HMC, Co-ed Boarding and Day,745 pupils Alice Martineau Head of Lower School

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11 Year 11 Careers and Education Guidance is a structured programme. The aim of the programme is to provide sufficient information and support to assist individual pupils subject choices in advance of the Sixth Form Curriculum. Michaelmas Term Futurewise Briefing Work Experience Briefing World of Work Evening Life in the Sixth Form Evening

12 Year 11 Careers and Education Guidance Cont. Lent Term Sixth Form Academic Choices Briefing: A Level subject & Core Curriculum presentations Preparation for Work Experience Medical Admissions Evening: prospective medics and parents Summer Term Workshop on American College Testing (ACTs) and entry to universities in USA Work experience week Work Experience All Fifth Form pupils encouraged to undertake work experience placements. Work experience plays an increasingly important part of a pupil s profile, universities expect pupils to have built a range of work experience Work experience can take many forms, such as actual work to work shadowing

13 Sixth Form Careers Guidance Lower Sixth Students encouraged to attend Expanding Horizons Experience Courses and career based training days Michaelmas Term Lower Sixth Induction: UCAS induction ACT Preparation Course Medical Admissions preparation day Gap Fair at Epsom College

14 Sixth Form Careers Guidance Cont. Lent Term Presentation to Lower Sixth Parents on UCAS application system Beyond Epsom: UCAS presentation to pupils Summer Term Epsom College Higher Education Conference and Fair 2016 Workshops inc: UCAS explained, Personal Statements MoT, Safe Travel opportunities, How to choose your University, Employability advice, etc

15 Universities attending 2016 Epsom High Education Conference & Fair Bristol, Cardiff, Goldsmiths College, London, Kings College, London, Lancaster, London School of Economics, Newcastle, New College of the Humanities, Queen s University, Belfast, Royal Holloway, London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, Bath, Birmingham, Cambridge, University of the Creative Arts (UCA), Durham, East Anglia (UEA), Exeter, Glasgow, Kent, Leeds, Leicester, Loughborough, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Southampton, St Andrew s, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick University of Sydney, Australia

16 Upper Sixth Guidance in U6 is on an individual basis and through organised events: Guest Speakers in Cultural Hour on relevant topics; e.g. student finance Workshops on UCAS application and personal statements Advice on Results Day & Confirmation of places Oxbridge Preparation programme culminates Duo (Mock Interviews) Medical Briefing for parents and pupils with Admissions Tutor, London Medical School BMAT preparation American Universities ACT preparation course run by a specialist provider Specialist USA admissions counsellor on retainer Specialist Provision BMAT, UKCAT, LNAT, Medical Society, Philosophy Society

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