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Welcome to the Flecker Library webpages.

Scholars and Staff are welcome to help themselves to all of the resources available on this site, and to keep up with library news. 

"The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving."

                          -  James Elroy Flecker 1884-1915.

 

 

Sixth Form Futures


UNIVERSITY VISITS & OPEN DAYS

OPEN DAY / INSIGHT DAY VISIT REQUEST FORM

Please print out Request Form and get it signed by your Hsm at least 48 hours before the visit. After your visit, use the QR code to submit a quick evaluation of your experience.


Super-Curricular Advice for Specific Subjects

This booklet gathers subject-specific advice and recommendations for super-curricular activities that develop learning beyond the classroom, which is very valuable for applications particularly to competitive course and institutions. Currently featuring pages for: Art & Architecture, Computer Science, Economics, English Literature, History, and TPE.

Super-Curriculum Booklet

Lower Sixth Futures WEEK (JUNE 2025)

UCAS Set-Up Guidance

Exam Boards List for UCAS Application (Education Section)

DCS Qualifications and Exam Boards for UCAS
Personal Statement Workshop
Personal Statement Creation Exercise [Word]
Personal Statement Tool [Uni of Bath]

For a range of guides on crafting Personal Statements, including subject specific information, search “personal statements” in the Unifrog Know-how library.

DAY 4 Talks / Workshops

DAY 3 Talks / Workshops

Making the Most of Uni (Lancaster Uni)
Future-Ready Insights (Immerse Education)
CV Booster Workshop (i2i Recruitment)
US College Essays (The University Guys)
Applying to Competitive Courses (Uni of Bath)

Apprenticeship Workshops

Apprenticeships - Search & Apply and Mock Assessments (WorkPays)

U6 Student Finance UK Presentation (MAY 2025)

Presentation PDF

L6 Preparing for UCAS Fair & Open Days (May 2025)

Presentation PDF

UCAS & Post-18 choiceS: Lower SIXTH PARENTs’ TALK (MARCH 2025)

Guidance on the UCAS application process and other post-18 choices, including specialist paths (Oxbridge; MedDentVet) and apprenticeships.

Parents’ UCAS & Post-18 Choices Presentation [PDF]

LOWER SIXTH FUTURES DAY (JAN 2025)

Futures Day Introductory Guidance FOR UCAS & BEYOND (PDF)
Competitive Applications (University of Birmingham)
Why Bother with HE? (Cardiff Metropolitan university)
Choosing a Course (University of Exeter)
Understanding Apprenticeships (WorkPays)

Personal Statements Talk [by Oxford Brookes University] (June 2022)


Student Finance Talk [By Royal Holloway University] (May 2022)


Lower Sixth Pupils & Parents Guidance: Using Unifrog for Post A-Level Preparation & Application (March 2020)


CAREERS, UNIVERSITIES & APPRENTICESHIPS EXPLORATION: KEY SITES

WEBSITE

A universal destinations platform that brings all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps young people to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications.

+ Lots of info & great range of tools

+ All pupils have access

- Works best by building up your profile, which can take time.

WEBSITE

Now personal subscription only. Available via Morrisby Pass @ https://www.morrisby.com/parents

Morrisby.com provides up-to-date career information, requirements and routes to careers, as well as assessments and customisable results to plan future choices.

+ More advanced testing and deeper personal report

+ Life-time membership

- No longer able to be coordinated through school, though reports can be shared with tutors / Futures.

WEBSITE

UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. It's the centralised service that students use to apply to university. It is a great resource for exploring options after GCSE and A-levels and, if applying through UCAS, the place to create, submit, and track your application.

+ Free to use

+ A lot of info and advice on university, conservatoire and apprenticeship options

- Less functionality

- Some ads & sponsored content


 

Free 120-page guide to how degree apprenticeships offer a debt-free alternative to a traditional university degree – for sixth form students, parents, teachers and careers advisers.

Amazing Apprenticeships offers wide range of knowledge, stories, advice and vacancy listings for current apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships. Their biannual Higher & Degree Listings can be very useful.

HIGHERiN aims to support students to find apprenticeships, placements, internships and graduate jobs, offering information, advice, and guidance on securing the best post-GCSE and post-A-level opportunities.


The government’s National Career Service offers free and impartial information, advice and guidance to help you with your decisions about careers, courses and work.

+ Lots of detail

+ Links to apprenticeship vacancies

- Quite text heavy and a bit drab

As its name suggest, UCAS - Explore jobs allows you to explore different jobs and pathways to your career: by job family, by subject, or by skill-set. (UCAS stands for Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. It's the centralised service that students use to apply to university.)

+ Graphical layout with summarised information

- Less detail

Prospects.ac.uk is the UK's biggest graduate careers website. Search for apprenticeships, graduate jobs, internships and postgraduate courses, for specialist careers advice.

+ Detailed info regarding many career paths

- Aimed more at current university students