Sixth Form Futures
UNIVERSITY VISITS & OPEN DAYS
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.
Lower Sixth Futures WEEK (JUNE 2025)
Exam Boards List for UCAS Application (Education Section)
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
DAY 4 Supported Progress Sessions
Apprenticeship Workshops
U6 Student Finance UK Presentation (MAY 2025)
L6 Preparing for UCAS Fair & Open Days (May 2025)
UCAS & Post-18 choiceS: Lower SIXTH PARENTs’ TALK (MARCH 2025)
LOWER SIXTH FUTURES DAY (JAN 2025)
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
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.
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.
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