FUTURES: Higher Education & Careers
Our FUTURES programme is designed to inspire ambition, provide clarity, and support every pupil in navigating the evolving landscape of higher education and career opportunities.
From the First Form (Year 7), pupils are introduced to a structured and progressive programme of careers education. This includes regular bulletins, tutor group discussions and targeted events that encourage early exploration of interests and aspirations. Our aim is to ensure that every pupil feels confident and well-informed as they begin to consider their future pathway.
Throughout their time at Reed’s, pupils benefit from personalised guidance and a wide range of opportunities to connect curriculum learning with real-world applications. The pastoral curriculum integrates careers education at every stage, while the Fifth Form (Year 11) Employability Development Programme offers focused workshops and work experience pathways, delivered in collaboration with external partners.
We are proud to work closely with organisations such as Unifrog and InvestIn Education, as well as our extensive Old Reedonian network. Our alumni play a key role in supporting current pupils in a range of ways offering academic advice, sharing professional experience and providing career mentoring opportunities conducted through FutureCareers Fairs, FutureCareers Seminars, FutureUni Fairs, mock interviews and departmental presentations/workshops.
As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality careers guidance, Reed’s is currently working towards the prestigious Investor in Careers Award.
GUIDANCE PROGRAMME
OXBRIDGE
Each year, a number of Reed’s students apply successfully to Oxford and Cambridge, supported by a dedicated programme that begins early and builds throughout their time in the school. All pupils are encouraged to undertake ‘challenge’ tasks that emphasise analytical thinking and interdisciplinary connections, and these are further developed for some pupils through the Academic Scholars programme that runs from First Form (Year 7) through until Upper Sixth. Subject-specific societies are also offered across all year groups.
In the Sixth Form, tailored support is provided through one-to-one mentoring, guidance from the Head of Oxbridge, and input from academic departments. Students also attend talks from Oxbridge tutors, receive advice from recent applicants, and take part in interview and admissions test preparation, ensuring they are well-prepared and confident in their applications.
MEDICS
Our Medics (including applicants for veterinary medicine, physiotherapy and nursing) are supported by a dedicated Head of Medics and all interested applicants will attend regular ‘Med-Soc’ meetings from the beginning of the Sixth Form.
In recent years, we are delighted see a number of our medicine and veterinary medicine applicants receive multiple offers for their chosen subject across a range of top universities.
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
Students from Reed’s apply to a range of international universities. In recent years, destinations applied to have included Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Japan and the USA.
DESTINATION OF LEAVERS
2024 Leavers’ Destinations
| Destination of Leavers 2024 | Subject |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITIES & INSTITUTIONS IN THE UK | |
| Aberystwyth University | International Relations |
|
University of Bath |
Business |
| Bath Spa University | Drama and Psychology |
| University of Birmingham |
Psychology |
| Birmingham City University | Psychology |
|
University of Bristol |
Criminology |
| Bristol, University of the West of England | Graphic Design Product Design Architecture Economics |
| University of Cambridge | Natural Sciences |
|
Cardiff University |
Business Management |
| University of Derby | Criminology |
|
Durham University |
Business and Management |
|
University of East Anglia |
Law with American Law |
|
University of Edinburgh |
History |
|
University of Exeter
|
Law x 2 |
| University of Hertfordshire | 3D Games Art and Design |
| King's College London, University of London | Social Sciences Music |
|
University of Leeds |
Communication and Media |
| University of Liverpool | Communication, Media and Popular Music Mechanical Engineering |
| Loughborough University | Management x 2 Sport and Exercise Science x 2 Sport Management Business Economics and Finance Sport and Exercise Psychology |
| Imperial College London | Biochemistry Computing |
| King's College, London | Social Sciences Music |
|
University of Manchester |
International Management |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | Business & Marketing |
|
Newcastle University |
Marketing |
|
University of Nottingham |
Medical Physiology and Therapeutics |
| Nottingham Trent University | Business Management and Marketing Accounting and Finance |
| University of Oxford | English Language and Literature |
| Oxford Brookes University | Criminology |
| University of Reading | Psychology Biological Sciences Biomedical Engineering Business and Management |
|
Royal Holloway, University of London |
Biomedical Sciences x 2 |
| University of Salford | Aeronautical Engineering |
| University of Sheffield | Architecture |
|
University of Southampton |
Law |
|
University of St Andrews |
Management |
| University of Surrey | International Relations Mechanical Engineering Financial Mathematics |
| Swansea University | History & American Studies |
| UCL (University College London) | German with Film Studies Biomedical Engineering English |
| University of the Arts, London | Graphic and Media Design |
| University of Warwick | Physics Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics & Economics Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering |
|
University of West London |
Composition (Film / Theatre) |
| University of York | Biochemistry |
| UNIVERSITIES & INSTITUTIONS ABROAD | |
| Yale University, USA | |
| Northeastern University, USA x 2 | |
| University of Sydney, Australia | |
| University of Tulsa, USA | |
| Tulane University, USA | |
| DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS x 1 |
