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Careers & University Preparation
Our careers programme has a whole-school remit designed to complement the rest of the school curriculum.
Ipswich High School careers and university preparation starts before Sixth Form; our careers programme has a whole-school remit designed to complement the rest of the school curriculum. Our visiting speaker programme includes talks from a huge range of professionals and industry experts from the world of work, held in the library and all pupils can attend.
We encourage our pupils and students to be ambitious, broaden their horizons and explore their own career aspirations throughout their life at school. Our careers programme aids our pupils’ and students’ readiness to take their next step in their learning or career.
“The IHS Careers Programme is an essential part of the whole school offer; our individual approach prepares and inspires our young people to make ambitious decisions that equip them to successfully manage future transitions as learners and workers.”
Mrs Wendy Offord – Safe Guarding Manager & Head of Careers
Sixth Form Preparation
In Sixth Form, this guidance becomes more personalised and tailored to each student’s individual strengths, plans and interests. Many of our sixth formers receive offers at their first choice (usually Russell Group) universities, including Oxbridge, for challenging subjects such as Classics, Law and Medicine. However, our careers advice offers more than this ‘traditional’ path. We provide guidance for any course at any university in the UK, Europe and worldwide.
To see where some of our alumni have studied, including their course of choice, see our Exam Results page.
Oxbridge Support Programme
Our bespoke Oxbridge support programme includes expert speakers and visits to the University of Oxford. Our wider UCAS and apprenticeship programmes include visiting speakers and a special evening event for parents and pupils to meet with industry experts.
To see where some of our alumni have studied, including their course of choice, see our Exam Results page.
Your Future
We also support our students who choose not to go to university and are interested in beginning their careers after A Levels via an internship or similar. Our diverse alumni network reflects the broad interests and true individuality of our Sixth Form alum through the years and features prize-winning authors, doctors, actors, ambassadors, lawyers, scientists and Olympians.
Provision for Careers
Ipswich High School’s Careers provision offers practical work experience, opportunities to engage with professionals from various fields, psychometric and aptitude career profiling with impartial advice, and support with university, apprenticeship, internship, gap year, and employment applications and interviews.
