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MALVERN BUZZ
PREPARING PUPILS FOR THE NEXT STEP
Careers and Higher Education Guidance
“Wise the one who looks ahead” is our motto and this is quite true when it comes to preparing pupils for life after College.
Our Careers and Higher Education Team certainly look ahead, and they know that early engagement and guidance is key, as this helps prepare pupils to consider the vocational and higher education choices they will eventually have to make.
In the Lower Years, pupils are helped to investigate the world of work with department heads, their tutors and also by making use of the Life Skills Programme. All pupils in the Hundred (Year 11) and all new pupils entering the school in the Lower Sixth (Year 12) take the on-line careers profiling. These assessments are followed by an in-depth interview with a qualified independent careers advisor and the resulting Careers Guidance Report provides a clear picture of a pupil’s strengths,
aptitudes and interests. This means pupils are in an informed position and equipped to make sensible decisions about A-Level and IB subject choices.
Annually, the Department hosts a Careers & Futures Evening. Current parents and former pupils are invited to come along and be quizzed about their career choices and the journey they took to get there. It is perfect for finding out what skills and qualifications are needed.
Advice and help is available after pupils have left College, via access to the Old Malvernian Society – a thriving network of former pupils who are only too happy to impart their knowledge and use their professional connections to help former pupils and with continued access to the Careers and HE Guidance Teams up to 23 years of age.
Malvern College’s Head of Career and HE Guidance is
Richard Thurlow
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