HIGHER EDUCATION & CAREERS
A key part of an RHS education is not just to support our pupils in navigating their school years successfully but preparing them for life beyond school. This starts as early as Year 7, where we expose pupils to different career options and start them thinking about their strengths and interests.
Each step of their RHS school life takes each pupil along a well-considered route to finding a career pathway that inspires them to grow and achieve beyond school - this could be at university, through a degree apprenticeship, a direct work placement or maybe a career in the Armed Forces.
Career Guidance
Careers advice starts from Year 9 when pupils are helped to make subject choices, identify career options, conduct self-evaluations and research suitable Higher Education courses. Continuous guidance is then provided throughout Years 10 to 13 with impartial careers advice, interview training, work experience, help with UCAS applications and writing personal statements, and a series of careers talks, suppers and an annual Careers Fair. In their final term, Year 13 pupils are also given invaluable advice on the use of LinkedIn, online profile building and networking opportunities.
Great emphasis is placed on supporting, guiding and taking a real interest in what our pupils are doing at the age of 25. For some this may be three or four years after completing a first degree but for others this may be after following a higher apprenticeship scheme, through which they have gained superb on-the-job experience as well as a fully funded degree or other qualification. Recent leavers have followed such schemes with Jaguar Land Rover, John Lewis, Barclays and PwC.
Subjects Studied at University
The below graph represents the area of studies our recent leavers have chosen to read at university.
Recent Destination Universities
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |
Total Applicants |
108 |
81 |
103 |
79 |
103 |
Oxbridge |
0% |
1.3% |
0% |
2.5% |
4.0% |
Russell Group (inc Oxbridge) |
46% |
47.4% |
39% |
34.2% |
45.5% |
Other Top 50 Universities |
45% |
41% |
41.8% |
35.8% |
33.3% |
Other |
9% |
11.6% |
19.2% |
27% |
21.2% |
Aberystwyth University
Aston University
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Bradford
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
UCA Canterbury
Cardiff University
Coventry University
De Montfort University
Durham University
University of East Anglia
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Exeter
UCA Farnham
University of Glasgow
Goldsmiths, University of London
University of Greenwich
Harper Adams University
University of Hertfordshire
University of Hull
Imperial College London
Keele University
University of Kent
King's College London
Kingston University
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
University of Liverpool
London Drama School
Loughborough University
The University of Manchester
University of Melbourne
Newcastle University
Northumbria University
University of Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University
University of Oxford
Oxford Brookes University
Plymouth University
University of Portsmouth
Queen Mary, University of London
University of Reading
Royal Agricultural University
Royal Holloway, University of London
SAE Institute
University of Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam University
University of Southampton
University of South Wales
University of Suffolk
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
Swansea University
University College London
The University of Warwick
University of Westminster
The University of Winchester
University of Worcester
University of York