Careers Support | Prep School Liverpool

Support for Individual Students

Career Support is tailored and matched to individual student career ambitions. There are regular opportunities for students to engage with professionals from a range of careers, both at events at School, such as careers fairs, conferences and lectures, and also on visits and trips, and through work experience placements.

The Head of Futures is based in the Sixth Form Centre and available for careers and futures discussions with individuals. There are also weekly drop-in Careers Clinic sessions with members of the Futures Team for students to ask questions and get advice.

During their Lower Sixth year, students will participate in a range of engaging and interactive workshops and seminars. These include insight into the range of apprenticeships available to them, invaluable advice on how to write an effective personal statement and time to start completing their UCAS applications.

Support for University Applications

A dedicated Internship and Apprenticeship Adviser will raise awareness of internships and apprenticeships and how they support effective routes into high profile national and international graduate schemes.

Support for Apprenticeship Applications

Birkenhead Futures

Birkenhead Futures is an exciting life skills programme designed to prepare students for Higher Education and the world of work. The programme is part of our ongoing commitment to offering our Sixth Formers the very best bespoke advice and guidance. Whether students wish to opt for university, a degree apprenticeship or workplace training, the programme looks to ensure that students are equipped with the requisite skills, experiences and ambitions to succeed in life beyond Birkenhead School.

Through the programme, students participate in a range of engaging and interactive workshops and seminars. Each area of Birkenhead Futures is overseen by a specialist member of the Futures Teama offering students valuable opportunities to develop their wider reading and research skills, as well as providing them with interview practice and tailored preparation for the various tests required for certain courses.

Our Aim

The aim of Birkenhead Futures is to support every student, as they prepare to pursue their own personal goals and fulfil their ambitions.

Sessions include an eight-week timetabled carousel of Futures skills courses, which is aimed specifically at developing interview, presentation, research and critical thinking skills. We also have a dedicated Futures room within the Sixth Form Centre, which provides a base for the team, a place where students can receive one to one advice, and where they are able to practice the various university aptitudes tests they may be required to take, in one of two testing booths.

By providing our students with the very best and bespoke preparation, we are ensuring that our students stand out in the highly competitive world beyond Birkenhead School