Good career guidance is crucial if young people are to raise their aspirations and take advantage of the opportunities presented to them.  At The English School we aim to provide a holistic approach to Careers Education, striving to develop our programme so that is in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks. Our Careers & University Entry programme offers our students an environment in which they are able to make informed choices, both in terms of delivery and also in terms of infrastructure.  We have a dedicated Careers area adjacent to the Senior Students Study Centre, which makes our staff easily accessible to its students.  We offer independent and accurate information, advice and guidance through the delivery of a structured programme of Careers Education which involves the entire school community.  We aim to equip our students with transferrable skills that will assist them throughout their lives so that, ultimately, they will be able to realise their ambitions with confidence.  Details of our Careers Strategy as well as the Department’s quarterly newsletter ‘Careers e-news’ can be viewed on our Department’s pages, whilst below you will find an outline of our Careers Programme:

You can find a copy of our Careers Strategy here.

August

• LNAT preparation days

September

• UCAS Apply opens – applications can be submitted to the school.
• 15th September – Early Deadline applications must be submitted to the school
• Year 3 options meetings

October

• 15th October – official UCAS Early Applications deadline
• BMAT & other Admissions Tests take place
• EU University Applications open

November

• Year 3 students options presentation
• Year 3 parents options evening
• Mock Interviews

December

• Majority of University Interviews take place
• Year 5 students options presentation
• Year 5 parents options evening

January

• 15th January – official UCAS Apply deadline
• Options system opens
• Year 5 options meetings

February

• Careers Convention
• Options system closes

March

• Universities of London visit
• UCAS Apply student presentation
• University guidance workshops

April/May

• UCAT/BMAT preparation days
• University of Cambridge visit
• UCAS Apply parent presentation
• Personal Statement Workshops
• UCAS Apply Workshops

Labour Market Information – Cyprus

• European Employment Services (EURES)
• Cyprus Statistical Services – Statistics about the labour market with detailed data for employment, unemployment and vacancies.

Labour Market Information – EU (by country)

• European Employment Services (EURES)

Labour Market Information – UK

• Office for National Statistics – Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.

Top 12 University Destinations for the period (2020–2024):

• 1st University College London (UCL)
• 2nd University of Manchester
• 3rd= University of Bristol
• 3rd= Imperial College London
• 5th= King’s College London
• 5th= University of Edinburgh
• 7th University of Warwick
• 8th= University of Cambridge
• 8th= Queen Mary University, London
• 10th= University of Nottingham
• 10th= University of Southampton
• 12th London School of Economics (LSE)

Top 10 Course Destinations for the period (2020–2024):

• 1st Engineering
• 2nd Economics
• 3rd Medicine
• 4th Mathematics & related
• 5th Science
• 6th Law
• 7th Accounting / Finance
• 8th Computing
• 9th Social Science (all other)
• 10th The Arts

University Destinations outside the UK (2020–2024):

• Australia: University of Melbourne (1)
• Austria: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1), Medical University of Vienna (1)
• Canada: McGill (1), University of Montreal (1), University of Toronto (1), Western University (1)
• Cyprus: University of Cyprus (2), University of Nicosia (1)
• Czech Republic: Charles University (1)
• France: SciencesPo (2)
• Germany: Language School (1), Heidelberg University (1)
• Greece: Aristotelio University of Thessaloniki (9), University of Crete (5), National Kapodistrian University of Athens (12), National Technical University of Athens (1)
• Gap Year: (1)
• Hungary: Budapest Veterinary School (1), Semmelweis University (2), University of Debrecen (2)
• Ireland: University of Galway (1)
• Italy: Bocconi (6), IED Milan (1), Politecnico di Milano (3), University of Padova (1)
• Latvia: Riga Technical University (1)
• Netherlands: University of Amsterdam (4), Erasmus University Rotterdam (3), University of Groningen (6), Maastricht University (7), Royal Academy of the Arts (1), Tilburg (1), TU Delft (1), TU Eindhoven (1), TU Twente (1), University College Utrecht (2)
• Poland: University of Warmia (1)
• Spain: IE University (1)
• Sweden: KTH Royal Institute of Technology (1)
• USA: Amherst (1), Berklee College of Music (1), Boston University (1), Brown University (2), Columbia University (2), Drake University (1), Duke University (1), Harvard (2), MIT (1), NYU (1), Princeton University (1), Trinity University (1), UC Berkeley (1), University of San Diego (1), University of West Virginia (1)

Did you know? ..

• In the period 2020–2024, 37 English School students received an offer from Oxbridge
• In the period 2020–2024, 53 English School students are studying Medicine* (* UK and non-UK destinations)