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Aiming High
Old Reedonians help ensure current students excel beyond school
At Reed’s School we have six key aims: Building on the Andrew Reed Legacy, Providing a Nurturing Environment, Finding the Best in every Pupil, Creating a Community for Life and Preparing Pupils for the Future. Our alumni play an integral part in us achieving these aims, especially the latter one.
Our structured Higher Education Programme has been developed to raise aspirations and ensure all pupils to go on to excel both at university and in the world of work. The programme starts from Year 7 and we’re able to offer a wide variety of opportunities for pupils to engage with alumni through our annual FutureCareers Fair, our FutureCareers Seminars, our FutureUni events as well as ‘offline’ connections managed by the alumni office.
One key element of our Higher Education Programme is the Oxbridge application process. After specialist presentations in the Lower Sixth Form, pupils are further supported through workshops, lectures, and one-to-one support from academic
departments. In the Upper Sixth, pupils attend a rigorous interview preparation programme which is fully supported by Old
Reedonians who generously help with reviewing personal statements, conducting supervised mock interviews, and offering individual advice to pupils. However, this is not just restricted to our Oxbridge applicants. We are fortunate that our alumni are very willing to give their time and expertise to inspire the next generation; indeed, our annual FutureUni Day where Fifth and Lower Sixth pupils meet and speak with some 50 recent leavers about their university and course.The comprehensive HE Programme also helps pupils explore various career paths, both traditional and unique. To assist, we run a series of FutureCareers Seminars, each focussing on a particular business area, such as: law; healthcare; AI; sustainability; drama or banking. Pupils really engage with these sessions because they are invariably led by our Old Reedonians with whom they can relate; the insights they provide are usually eye-opening and inspiring for our pupils and parents too.
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