Preparing for higher education, and careers

WHAT SKILLS DO I NEED AND HOW WILL WHS HELP ME ACQUIRE THEM?

Our ‘moving on’ strand takes in careers and university preparation and a taught year-long unit examining such issues as sustainability, global citizenship, politics and personal finance. Students may also undertake entrepreneurship education projects, adding to a portfolio of employability skills.

BEYOND SCHOOL

PREPARING for jobs that don’t even exist yet may seem like a tall order but take heart.

You will gain the transferable skills of ADAPTABILITY and RESILIENCE that will help you in any job or career and at WHS Sixth you will be encouraged to become the sort of person who can flex – with an open approach to solving problems.

Your A Levels are the core foundation of

WE’LL HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR OWN WORK, SET PRIORITIES AND JUGGLE DEADLINES AND WE’LL HELP YOU NAVIGATE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE ACCORDING TO THE OECD* LEARNING COMPASS 2030.

your COMPETENCIES

Leadership roles in the student leadership team, and being kind and considerate to those around you and your younger peers are all about TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

Regular sessions with your tutor will allow you to RECONCILE DILEMMAS

In enrichment, you’ll be taking action within the COMMUNITY

*OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development