Careers

We believe that all our students should carefully consider whether they should go to university or whether they would like to investigate alternative routes such as degree apprenticeships.

We have a team on non-teaching staff in our careers department who can provide one-to-one advice and who organise a number of careers events to enlighten students on the varied opportunities that are available and on the skills that employers are seeking today.

We organise and host an annual Higher Education, Careers, Apprenticeships and Gap Year Fair which sees experts from different fields of employment and representatives from universities visit the school to offer valuable information and advice to our students.

Visiting speakers address our Sixth Form students in weekly sessions on various aspects of university life, gap year experiences, apprenticeships, employment and career development. The weekly Careers Lunches allow students to meet a diverse range of professionals who talk about their careers and give the students advice on entering the professional world.

Every Berkhamsted Sixth student is given advice and guidance on how to write their CV, plus techniques to succeed in interviews for both university and employment. Berkhamsted School also integrates Unifrog, an award-winning online university and careers platform, into its educational framework to support students in their academic and career planning. Students and their parents have access to Unifrog to assist with course selection and comparison during the university application process.

Each year, we host a medicine day and a law day for the benefit of both Berkhamsted students and students at other schools in the area. Students are able to gather information which will help them to decide if they wish to pursue these professions.

To support future pathways and foster personal development, all Year 12 students are encouraged to complete a minimum of two days of work experience before the start of Year 13, ideally during weekends or school holidays. Work experience can be either in-person or virtual.

At Berkhamsted we also have a policy of offering our current and former students part-time employment opportunities with businesses associated with the school. These opportunities include event catering, holiday camps and roles within our Knox-Johnston sports centre.