Careers Fair 2024

On Thursday 26^th September, Robert May’s School held its annual Careers Fair for students and Parents/Carers for Year 10 and Year 11 students. Our exhibitors this year included local businesses including those from the project Management, engineering, sports training and ICT sectors. Alongside business, The University of Winchester offered advice to students looking ahead at their Post-18 pathways.

Because of our location, we are fortunate to have a wide range of excellent colleges in the local area providing a successful pathway for almost all out students. At the Fair, eight local colleges were present where students could discuss their post-16 options as they looked at the next step once they finish Robert May’s School.

As always, there was a great atmosphere throughout the event with Year 11s arriving for the first half and Year 10s visiting in the second half of the Fair. Our exhibitors are always enthusiastic about our Careers Fair as it is so well attended and the interactions with students and parents are intelligent and interesting. Thank you to Parents and Carers for spending time with your children to assist them with their Careers.

This week sees the opening of many College Applications for next year. At school they have been guided through writing their CVs and personal statements and there have been assemblies from local Colleges and alternatives such as Apprenticeships.

Applications for all colleges open in October and most have their deadlines between November and Christmas. A list of application opening dates are below but please check the websites of the colleges you are interested in applying for, in case these change. Students are welcome to apply for more than one college and they can make a final decision when the GCSE results come in.

Please do encourage students to visit the college Open Days and keep an eye on application deadlines. Both of these and more information will be on the college websites.

All links to colleges, along with lots more post-16 information can be found on the RMS Careers website which can be found on https://www.rmays.org/students/careers/

Images from the event to follow shortly