Reigate College offers outstanding progression guidance
Situated in E102, upstairs in the Enhancement Building, Reigate College’s Careers Resource Centre is open every day from 9.00am to 4.30pm (term-time only) and has a team of dedicated members of Careers staff.
Ellen Walkinshaw, Director of Progression, is the College’s Careers Leader (see centre, photo below).
Reigate College’s Careers Leader is ellen.walkinshaw@reigate.ac.uk (Director of Progression).
Please view the College’s Careers Programme.
Location: E102, First Floor Enhancement Building
Opening hours: 9.00am to 4.30pm (term-time only)
Contact: careers@reigate.ac.uk
Reigate College has held the Investor in Careers Award since 2006.
Please see our Quality in Careers Standard 2022 – Statement of Commitment and Investors in Careers flyer.
In their Lower Sixth year, students can select from one of thirteen Specialist Career Pathways, that they’ll attend through to the Upper Sixth, as timetabled tutorial periods.
The thirteen Specialist Pathways are currently (in alphabetical order):
- Applying for Apprenticeships
- Architecture
- Biosciences/Chemistry
- Careers in Health
- Computer Science and IT
- Creative
- Humanities and Languages
- Law
- Music
- MVD (for aspiring Medics, Vets and Dentists)
- Oxbridge
- Performing Arts
- Psychology
Whether or not students are following a specialist pathway, in the Upper Sixth ALL students join one of two generic pathways that they follow during weekly tutorial time. These are the:
- University pathway, and
- Apprenticeship and Employment pathway
Students can also do 6 week programmes in Digital Skills and Carbon Literacy, and 2 year courses leading to qualifications in Ancient Greek and the Gym Instructors Award.
Offering targeted support, that’s finely tuned each year, results in more and more Reigate College students being offered places at the most competitive universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, and on the most competitive courses, such as Law, Medicine, Veterinary Science and Dentistry.
Increasingly, students are being drawn to some really exciting apprenticeship and employment opportunities direct from College, that are being facilitated via the dedicated Upper Sixth Career Pathway option.
Please see the latest Reigate College Careers Bulletin.
See the Careers Calendar for all the latest events and speaker information.
The College Careers staff go to great lengths to arrange Careers-related opportunities for students. Please make the most of them by checking the Careers Calendar and Careers bulletin regularly.
The College has a dedicated Work Experience Team based in E102 (Careers Department) who are able to provide support and advice on securing a valuable work experience placement.
All Lower Sixth students are required to complete work experience, which may be a workplace visit, shadowing an employer or employee for a day or longer, or a period of work experience.
If your organisation would be willing to offer work experience please contact the Work Experience Team or on 01737 221118 ext 633. Employers can also read the Work Experience Employers’ Information Pack.
Students are encouraged to arrange their own experience, and advice on how to do this is available in our Reigate College Work Experience Guide for Students, Parents and Employers. The College works in partnership with a number of organisations to provide experiences of the work place for students that are advertised in the weekly Careers Bulletin.
Work Experience Case Studies
Expression of Interest form – for Employers
Work Experience Employers’ Information Pack
Work Experience Guide for Students, Parents and Employers – Full Guide
Student FAQs
Each year the College successfully supports around 1000 students and 150 former students through the process of applying to university.
Current Students
Throughout the lower sixth year the Careers Programme provides students with a range of encounters with Higher Education. Students applying to university join an UCAS Pathway tutorial group in the upper sixth. Please follow the instructions in the Reigate College Student UCAS Guide below. Once you have completed your application please refer to the UCAS What Next Guide below.
Applying to University as a Young Carer Help Sheet
A Guide to Bursaries at UK Universities
Former Students
If you are a former Reigate College Student and wish to apply to university you must apply through Reigate College. Please follow the instructions in the Reigate College Former Student UCAS Guide which can be found below
Each year the College successfully supports around 400 students through the process of applying to Apprenticeships, College Leaver Schemes and direct entry positions.
Throughout the Lower Sixth the Careers Programme provides students with a range of encounters with Employers and Employees.
Students applying for apprenticeships or other employment join an Employment and Apprenticeship Pathway tutorial group in the Upper Sixth.
In order to stand the best chance of making a successful apprenticeship or employment application, you need to take responsibility for reading the careers bulletin on a weekly basis and applying for opportunities, as and when they come up.
Student Apprenticeship and Employment Guide
Student Guide to getting started with LinkedIn
Amazing Apprenticeships – Higher and Degree Listing January 2025
See the latest Upper Sixth Destinations information, for 2024.
Employers can support Reigate College’s Careers Programme in a number of ways. These include offering experiences of the work place through insight days or half days, work experience or work shadowing.
Employers can also provide useful insights to the world of work by coming in to College to give talks (either general or vocationally specific) and have the opportunity of taking a stand at the College’s annual Careers Fair. Further and Higher Education providers can also attend our Careers and Higher Education fair, and many provide bespoke events to support students interested in applying for particular subjects. We also work with a range of organisations that aim to widen participation in Higher Education and improve social mobility.
Booking is now open for our Meet the Employer event on May 6 2025
If you are an employer and are interested in working with us please download the How Employers Can Help guide.
We would encourage employers or other agencies that are able to support us in delivering our careers programme to email employers@reigate.ac.uk.
We would also appreciate feedback on our Careers Programme from employers and other agencies. If you are able to provide this please email employers@reigate.ac.uk and we will send you a feedback form.
