Higher Education and Careers Programme
The vision of West London Free School is to give all children a classical liberal education, the aim of which is to produce confident, independent individuals capable of making informed judgements. This includes decisions about their future education, training and careers.
Careers education is an essential part of the mission and ethos of our school, through which we aim to support the aspirations of all our pupils, ensuring that they gain the understanding, skills and experience they need to make progress and succeed in learning and work. Effective careers education and guidance not only contributes to the well-being of individuals, but also to the wellbeing of their families, the communities to which they belong, wider society, businesses and the economy.
For more information about our careers programme, it's aims and impact please click here.
At the sixth form we offer a variety of opportunities for our students listed below. You can also find additional opportunities outside of school in our opportunities page.
Higher Education Week
Taking place at the end of year 12, this is a week-long series of activities, events and visits dedicated to Higher Education and ‘next steps’.
- UCAS applications support
- Apprenticeship applications support
- Guest speakers from universities, employers and WLFS Sixth Form alumni
- ‘Life skills’ and gap year workshops
- Visit to a University and Apprenticeship fair
Events for parents and Year 12 students
Two ‘Higher Education’ evenings take place each year, in March and July, to which parents and year 12 pupils are invited.
- Guest speakers from universities, including Oxbridge
- Student Finance talk by university admissions advisor
Oxbridge
- Visit days to Oxford or Cambridge link college
- Talks by link colleges
- Super-curricular extension classes
- Aptitude test and interview preparation
Guest Speaker Programme
Regular in-school talks, giving pupils the opportunity to hear inspirational guest speakers from universities, businesses and the professions discuss their particular subjects and expertise.
WLFS x Unifrog
WLFS subscribes all it’s pupils to Unifrog which is an online careers platform designed to connect 11-18 year olds with their future career potential.
It combines the most comprehensive source of information with a personalised experience and further education, higher education and career planning tools, helping our students to make more informed decisions about their future study and career options, as well as developing their employability.
Unifrog includes:
- Personality and interest quizzes to guide pupils to further/higher education options and possible careers.
- Up to date information: engaging content on what to study, where to learn and the world of work.
- Further reading and links to content around hundreds of interest areas for pupils to explore.
- Personal area to save and record an online record of achievement to evidence skills for future applications and CVs.
- Create and save shortlists on further education & higher education options to stay in control of career planning.
Work Experience
In the Sixth Form students are encouraged to do up to five days of work experience. This can be done in one block or spread over a number of weeks.
Careers and Further Education Fairs
- Annual Careers/Further Education Fairs
- Year 9-13
- Multiple careers sectors and further and higher education providers represented
Careers Team
Please feel free to get in touch with our Careers Team for further information, advice or guidance in regards to careers, pathways and destinations.
Mr Vartan Tamizian
Deputy Head Sixth Form (Academic) and Head of UCAS
v.tamizian@wlfs.org
020 8600 0670
Miss G Speller
Director of Sixth Form
g.speller@wlfs.org
020 8600 0670
Ms A Allan
Careers Lead
a.allan@wlfs.org
020 8600 0670
Ms L Duckett
Careers Advisor/Administrator
l.duckett@wlfs.org
020 8600 0670
We are constantly striving to develop and enhance our Careers Programme using feedback from pupils, parents and teachers to measure and assess its impact.
Information in this programme will be reviewed September 2026.
Please contact us on the emails above if you have any feedback.