You might be in the fortunate position of already knowing which university you want to go to and which subject to study.
Not everyone does, so our Careers & HE Department can give you expert, personalised advice and guidance to help you make an informed choice. This will help you feel more confident about your decision. Plus, of course, it will help you secure a university place, opening up a world of opportunity and success.
University destinations and subjects
Habs students take up places at a wide range of universities across the UK. From Russell Group universities like Queen’s in Belfast or University College London, to institutes like St Andrew’s and Lancaster, we are also seeing students take up exciting career-based degree apprenticeships at the likes of HSBC and PwC.
Our students are showing a growing interest in US universities, too. Recent destinations include Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, UC Berkeley, UCLA and Rhode Island School of Design.
The subjects our students choose are enormously varied, including Arabic, Dentistry, Investment and Financial Risk Management, Law, Liberal Arts, Medicine, PPE, Sports Science and Theology.
See our examination results and destinations.
Oxbridge offers
These days, it can be more challenging for students at independent schools to secure offers from Oxford and Cambridge. Nevertheless, our extraordinarily high-achieving students continue to secure offers and attend these world-leading universities:
| Year | Oxford offers | Cambridge offers |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | 10 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 13 |
| 2019 | 10 | 15 |
Advice and guidance – universities
Habs students are high achievers, which can mean applying to very competitive courses at in-demand universities. We support your university application process with:
- Regular one-to-ones with our Careers Team
- An ‘Introduction to Higher Education’ evening to explain the UCAS process and the support we offer
- A subject adviser assigned to you, who will direct your university application
- Presentations from visiting university tutors, including admissions tutors and academics
- Talks from former students who share their experiences, including at our Lower Sixth Higher Education Evening
- A comprehensive UCAS programme when you return from study leave in the Lower Sixth (see below)
- Visits to university open days
- Sharing information about universities’ taster courses
- A wide range of the latest higher education reference books and prospectuses
At university application stage
We are especially proud of the UCAS advice and guidance we offer our Sixth Form students. In the Upper Sixth, we provide lots of support with university applications, including:
- Advice if you are applying for a course not taught at school, such as Law, Architecture or Engineering.
- Extensive admissions test preparation
- A mock interview programme.
- Help with applications to Russell Group universities and other prestigious UK institutions.
- Support from your UCAS adviser, who specialises in applications for your subject or area of study.
- Support from an Overseas University Tutor who can help you apply to study abroad.
