Practical Support

We want boys to leave Sherborne feeling happy and balanced and then to remain so.  In order to succeed in today's competitive society, we believe that the decisions they make about their future must be both well-researched and heart-felt.  This preparation if part of their education, not an adjunct to it.

Sherborne has an outstanding, well-resourced and fully integrated Careers Department, which is geared towards a continuing process of getting to know the pupils.  The process begins as soon as they enter the School.  This means that when advice about careers and further education is eventually given, it is against a solid background knowledge of each boy's personality and emerging academic strengths.  Our fully-staffed careers team liaises closely with pastoral and academic staff.  It offers an encycolpaedic range of information on careers and every higher education course has been researched in advance to determine suitability.

Allied to this is the work of the Old Shirburnian Society, which provides a stong network of Old Shirburnians in almost every profession.  This can give current pupils invaluable contacts to help them break into the career of their choice, and can offer support long after they have left the School.  Help can be anything from up-to-date professional advice and mentoring through to work placements and job offers.  The service is available to all old boys, whatever their stage in life, demonstrating our commitment to our pupils beyond the age of 18.