Careers Departments
How to judge the careers department
The careers department, too often that neglected airless cubicle occupied by uninspiring books and a sidelined teacher, could make a big difference to the value your child gets out of his or her years of education (and perhaps a good deal of your money too).
No school can now command places for its students at the best universities*, so what they teach their pupils ought to be aimed as much to the lives which will follow university as to those dreaded examinations – and the careers department ought to be a strong part of that focus.
*You can use our website to see which universities and courses their students go on to.



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