Reading Blue Coat School boasts a well resourced and staffed Careers Department where students can be guided to their Higher Education decisions through careers lessons during their Lower Sixth year. Initially, students will spend time on self evaluation and then on researching career options and university courses. The goal is to make an informed decision on their future pathway.  Where higher education is the route a descision will need to be made on both what subject(s) to study and at what establishment; choices that could then shape the direction of a future career.  Fortunately these decisions are not made in a vacuum and help is at hand throughout the process. Sixth Formers are supported and advised throughout the research and application process and the school draws on its experience of previous students proceeding to a range of institutions including Oxbridge, medical schools and the most competitive universities.