Employer Engagement Opportunities
If you are an ex-student of Highworth and interested in joining our Alumni network, to support employer engagement events, or to hear news about the school, please email Miss Hodges (a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk) to learn more.
If you are an employer, and would like to be involved in any of our employer engagement opportunities, please contact Miss Hodges (a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk), to discuss more.
Highworth Staff with connections to other industries, or previous work experience from outside Education, can contact a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk to discuss relevant opportunities.
Career Talks
Highworth works closely with our Alumni, and other employers and employees, to offer career insight talks for our current students.
This year our employer talks will be run via Google Teams. The talks will be run during Mentor (12:10 - 12:35) Terms 1 - 5, giving all students have access to the information being provided.
Career talks are delivered by those directly working in the industry/job and cover; what the job role actually involves; skills and qualifications needed; best and worst parts of the job; how the students can improve their chances of success in the future; and a short Q&A.
If you would like to offer a career talk, please contact Miss Hodges (a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk) to find out more information.
Highworth Careers Fair
Highworth Biennial Careers Fair - 26th February 2026
A huge thank you to the below exhibitors who attended our Careers Fair.
- Azets
- Balfour Beatty
- C Watkins
- Canterbury Christ Church University
- Central Film School
- Climate Ambassador from STEM Ambassadors
- CostPlan Group
- Game Design
- EBP - Career Guidance
- East Kent Hospitals - NHS Volunteers
- EKC Group - Ashford College
- European School of Osteopathy
- Forensic Science
- G4S
- Headway Kent
- Health Sciences University
- Holiday Extras
- Ideaworks
- Institute for Chartered Engineers
- Institute for Materials
- JCA
- Kent Association for the Blind
- Kent Community Health
- Kent Languages School
- Kent Law Society
- Kent Police
- Kier
- Mandy Allen Performing Arts
- National Grid
- Network Rail
- NHS - EKHUFT
- NHS - Speech Therapy
- Olive Tree Veterinary Surgery
- Premier Foods
- School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics
- SP Jain London School of Management
- Specsavers
- Strafford Perkins
- The British Army
- UCA
- University of Greenwich
- University of Hertfordshire
- University of Kent
- University of Surrey
- University of Sussex
- Wood Technology
If you would be interested in attending our next Careers Fair in 2028, please contact a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk
Further Education and Apprenticeship Opportunities
Throughout the academic year we offer providers multiple opportunities to engage with students, across all year groups, to increase their knowledge about academic, vocational, and technical education pathways.
If you are interested in delivering a talk on Further Education or Apprenticeships, or want to circulate opportunities to our students, please contact our Careers Lead (a.hodges@highworth.kent.sch.uk) for more information