Students Reached
4000+
Young people coached through interview & apprenticeship prep
Session Formats
4
Workshops · Talks · 1:1 coaching · Assessment centre prep
Satisfaction Rate
100%
Attendee satisfaction across all delivered sessions to date
Fully DBS Checked & Insured
Every XR Consultancy attendee will be fully DBS checked for safety. We also have Public Liability insurance.
Designed around the Gatsby Benchmarks
XR sessions are designed around the Gatsby Benchmarks, with meaningful interaction, clear learning outcomes
and practical opportunities for students to reflect and take action.
Encounters with employers and employees
XR sessions give students meaningful opportunities to interact with practitioners and professionals, helping them understand what employers actually look for beyond grades and qualifications. Through careers talks, workshops, mock interviews and assessment centre simulations, students can ask questions, practise workplace skills and receive realistic feedback.
Learning from career and labour market information
Students need to understand not just what careers exist, but where different pathways can take them. XR helps young people explore apprenticeship and degree apprenticeship routes, employer expectations, emerging opportunities and the skills needed across different industries, giving students practical information to support their future decisions.
Addressing the needs of each young person
Every student has different ambitions, experiences and barriers when it comes to their career journey. XR sessions can be adapted for different year groups, abilities and levels of experience, from students discovering apprenticeships for the first time to those preparing for competitive applications, interviews and assessment centres.
Linking curriculum learning to careers
Help students see where their learning can take them. XR connects subjects, skills and classroom learning to real career pathways, showing students how the knowledge they develop at school or college can be applied in the workplace. Sessions can explore the link between subjects such as STEM, business, technology, finance and communication and the careers they can lead to.
We do not just talk careers.
We have lived them.
XR Consultancy was founded by someone who started on a competitive degree apprenticeship programme,
so when we talk to your students, we speak from genuine experience.
Our sessions are delivered by people who've been through exactly the processes your students are preparing for — degree apprenticeships, competitive assessments, panel interviews.
We focus exclusively on the UK market and the specific demands of degree and higher apprenticeship applications at employers like the NHS, KPMG, Google, Civil Service and more.
We've built our own AI interview practice platform, which means your students get access to cutting-edge preparation tools that most career services simply don't have.
We provide a post-session report for your institution covering key takeaways, participation data and student feedback — so you can evidence the impact to your leadership team.
Bring this to your students
Whether you're a sixth form, FE college, academy trust or independent school - if you want your students to walk into interviews ready, we'd love to hear from you.