Education. Recruitment.
Real-world experience.
ABOUT PROLOGUE
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Prologue was founded by Simon Selkirk on a simple premise: for sixth-form students, academic results alone no longer set them apart in an increasingly competitive market for university places, apprenticeships and early-career opportunities.
Simon spent the first 20 years of his career in recruitment, including 15 years building and running his own consultancy. That meant working with employers, understanding what they look for in people and seeing first-hand how careers develop, and how rarely they follow a perfectly planned route.
In 2019, Simon retrained as a teacher and spent the next [seven] years in education, most recently teaching Economics and Business at A-Level at Stamford School. Alongside teaching, he was Head of Year 13 and part of the Sixth Form Management Team, supporting 160 students as they made decisions about university, degree apprenticeships, employment and what should come next.
Those two careers provide the perspective behind Prologue: an understanding of the decisions students face as they leave school, and first-hand experience of the world they are preparing to enter.
WHY PROLOGUE EXISTS
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Preparing students for their next chapter
Sixth forms do an extraordinary job of educating young people and helping them achieve the qualifications they need for their next step. But academic success is only part of the preparation for what comes afterwards.
Students are also beginning to make decisions that can shape the next decade of their lives. They are choosing between different routes, exploring professional fields, competing for opportunities and starting to develop the independence expected of them beyond school.
That is where Prologue comes in.
Through Mentoring, Laboratories, Academies and Work Placements, Prologue helps students understand the world ahead, make better-informed decisions and develop the knowledge, capabilities and experience to act on them.
The aim is not to prescribe a particular route. University, a degree apprenticeship and employment can all be excellent next steps. The important thing is that the student understands their options, makes their decisions with purpose and is properly prepared for the path they choose.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
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Their next chapter belongs to them.
A prologue is not the story itself. It establishes the context, introduces the world and prepares the reader for what follows.
That is the role Prologue aims to play for sixth-form students.
Their story will be their own. Prologue helps them build clarity about the world ahead, decide where they want to be and develop the capability and momentum to get there.