Work Experience

During Year 10, students complete a 5-day work experience placement.

The dates for work experience for this academic year are not yet confirmed but will take place in the summer term.

Please explore the resources on this page to help you prepare, and gain as much as possible from your work experience.

  • Video guide

  • Frequently Asked Questions

  • UNIFROG

  • Yes, students are responsible to get a placement before the deadline.

  • You need the following information from the employer:

    The company name.

    Name of the main contact at the company.

    The email address of the main contact at the company

    Company address.

    Company telephone number.

  • Please do speak to your tutor, learning lead or careers lead and they will be able to support you further in the process to find a placement.

  • You need to input this information onto the Unifrog website via your unique log in. This login students already have through their work on the careers curriculum in the tutor programme. Once you are on your home screen scroll down to the Exploring pathways section and the bottom right-hand tile says 'placements'.

  • Just log on and go to the placements tool again and check the progress. Each section goes green when it has been completed and orange when a form has been sent out and UniFrog are waiting for a reply.

  • Your placement will only be rejected if after a health and safety visit the health and safety deems the risk is too high for the placement to go ahead. You will then be informed of the school decision and requested to find an alternative placement.

  • No, your placement is a voluntary placement. You should not get paid over this placement period.

  • You will be asked to complete an evaluation form on your employer. This will not be shared with the employer but will be used by the school to evaluate the placement ready for next year. Your employer will also complete an evaluation on you.

  • Unifrog is atotal careers package. You can build a personal profile which helps develop a CV, find out about different jobs in the careers library, complete a personality profile, look at work environment profiles and even watch webinars from experts in areas of interest.

  • IUnfortunately not, work experience needs to be a finite experience within the boundaries that we set out.