Year 10 Work Experience 2025 – 2026
What is work experience?
Work experience is an opportunity for students to visit a place of work and learn about a work based environment. It does not necessarily have to be connected to what you want to become but can also help inform and give vital experience when making decisions on future career choices.
When is Year 10 Work Experience?
We are really pleased to offer the opportunity to our Year 10 students to take part in a work placement outside of school this year. The placement dates will be Monday 8th June to Friday 12th June 2026. During this week, students have the opportunity to learn vital employability skills by working with an employer and experience the world of work in order to prepare them for their future pathways.
Next Steps
For students to take part in a work placement, here are the next steps:
- Launch assembly took place during Aspire lessons w/c Monday 3 November where students were given details about the programme (see Important Documents below for a copy of the assembly slides and for the information letter for parents giving information about the process).
- Students can start researching a placement and approaching employers.
- Students will be given support during Aspire lessons about how to contact employers.
- Once a placement has been agreed by an employer students should login to their Unifrog account and go to the Placements tool. Students should then start a new placement and complete the ‘Student Initial Form’. This will then start the process to approving the Work Placement. The letter to parents below gives an overview of the process using Unifrog.
- Health & Safety checks need to be undertaken before students can start their placement. The earlier that the ‘Student Initial Form’ is completed, then this process can start immediately. The final deadline for creating a new placement on Unifrog to allow a student to take part in the Work Experience week isdeadline is Friday 8 June 2026.
- More information will be given to students to help prepare for their placement in the lead up to the Work Experience week.
Important Documents
Year 12 Work Experience 2025-2026
We are really pleased to offer the opportunity to our Year 12 students to take part in a work placement outside of school this year. The placement dates will be Monday 6 July to Friday 10 July 2026. During this week, students have the opportunity to learn vital employability skills by working with an employer and experience the world of work in order to prepare them for their future pathways
Next Steps
For students to take part in a work placement, here are the next steps:
- Launch assembly took place on Launch assembly took place on Wednesday 14th January where students were given details about the programme (see Important Documents below for a copy of the assembly slides and for the information letter for parents giving information about the process).
- Students can start researching a placement and approaching employers.
- Support will be given during Aspire lessons about how to contact employers.
- Once a placement has been agreed by an employer students should login to their Unifrog account and go to the Placements tool. Students should then start a new placement and complete the ‘Student Initial Form’. This will then start the process to approving the Work Placement. The letter to parents below gives an overview of the process using Unifrog.
- Health & Safety checks need to be undertaken before students can start their placement. The earlier that the ‘Student Initial Form’ is completed, then this process can start immediately. The final deadline for creating a new placement on Unifrog to allow a student to take part in the Work Experience week is Friday 12th June 2026.
- More information will be given to students to help prepare for their placement in the lead up to the Work Experience week.
Important Documents
Virtual Work Experience
Virtual Work Experience placements are available through the following organisations. New placements are added continuously so it is important that students check the websites regularly for suitable opportunities:
- Speakers for Schools. There are many placements available with national employers that students would not normally be able to access. These placements can be completed online and will often be over one day, several days or a week. Students can sign-up using the website, search for available placements, apply and receive further information if successful.
- Springpod. Students can set up a login to access the work experience placements and apply for suitable opportunities.
