Work Experience

All students in year 10 do a week of work experience at the end of the school year.

Work experience gives students the chance to learn more about the world of work and about the type of job or career they might enjoy, as well as helping develop their CV. It can be a transformational experience for a young person.

Work experience 2023–24

We are using the online platform called Unifrog to manage all the administration relating to work experience. This includes things such as collecting information from employers about risk assessments and health and safety policies, and getting parents’ agreement for their child’s placement to go ahead.

The address for the Unifrog website is: unifrog.org.

How the process works

1. The student identifies a suitable placement and agrees it with the employer.
2. The student adds the placement to their Unifrog account (the Placements tool is on their Unifrog homepage).
3. The Unifrog system emails the employer, the parent/carer and the school to collect the necessary information and permissions. Please note that, for this process to work, it is essential that your child adds the initial information about the placement accurately.

Finding out more

Unifrog have created a set of guides about placements, which you can find by clicking here.

We suggest that this guide is the best one to start with (it includes a short animation about how the whole process works).

Next we recommend looking at this one because it includes advice on how to find a placement.

Next steps

Read the placement guides on Unifrog with your child and then start contacting possible hosts to agree a suitable placement.

Once you have found your placement, please complete the form using this link.