Work Experience Years 10 & 12, June 2025
Work experience can be extremely rewarding and an opportunity to explore possible career options.
Year 10
Year 10 Work Experience – 9-13th June 2025
Work Experience is of huge and significant importance; the high cost of University means that each year, more
and more of our students are choosing alternatives and Work Experience could prove invaluable in helping
them – its importance should not be under-estimated. Work Experience gives CVs a competitive edge;
students can see for themselves the realities of the world of work outside the comfortable and familiar
environment of school and evidence shows that it raises confidence in their abilities – as well as renews their
motivation to achieve at school.
Year 10 Work Experience Information Evening Presentation Recording
Please click the link below to watch the online Work Experience presentation from the 22.10.24
Claire Jonas, Careers/Work Related Learning
Please find below a letter giving details of the Year 10 Work Experience Programme.
Year 12
Year 12 Work Experience is 16-20th June 2025
We’re looking forward to another successful of Work Experience for our Year 12 students.
The scheme provides a valuable as well as realistic insight into the world of work and if a student secures a relevant placement, it can help build a portfolio which in turn supports both employment or university applications. If students are unable to find anything in their chosen sector, don’t forget what Michelin chef Michael Roux once said “Any Work Experience is invaluable. I look at a CV and the first thing I see is Work Experience. If they can prove they’ve got off their backside stacking shelves or being a paper boy – it’s a simple life skill – even if it’s not your first choice of a job.”
In other words, any work experience is good experience. Don’t forget how much it will help develop those soft skills that you cannot be trained for; social skills, communications skills, character traits, attitudes, attributes, social & emotional intelligence, working alongside others and in a team, a good work ethic, an understanding of the work environment to name but just a few.
We’re sure that like Year 10, our Year 12 students will embrace the opportunity and ensure the programme is a success.
