Work Experience

Year 10 Work Experience 3-7 March 2025

Work experience is an exciting opportunity for students to learn about the world of work before leaving school. It also provides an opportunity to develop key employability skills, such as teamwork, communication and problem solving that are highly valued in the workplace. 

To facilitate this, support with finding and applying for work experience formed a large part of the PSHE and Tutor programme for Term 2. Around 70% of students were able to find placements for March this year, with some placements such as those with the British Army, University of Bristol and Bristol Zoo Project to take place later in the year. We are also very excited that 6 students will be going to our twin town of Gauting in Germany where they will be undertaking placements in a school, a hotel or a tourist information office for a week in June.

Work experience can be a chance for students to try out a career that they are interested in, but this is not the only benefit. For those who are not yet sure what career path they would like to follow, or for those where it is not possible to gain direct experience, work experience is an opportunity to find out about and develop skills for the world of work in general. Any experience is good experience! If you or the company you work for would like to offer placements in the future, please do get in touch.

For a presentation about this year’s work experience, please click HERE