Work Experience

Towards the end of the summer term, Year 10 pupils have two weeks work experience. Please click here to see what some of our pupils said about their work experiece to see what some of our pupils said about their work experience. The school holds a directory of companies who offer work placements and opportunities in a wide range of areas such as:

Activity Centres
Agriculture
Animal Care
Childcare
Forces
Arts/Theatre/Dancing
Building Trade
Catering
IT
Engineering
Fisheries
Florists
Game Keeping
Hair & Beauty
Hotel & Leisure
Marine industry
Motor Industry
Music
Office (architects, banking, estate agents, insurance, solicitors, travel agents etc)
Photography
Retail
Schools
Sports

And many more.

Pupils have to apply in writing, sending a CV and then attend an interview.

Once in their placement, they keep a daily diary about their feelings, what they have done and what they have learned. Pupils are visited by a member of staff during their placement. At the end of the two weeks they are encouraged to think about how they feel and how they may have changed following their work experience, considering the following:

Have their feelings about themselves changed? If so, how?
How they feel about working life.
Have their feelings about school subjects changed?
What they feel more confident about.
What worried them before they went, but turned out to be all right.
What new skills they have learned?
What responsibilities were they were given.
What they did which they felt pleased about.

On their return to school, pupils give a presentation to those in Year 9, mounting displays of their varied experiences. Please click here to read some of the comments from last summer.