Our school's work experience programme is designed to provide Year 10 and Year 12 students with valuable insights into the working world. The primary purpose of this initiative is to help students gain practical experience in a professional setting, develop essential skills, and explore potential career paths.

We encourage students to take the lead in finding their own placements, fostering independence and initiative. However, we also offer extensive support throughout the process, including guidance on how to approach employers, assistance with applications, and access to a network of trusted placement providers. This balanced approach ensures that students are both empowered and well-supported in securing meaningful work experience opportunities. Students will then record, reflect upon and share their experiences later in the summer term

“For my Year 10 work experience I was able to go to the Business Design centre, which is located in Islington London, where I was able to not only understand how the business runs as a whole but to understand the multiple departments within a business. It enabled me to recognise key features that employers look for in a person, which is hard-working but also have good social skills, to talk to clients for the events taking place at the centre and to even talking to clients in accounting. I overall, really enjoyed the placement as it helped to know what jobs I could possibly consider in the future, by having that independence for a week.”
Kerri

“For me, when looking for work experience, I looked for placements that I knew I would be interested in as this is key to having a successful week of work experience. I looked online for places that offer working with younger children either in education or areas surrounding child development. With support from Ashmole, I eventually found a placement in Primary education, at Brunswick Park, a local primary school near me.  I thoroughly enjoyed getting an insight into the atmosphere of working in a primary school, understanding the different methods of teaching, and getting to know lots of the children and finding out about how they were getting on in year 4. Throughout my experience working at Brunswick Park, I gained confidence with my social skills, but also developed patience, especially when helping the students with particular work. My week spent at Brunswick Park made me feel much more positive about possible future plans with working in primary education, and I would highly recommend this experience if you have similar interests to me.”
Hannah