Year 10 Work Experience Week: 14 July – 18 July 2025
Dear Parents/ Carers
Year 10 Work Experience Week: 14 July – 18 July 2025
We are pleased to announce that all students in Year 10 are invited to take part in a week of work experience in Term 6, 14 July – 18 July 2025.
Work experience is hugely beneficial for young people, it is a chance to explore a career path they are interested in whilst building transferable skills. Our aim is for all students to successfully attend work experience during the identified week, working for the full five days (Monday to Friday) within a work-based setting and in a placement that they have organised.
Students are expected to find and secure their own placements. We appreciate that, for many students, this is a new and challenging task and therefore we will assist them as much as we possibly can.
To help students prepare for this, we are focusing on work experience in tutor time this term. Each student has been provided with a Preparing for Work Experience workbook to aid them in finding work experience as well as providing them with the best chance of success whilst on their placement. Students will also have an opportunity to send cover letters to employers.
Please find below links to the workbook students are working through in tutor time and a link to the Work Experience Agreement Form:
- Preparing for Work Experience workbook: HWA Careers (padlet.com)
- Work Experience Agreement Form (to submit once a placement is secured): https://forms.office.com/e/SWGBhi3N2B.
Please also find a link to our careers page below, where you will be able to find a range of resources and opportunities to do with careers: https://hanhamwoodsacademy.clf.uk/key-information/careers/
The deadline date to submit the Work Experience Agreement Form is Monday 10th February 2025 this is to allow for due diligence to be made. Due to high demand, it is advisable to aim to have a placement secured as soon as possible. We are keen to support students and parents/carers through this exciting process, please get in touch with: [email protected]
It’s worth noting that not all companies take work experience pupils, therefore it’s wise to gather a list of companies that your child might be interested in working at as back-ups. There are always opportunities, keeping options open is recommended. Skills transferability from the work experience is what is important.
Please note the following:
- All placements require a duty of care check which the school will organise.
- For safeguarding reasons, all placements should be based in one location. Any placement which requires travel in vehicles will not be authorised unless this is with a family member.
- No lone working will be authorised.
Finally, we will be unable to authorise students going out on WEX placements on any other than the identified week of 14th July – 18th July, this is to protect students’ progress in lessons during this important first year of GCSEs.
Yours sincerely
Sade Mujkic and Nicola Hurrell
Careers and Safeguarding Teams
