Completing our Year 10 work experience gave us valuable insight into different career pathways and workplace activities. Although work experience isn't a traditional classroom subject, it taught us essential life skills—including organisation, time management, professional communication, adaptability, and personal responsibility.

We applied to become Careers and Work Experience Captains to help other students see how early career choices, skill-building, and real-world experience can build long-term confidence and open future opportunities.

We are both incredibly grateful and excited to serve as your Careers and Work Experience Captains for 2026–2027. We look forward to working closely with teachers and supporting you—whether you need advice on securing a placement, help navigating Unifrog, or just want to chat through ideas for your future!

Charlie Syrett and Georgia Grace Lee

Year 10 work experience week is Monday 12th to Friday 16th July 2027

We use a careers platform called Unifrog to administer our work experience.  Once a student has found a placement, they need to log on to Unifrog and complete the Student Initial Form. This will trigger emails to the Employer, parent/carer and the school, to ensure we have all the information we need to approve the placement.

https://www.unifrog.org/student/placement/initial/0

Please note, when completing the Student Initial Form:

1. You will be completing an in-person placement, not a virtual placement

2. The placement co-ordinator is Mrs Wiseman

If you cannot find your Unifrog log-in, please go to www.unifrog.org/reset-password and log in using your school alf.education email to reset it.  

Resources for work experience placements

Following are some videos and links which may be useful  when you are planning a work experience placement:

Explore Work Experience - Youth Employment UK

Choosing and finding your dream work experience placement video

How to find work experience video

How to get the best from your work experience video

Dealing with first day nerves video

Attached below are our work experience booklets for students, and employers, as well as other supporting resources and information.