Work Experience (WEX)

• Students and families are responsible for sourcing their placement (more information and guidance will be provided soon)
• Placements do not have to be local! Ask family, friends, or work contacts

It is the student’s responsibility to source their own work experience placement, with guidance from family. Taking ownership of this process helps students build key life and employability skills such as communication, organisation, independence, resilience and confidence. By contacting employers, managing deadlines and making decisions about suitable placements, they learn how to navigate real‑world tasks that mirror future education, training and employment processes. This responsibility is a vital step in developing mature, capable young people who can confidently manage their own pathways beyond school.

• Students must secure the placement with an employer first
• Then they must add it to their Unifrog Placements Tool
• Unifrog will email the employer, parent/carer, and school for required information
• Accurate and honest entry of placement details is essential to ensure placement is appropriate
• Please check Junk/Spam folders for Unifrog emails
• Additional support will be provided for SEN students

• Please find all guides relevant to work experience here Guides – Placement – Unifrog
• Please find a reminder of what students need to do, tips and tricks, and to view example emails to send to employers below
• For support on how to send an email including email etiquette, look here Email use for work experience placement
• For support on how to complete the student form, look here Year 10 work experience guidance

• If your child did not attend the launch assembly- find a copy of the slides here (some information is in the notes section) Work Experience Assembly
• Read Unifrog’s placement guides
• Begin contacting potential employers as soon as possible—local competition is high

If students don’t know where to complete their work experience placement, consider the following:

• What job they might like to do in the future
• A job/industry they would like to find out more about
• Their hobbies and interests
• The skills they want to develop

Your Guide to Approaching Businesses for Placement Opportunities!

Here are links to a range of virtual/online and in-person work experience (WEX) programmes to help you gain knowledge about different workplaces, develop your employability skills and explore new industries and job roles.

Once completed, remember to add your WEX to your Unifrog profile!

Futures For All Work experience opportunities

Futures For All have teamed up with hundreds of leading UK employers to provide work experience placements and provide valuable insights into the world of work. Search for a specific employer or use the filters to find online placements based on your age or the industry you’re interested in.

Explore the latest placements on offer across a wide range of industries here

Barclays Life Skills: Young People Hub
Click here to learn where your skills are needed in the modern workplace and see the inner workings of a company. Meet and actively work with different departments on one exciting project, helping them to solve problems and to complete real-life tasks.

Online Work Experience and Career Days for students aged 14-17 

CAREERDAYS.CO.UK offer a range of online work experience sessions for careers in the following fields:  Dentistry, Medicine, Midwifery, Psychology, Business, Architecture, Law, Veterinary Medicine, Computer Science and Performing Arts.  

Click here for more information and to book your place.

Session Fees: £59 per session
Note: Bursaries are available for students meeting the relevant criteria

InvestIN: In-person and Online Careers Programmes
Life-changing, immersive career experience programmes for students aged 12-18 years

King Edward VI is an InvestIN partnership school so our students benefit from a 10% discount on the programmes selected. 

Students will learn directly from some of the UK’s best professionals – doctors, forensic scientists, architects, MPs, filmmakers, engineers and more – through a series of live, interactive simulations which provide tailor-made, professional experiences. Students can attend either at UCL (London) or live online from the comfort of their own homes. Book now to avoid disappointment! 

Careers Programmes:

Click here to explore opportunities in a variety of industries such as Medicine, Engineering, Architecture, Art, Investment Banking, Law, Computer Science and so much more!

Programme fees:
Career experiences start at £165/student for weekend programmes in autumn and spring. The summer experiences vary in cost depending on the package. Pricing is listed on the individual programme pages.

Note: Bursaries are available for students meeting the relevant criteria

NHS Talent Academy

Springpod

Springpod are offering a variety of work experience programmes.

Sign up here for Springpod’s virtual work experience programmes and Insight Days, as well as apprenticeship opportunities and career guides, such as Classroom to Boardroom.