Work Experience provides an opportunity for students to build on their skill sets; try out a career they may be interested in; secure experience for a competitive university placement or apprenticeship and find future opportunities for employment.

Benefits of Work Experience:

• There is a strong connection between initial career aspirations aged 16 and later chosen career outcomes.
• There is significant correlation between career uncertainty or confusion and NEET status at 16 to 18.
• Work experience often plays an important, at times essential, role in determining admission to university courses.
• High proportions of both pupils and teaching staff believe that young people return from work experience more motivated to do well at school.
• An estimated one-quarter of pupils are offered part-time employment following a work experience placement.