WORK SHADOWING OVERVIEW All students are encouraged to gain an insight into careers which interest them by taking part in a Work Shadowing placement. This is a one-off experience if taken in the school term. We are also a partner school to InvestIN Education, which provides our students with a discount on their range of Work Experience programmes and a number of bursaries for eligible students.
Any student who has contacts through parents or friends and is able to arrange their own Work Shadowing or Work Experience placement, can do so by taking responsibility for ensuring that the employer has risk assessed the placement and is suitably insured.
For some vocational degree courses (e.g. education, medicine) work experience is essential to a successful application and the summer break between Year 11 and Year 12 is a good time to gain some experience.
If the placement will take the student out of lessons, they will also need to request permission for the absence from school before taking part. Work Shadowing enables students to observe professionals in a wide variety of career areas e.g. sales manager, accountants, solicitors, to understand in greater depth what is involved in the role and to establish their suitability for that field of work.
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