Employability and careers
Work Experience
Work Experience
At New Road Academy we work with external providers
To offer an aspirational and exciting work experience programme for students in Year 10.
Content
Overview for Parents and Students
Work Experience flowchart
Student Booklet
Parent and Student information letter with all details on
UCAS Buzz Quiz – click here to get started
CV and Personal Statement writing
Frequently Asked Questions
Overview for Parents and Students
In the Autumn term, students will receive an assembly with the outline for their Work Experience and all they need to know.
Here are the key points:
Date of Work Experience: 24th – 28th March 2025
Deadline for placement confirmation: 9th Feb 2024
- Placements must be arranged by the student with the employer
- Placements must be put on Unifrog.org by the deadline or may be refused
- All placements must have the correct Employers Liability Insurance and risk assessments in place.
Work Experience Flowchart
Here is a basic overview of the timeline for Work Experience.
- Academy work experience launch
- Research potential work experience companies
- Students to approach employees for placements
- Students to add their confirmed placement to Unifrog
- Attend work experience
- Students to reflect on their experience
Unifrog
Unifrog is the platform that we use for careers in the school. It is here that work experience placements must be recorded. Students use their academy email address to log in. Please see me if there is a problem with logging into your Unifrog account.
Once the placement is confirmed with the employer, it must be logged on Unifrog on the “placements tool”.
CV and Personal Statement writing
When you approach a company for a Work Experience placement, you will usually need to include your CV and Personal Statement letter.
It can be overwhelming when writing these for the first time, so we have written a guide to help.
If you log into your Unifrog account, you can create both a CV and a Personal Statement there. Ms Burke in Careers can then look them over and suggest changes if necessary.
