The work experience window for our current Year 10 students is now open and runs from January of Year 10 until October half term of Year 11.

Parent/Carers and students are required to self-source their own placements independently.  Please take a look at the Opportunities for Work Experience page for ideas of employers. Students can also come along to careers club on Mondays at lunchtime in H11 for help.

Placements can be up to 5 days and can be taken from January 2025 until October half term of

Year 11 (23^rd October 2025).

Work experience can be taken in one block, or spread over a number of days – however it must be of sufficient length to allow students to gain an insight into the career.

Please avoid the following academic dates: 3^rd – 28^th March (Year 10 assessments) and w/c 30th June (Mock interviews and Careers conference).

How we record work experience has changed.

What to do once you have secured your placement

Once the details and dates have been arranged with the employer, students need to upload the details onto their Unifrog profile by following these simple steps:

• Log onto your student Unifrog account.  Click PLACEMENTS, this can be found on the homepage.
• Click + ADD NEW PLACEMENT.
• Choose IN PERSON and complete the information. Select Mrs Jerrold (Year 10) as the placement coordinator.
• When you have completed all the information, click FORM FINISHED and then ADD PLACEMENT.
• The Unifrog system will then email the employer, the parent/carer, and the school, to collect the necessary information and permissions. For the process to work, it’s essential that students add the initial information about the placement accurately. Especially selecting the in-person work experience.
• Once the permissions have been confirmed students, employers and school will receive an email confirming work experience has been authorised. This may take a few days/weeks to complete.

If work experience is over a range of dates and not consecutive days. Please add the placement as being over the range of dates when you will be on placement. Then add a note in the ‘placement objectives’ confirming the dates you will be there.

The Farlingaye attendance team can not authorise any work experience leave without completion of the Unifrog placement application. So please upload the details as soon as possible to ensure there is enough time for parents, employers and school to complete the necessary details.

If you have any questions, or students are unsure of their Unifrog login, they can ask their form tutor or contact the Work Experience team at workexperience@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk