Beaminster School

YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE 2027

Key Information and Timeline for Parents and Students

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Beaminster School’s Work Experience programme relies heavily on good communication and organisation. To help plan a successful work experience placement for students, this information outlines what needs to be completed during the year, including key dates and deadlines.

 

September 2026

The Introduction to GCSEs and Work Experience evening gives parents/carers and students key information about how to be best prepared for GCSEs, and launches our Year 10 Work Experience programme.

 

November 2026 to February 2027 – Action required

This year we are using Unifrog (www.unifrog.org) to manage the administration of the work experience programme.

 

Students need to find a placement by emailing, phoning or writing to an employer asking if they would be happy to take a work experience student. If you have any questions about what to write in an email or letter, we can provide some previously used examples.

 

Once a placement has been agreed, it can then be added to the student’s Unifrog account. They can find the placements tool at the bottom of their Unifrog homepage. The Unifrog system will email the employer, the parent/carer and the school to collect the necessary information and permissions.

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For the process to work, it is essential that students add the information about the placement accurately.

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Employers in the immediate Beaminster area do book up quickly, so we strongly recommend that students get their placements locked in as soon as possible to ensure they are able to go to their first choice. Work experience is always an exciting and hugely rewarding experience for our students, and we have set aside time on the Stop the Clock Day, Monday 2nd November, to investigate employers and/or to fill in the student placement form if necessary.

 

Students should source their own work experience placements. We will do our best to find placements for any who have been unable to find their own, although we expect to only be able to help a few students.

 

If you have any questions regarding work experience, please do feel free to contact either Mr Donovan or Mrs Dodds:

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kdonovan@beaminster.dorset.sch.uk

jdodds@beaminster.dorset.sch.uk

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YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE MAY 2027

Key Dates and Information

Year 10 Work Experience runs from

Monday 3rd May to Friday 14th May 2027

 

Monday 3rd May (the first day of work experience fortnight) is a Bank Holiday. Many employers will work as normal on that day and may expect students to attend their work placement.

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Please bear this in mind when making arrangements, and students will need to check with the employer whether or not they are required to attend on this day.

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Students who are ill or cannot attend their placement for any reason must contact their employer as early as possible to let them know and to also advise the school on 01308 862633.

 

KEY DATES

The Unifrog student placement form should be completed by the student before the dates shown below:

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London placements: Friday 8th January 2027

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Outside the local area:  Friday 22nd January 2027

 

Local placements (within Dorset, Devon, Somerset and Wiltshire): Friday 26th February 2027

 

Please contact Mr Donovan or Mrs Dodds at the school as soon as possible if you need any help and support.