YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE AND FINDING WORK EXPERIENCE
All year 10 learners will be offered the opportunity to a work experience placement in term 6. This placement usually takes place over two weeks.
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Rivermead School can use the services of MEBP to find work experience placements for our learners and they will have opportunity to specify what sectors they are interested in. MEBP work hard to match the learners with a placement that the learners have said they are interested in, however, it cannot always be possible to get the industry that the learner wanted and they will be offered an alternative.
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We welcome any placements that learners have sourced themselves, and all placements will be subject to the school's validation and health and safety checks before the placement has been agreed. The school also needs adequate time to carry out these checks so last minute requests cannot be fulfilled.
Work experience is changing!
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In 2025, we was introduced to the idea of modern work experience. Modern work experience gives every young person access to progressive, high-quality, multiple workplace experiences, throughout their education journey.
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This equitable approach will facilitate a variety of experiences starting early, connecting education and young people with industry and unlocking the skills and opportunities of the future workforce. This supports the government’s ambition of:
- A minimum of two weeks’ worth of work experience by Year 11, made up of:
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At least one week of work experience activities in Years 7–9
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At least one week of placements in Years 10–11
- Access for all learners, regardless of background, ensuring equitable participation
- Flexibility for schools, learners, and employers to design experiences that meet local and individual needs
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What is the value of modern work experience?
Modern work experience will help young people to make informed choices and improve career readiness and employability by offering multiple, variable and targeted experiences throughout their education journey.
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To find out more about Equalex, please follow the link below to the Careers and Enterprise Company:
2050 - equalex learning outcomes and objectives framework - v1.pdf