Work Experience
Work Experience: OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS
At Burton Borough we have a strong ethos to ensure our year 10 students have access to aspirational and exciting work experience. All our year 10 students take part in a one-week work placement at the end of the Summer Term.
We work closely with the Educational Business Links team at Telford & Wrekin, to ensure all our placements are health and safety checked prior to confirmation.
In the Autumn term of Year 10, 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: Monday 6th – Friday 10th July 2026
Deadline for placement confirmation: Friday 13th February 2026
- Placements must be arranged by the student with the employer
- Work Experience Consent forms and Health and Safety forms must be returned to school by Friday 13th February 2026
- All placements must have the correct Employers Liability Insurance and risk assessments in place.
Work Experience
Please find below useful information and forms to complete
Work Experience Flowchart
- Autumn Term of Year 10: work experience launch assembly, you will be given consent forms and H&S forms to take home
- Autumn Term: Research potential work experience companies
- Autumn Term: Students to approach employees for placements
- As soon as you can: Return consent forms and H&S forms to Central Admin. You do not need to have confirmed your placement to return the consent form.
- July: Attend work experience and complete your work experience booklet with your employer over to week to allow you to identify your key skills and strengths.
- July: On your return to school you will complete your work experience booklet and reflect on their experience
- Nominations: You will be given the opportunity to nominate your employer for an award, they also have the opportunity to nominate you.
- Autumn Term of Year 11: Work Experience Awards evening – your opportunity to celebrate your successes with your families and employers.
Grofar Careers
Launching in September 2026 – Grofar is the platform that we use for careers in the school. It is here that work experience placements must be recorded, currently we log your placement details for you but from 2026 you will be able to manage your own placement using Grofar and logging in with your school email address.
Once the placement is confirmed with the employer, placements are logged on Grofar and Health and Safety checks are carried out by Telford and Wrekin Council.
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, we will work with you during tutor time in Year 10 to help you write your CV and Personal Statement.
Exploring THE WORLD OF WORK
Our year 10 students study work-related learning in PSHE lessons and we inform families of virtual work experience and webinars wit industry as they become available.
The links below offer information, free talks, webinars and virtual opportunities related to the world of work:
Rewarding our students and Placement Providers.
Our annual Work Experience Awards evening, which began in 2017, rewards our students and providers that go over and above our high expectations during work experience. Placement providers nominate students and students nominate providers for a variety of different awards. This has been extremely successful and has become a highlight in the calendar.
Want to gain experience at BBS?
We are accepting applications for work placements at Burton Borough School, If you would like to be considered for a placement in one of our Teaching Departments, Business, Administration, Catering, Learning Resources or Site Management, please get in touch.
Contact the Careers team here