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Parent Information Pack

Year 10 Work Experience at Swanmore College
Work Experience Dates: 13–22 July 2026
Unifrog Logging Deadline: 30 March 2026

 

🔷 What is Work Experience?

Work Experience allows students to spend time in a real workplace, gaining practical skills, confidence and insight into future pathways.
Students benefit from:

  • Developing communication and teamwork
  • Experiencing responsibility and independence
  • Learning about a career area of interest
  • Building confidence in unfamiliar environments
  • Strengthening future CVs, college applications and interviews

🔷 How the Process Works
(Student → Employer → Parent → School)

1️⃣ Student contacts employer

  • Students identify an employer
  • They email or call to request a placement
  • Once the employer agrees, students log the details on Unifrog

2️⃣ Employer receives an email from Unifrog

  • Employer completes their details
  • Uploads insurance information
  • Confirms tasks, risks, and supervision plan

3️⃣ Parent/carer receives an email from Unifrog

  • Reviews the placement details
  • Gives consent for their child to attend the placement

4️⃣ School receives all information

  • Reviews employer details, insurance, and health & safety
  • Approves the placement

⭐ Nothing is approved until all three parties (student, employer, parent) have submitted their sections.

🔷 What Parents/Carers Need to Do

Please support your child by:

✔ Talking about possible placements

Shops, cafés, nurseries, garages, salons, offices, farms, sports clubs, etc.

✔ Helping them contact employers

Many placements reply quicker to parent emails/phone calls.

✔ Checking your email for the Unifrog link

You will be sent a secure link to approve or decline the placement.

✔ Providing transport arrangements

Ensure your child can get to and from the placement safely.

✔ Encouraging independence

This is a guided but student-led process.

🔷 Key Dates

📅 Lesson 1 (in tutor time):
Students brainstorm employers & draft emails.

📅 Lesson 2 (Chromebook lesson):
Students log their placement on Unifrog.

📅 Deadline to log placement:
Monday 30 March 2026

📅 Work Experience Week:
Monday 13 July – Wednesday 22 July 2026

🔷 Frequently Asked Questions

❓ Does my child need to know what they want to do for a career?

No — Work Experience is about exploration, not certainty.

❓ What if my child struggles to find a placement?

They should contact multiple employers.
If still stuck, the Careers Team can advise.

❓ Is there insurance?

Yes. Businesses must upload their Employee Liability Insurance certificate to Unifrog, and school only approves placements once checks are completed.

❓ Can they work with relatives?

Yes, as long as the employer meets health & safety criteria.

❓ Can they do multiple placements?

Yes, but all placements need to be added and formally approved through Unifrog.

🔷 Useful Links

🔗 Unifrog Log-in (students):

https://www.unifrog.org/sign-in

🔗 Unifrog Work Experience Guide (students):

https://www.unifrog.org/know-how/for-students-a-guide-to-finding-and-completing-work-placements

🔗Unifrog Parent Information:

https://www.unifrog.org/placement/guides

🔷 Need Help?

📧 careers-help@swanmore-sec.hants.sch.uk
👤 Mrs Francis – Careers Adviser
👤 Mr Valentine – Careers & Work Related Lead

We are here to support all students with finding and securing a safe, meaningful placement.

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