Year 12 Work ExperienceBM6 placement at sixth-form level

Why this matters

Year 12 placement is more strategic than Year 10's. Students choose placements that test their post-18 leaning - a marketing internship if eyeing degree apprenticeships at agencies, NHS shadowing if eyeing medicine. Reflection feeds personal statement and DA applications.

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson

I can secure my own placement aligned to my post-18 leaning

I can extract personal-statement and DA-application material from a placement

I can build a workplace contact for future reference

ActivityActivity 1: Placement strategy

On your own15 min

1-to-1 with adviser: which placement best tests your post-18 leaning?

ActivityActivity 2: The placement

On your own30 min

Structured workplace journal - daily entries, contact details, observations.

ActivityActivity 3: Statement-ready evidence

On your own15 min

Pull three concrete pieces of evidence from the placement that you can use verbatim in personal statement.

Success criteria

How we'll know it worked

Placement secured + completed

Three personal-statement-ready evidence pieces from placement

Chapter Student Game

Action

Add your work experience reflection to Chapter as Y12 BM6 evidence

Skills: Adapting, Speaking

Save 3 placement-derived evidence pieces to Chapter - usable in your personal statement.

What's next

Y12 placements should be strategic, not random. Help students align placement to leaning.