This week our entire Year 10 cohort have ‘left the nest’ and participated in various exciting work placements across the region as part of Year 10 Work Experience week.

At Wakefield Girls’ we are passionate about developing world ready young people. Alongside our stretching academic curriculum and personal development programmes, Work Experience Week is another way we help our students to develop skills sought after by employers. In a special week off curriculum, Year 10 are discovering exciting opportunities across a range of different industries. 

Students have been in a plethora of interesting and innovative industries, such as:  accountancy, architecture, aviation, business, charity, creative design, education, engineering, fashion design, finance, healthcare, IT, law, marketing, media, surveying, veterinary.

As well as academic excellence, we pride ourselves on providing an inspiring, supportive and positive environment to give each student the skills and confidence needed to succeed in learning and life. At the heart of what we do is happily empower girls, building a school of innovative freethinkers, informed by a true feeling of social responsibility, a sense of togetherness and a growing awareness of the world around them.  Work Experience Week is a fantastic opportunity for our students to start building their professional network and to meet a range of different people with different backgrounds and specialisms.  These kinds of connections can be incredibly valuable in pursuing new career opportunities and gaining advice on career paths. Experience in the workplace also presents new challenges for Year 10 which they don’t usually tackle in school. 

Our school staff who are visiting students in their various workplaces this week are delighted to share the resilience students are displaying as well as how their problem-solving skills are improving ‘on the job’ massively.  

We have received some brilliant feedback from employers who were hosting our Year 10 students, here is one:

“Ella’s conduct was exemplary; she was polite, inquisitive and really engaged with everyone she met, asking lots of relevant questions to really grasp a subject.  She represented herself and Wakefield Girls’ High School so well and came across as a mature young woman, much older than her 15 years”.

Well done Year 10!

Mr D Eggleston

Deputy Head: Teaching and Learning