Experiences of workplaces

This toolkit includes case studies of best practice and resources to support you to provide pupils with opportunities to experience the workplace. Experiences of the world of work could be either direct or indirect and might include role plays, challenge days or visits to local employers.

Exploring the School as a Workplace

Encouraging Pupils to Explore their School as a Workplace

This guide provides a range of simple practical ideas to help your pupils experience their school as a workplace.

Toner Avenue Primary School

Discover a simple yet impactful approach to help students to see their school as a workplace and to inspire career conversations with staff about their diverse career paths.    

Experiences of the Workplace

How to Prepare for Experiences of the Workplace

Some simple steps that you can take when preparing for an experience of a workplace to ensure the visit is as meaningful as possible. 

My Workplace Visit Reflection

A resource that can be printed for learners to complete during or after their experience of a workplace.

Explore the Workplace: Virtual Tours

Access a range of virtual workplace tours of companies based around the North East.

Benchmark 6 resources

Explore trusted, high quality resources from a variety of sources to support your planning and progress towards delivering the benchmarks.

Further Support

We’ve collated a list of providers and organisations who can help to inspire and provide young people with an insight to the world of work.

Case studies

Explore news, case studies and other useful information

Audit Tool

Our audit tool gives Careers Leaders the opportunity to analyse your school’s strengths and weaknesses with regards to your whole school careers provision.