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School Work Experience

What type of placement did you have?
Most of us worked in offices, banks, insurance companies, solicitors. Some were in retail, others in primary schools. One of us worked in a hospital.

How did you find your placements?
The school found most of them for us but we had a choice about the type of work we wanted. We could suggest companies to the school if we had contacts through our parents or friends.

Were you told about health and safety by your school or on your placement?
Most of us had some briefing in school but it was quite variable. None of us were given anything in writing at work but we were told some things such as where the fire escape was.

Did you have a supervisor during your placement?
Some of us had one supervisor for the whole time, others worked with different people at different times. Most of us had a teacher visit us while we were working and we knew who to contact at school if there was a problem.

Did any of you have an accident?
No.