Work experience guidance has been published for school 6th forms and colleges following a two-year pilot project providing placements for 16 to 18-year-olds in 25 further education colleges. Work experience is no longer mandatory at key stage 4, but the government has accepted a recommendation in the 2011 Wolf Report that work experience should be “an integral part of programmes of study for all 16 to 19-year-olds”. The new study programmes came in this year. The guidance says appointing a specialist co-ordinator will raise the status of work experience, while feedback from employers to students after placements is vital and the length and timings of placements should be flexible, it adds. Visit: http://bit.ly/1aswGFC
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