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Employers/External Partners

At Kettering Science Academy we welcome all external partners' input into the careers pathway of our young people. If you are interested in offering support and want to find out more, please make contact with our careers lead Julie Thompson or our school senior leader careers lead Kirsty Farrar, whose details can be found on the careers contact page.

Why you should consider working with the school and our young people:

  • Inspire tomorrow's workforce, which will broaden career options/aspirations.
  • Impart your experience, knowledge and expertise to others.
  • Help others to understanding the structure of your business and the career possibilities that exist within it.
  • Develop new skills to assist your employees' career progression such as team leading, presenting, communicating, organising, etc.
  • Assist recruitment and retention plans - engaging with future talent.
  • Motivate employees and promote corporate social responsibility (CSR).
  • Highlight employability skills, helping to make young people work ready.

Examples of the types of activity and engagement your company could provide:

  • Careers Fairs/Events
  • Career talks
  • Employer mentoring
  • CV building 
  • Job roles and definitions – skill building and alignment
  • Supporting specific curriculum-led activities such as Product Design, Business Studies, ICT
  • Mock interview sessions
  • Work place visits/work experience placements/job shadowing
  • Enterprise activities such as Business Dragons
  • Work related workshops 

Work Experience

Work related learning is a fundamental part of the ethos at Kettering Science Academy. We are looking to broaden our students' understanding of the world of work.  By offering a work experience placement students will expand their learning from the classroom into the work environment.

FAQs (Frequently asked questions)

There are no forms required by law.  Most of the processes (risk assessments, insurance etc.) you have already gone through.

In most cases, no. If you already employ a young person under the age of 18 then you should have already considered the risks that impact on a young person when you completed your risk assessments as part of ensuring your employees work safely, so nothing else should be needed. If you have not employed a young person before then you will have to review your risk assessment to identify if there are any specific risks which could arise for a young person in your business, taking into account things relevant to a young person such as age, relative lack of maturity or experience.

Not true – you will be covered through your Employer’s Liability Insurance and should not have to pay more. It is good practice to inform your insurer that you have a work experience student on your premises, but it’s unlikely you’ll be required to pay any extra premium. 

Not true – there is no legal requirement to have staff DBS checked and whether a check of a staff member should be carried out will depend on the circumstances. You should consider whether a check is needed on a member of staff who has specific responsibility for supervising a student (rather than simply working alongside a student), especially where the work experience is long-term or the student is under 16 or vulnerable for another reason. 

Yes it does! In today’s job market employers like you look for young people who are ready for work. A work experience placement is the best way of beginning to learn what employers look for and can be inspirational for the student. All surveys of work experience are positive about the benefits.

You get a new pair of hands for a short period. You get to look at a possible new employee and your staff working with the student will develop their supervisory skills and learn more about young people – customers of the future! You are also giving something back to the community, and giving young people a chance.

Please contact the school if the students fails to turn up or if they are one hour later than the agreed start time.  IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE SCHOOL KNOWS THE WHEREABOUTS OF ALL STUDENTS AT ALL TIMES.

Our careers policy can be found by clicking here.

Career development service - Kudos (cascaid.co.uk)