Here you will find part-time jobs, volunteering opportunities, virtual insight days and careers fairs. We ask students and their parents to research fully any opportunities advertised on the noticeboard to ensure they are happy with the organisation they are linking with and its value for money if there is a cost.
Notices & Key Dates
Alumni Panel Talk – News Post
Speakers for Schools – Work Experience Opportunities
Work Experience Week – wc 9th June 2025 – Year 12 students undertake a compulsory week of work experience to give a greater understanding of the world of work in their chosen area and help build links for future employment opportunities. The school will help where possible, but ultimately it is down to students themselves to organise their placement. For more advice on work experience take a look at this UniFrog Guide.
*New* local work experience opportunity with Vindolanda Trust and The Glasshouse, see below for more details.
Featured Opportunities
Find 3-5-day in-person and virtual work experience placements and 3-5-hour introductory Insight Days with leading UK employers. Try searching for keywords such as opportunity type, location or employer name or click on filters to refine your search by placement type, industry or date range.
Students wishing to attend should complete a Unifrog request and email sixthform@qehs.net for permission to miss lessons if it is in school time.
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Upcoming Opportunities
Business/Finance
Virtual Work Experience
Yrs 11,12 & 13
KPMG, Work experience programme – Monday 14th April – 10am-3pm
Are you interested in gaining work experience with one of the world’s leading professional services firms?
Join the KPMG Virtual Work Experience Day during the Easter Break to explore career opportunities in business, finance, accounting, and professional services while developing key employability skills.
Whether you are considering an apprenticeship, exploring work experience or simply want to learn more about the industry, this event will provide first-hand insights and career advice to help you take the next step.
Law
Virtual Work Experience
Yrs 12 & 13
Easter Law Experience – Tuesday 15th April, 10am – 3pm
Magic Circle Law Firm Linklaters, the worlds biggest Immigration Law Firm Fragomen and the UK’s leading Law University, ULaw are joining us to offer students a whole day of legal knowledge, workshops and insights to the sector for aspiring lawyers. This will be an immersive one day experience online via Zoom where you will get the chance to learn more about law, what it takes to make your way to the top in a law firm and take part in some legal case workshops to really put your skills to the test as a commercial lawyer.
If you think you’ve got what it takes to step into the shoes of a corporate lawyer for the day and have a go at some real world cases then this event is for you!
Key Details:
- Employers involved are; Linklaters, Fragomen and University of Law
- An opportunity to take part in legal workshops, hear from two international law firms as well as the UK’s biggest university offering law degrees
- Networking opportunities in the virtual booths
- Certificate of completion sent out to all students who take part in the day
Engineering & Science
Virtual Work Experience
Yrs 11,12 & 13
Easter STEM Work Experience with Spectris PLC – Wednesday 16th April 9am – 3pm
Are you interested in pursuing a career in engineering, science, or anything to do with STEM? Would you like to gain some rare and invaluable work experience with multiple global FTSE companies?
Participating in an event such as this will not only allow you to learn more about industry, but it will also give you a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience that will be beneficial for adding value to your CV and LinkedIn profile. This will show employers (including Spectris) that you are proactive and looking to develop your skillset before entering the workplace, which can help you to be recognised as an ambitious and motivated individual as well as allowing you to stand out from other students.
History/Archeology
In Person Work Experience
Age 16-17
Vindolanda Trust, Work experience programme – 9th – 13th June 2025 or 30th June – 4th July 2025
The Vindolanda Trust is offering an exciting work experience programme for students aged 16 – 17 that lets you dive into the world of heritage, culture, archaeology and the fascinating Roman history of Hadrian’s Wall.
You’ll spend the week at the award-winning Roman Army Museum and Vindolanda Fort and Museum, helping with post-excavation processes and seeing how we preserve the amazing artefacts we find. You’ll also go behind the scenes with key people from the Trust.
Application deadline midnight on Monday 7th April 2025
Music and Performance
In Person Work Experience
Year 10 or 12
The Glasshouse, Newcastle – Application Deadline 2nd May 2025, 5pm
Are you excited about music and performance? Want to explore all the cool career opportunities in the music world but don’t know where to start? Well, look no further! A work experience week at The Glasshouse is the perfect chance to get hands-on experience in everything from Lighting and stage set ups to classical music and artist development.
Available Dates:
w/c 23th June 2025
w/c 7th July 2025
Requirements: You must be a year 10 or 12 student.
Healthcare
Virtual Work Experience
Year 13
Speakers for Schools – Monday 12th May – Wednesday 14th May, 10 am – 2:30 pm
Ready to explore an exciting career in the Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism sector?
We understand how hard it can be to get work experience related to mental health, so understand that students would need to miss school to attend. This work experience would ideally be completed in addition to work experience week, where students interested in these types of careers would hopefully secure in person work experience that allows them to develop/demonstrate their interpersonal skills & NHS values.
Contact sixthform@qehs.net to discuss this opportunity.
Structured Gap Year
Placements
Year 13
EDT/Scottish Power Work Placements
Scottish Power is a long-term partner with EDT, offering exciting placement work, which might also lead to potentially post-placement opportunities, such as apprenticeships, paid vacation work during a degree or graduate scheme opportunities.
HR/Marketing/ Social Care
Work Experience
Yr 12
Wellburn Care Homes
Wellburn Care Homes would like to offer our students the opportunity of some work experience in the following fields –
- HR and Marketing at Head office – 1 or 2 opportunities
- Care experience within the homes – 5 maximum placements across a few of our homes
In first instance please contact HR Director Mark Dewar MarkDewar@wellburncare.co.uk
NHS Careers
Webinars
Yr 11+
NHS Career Webinars
Working with Babies, Children and Families – Tuesday 29th April, 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
Find out how midwives, neonatal nurses and learning disabilities nurses support families at birth and as babies grow.
Psychology: Thursday 12th June, 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm
Designed for psychology students in Y12, and Level 3 Health & Social Care students. Participants will learn how to progress their career in the psychological professions. Hear from professionals working in schools, forensic psychology, and mental health services to hear their career stories and find out how they help their clients.
STEM
Year In Industry
Yrs 13
EDT: July-August 2025
An EDT placement will give students an opportunity to continue their STEM journey after leaving school or college and take a paid gap year to help inform and shape their future career choices. They will gain invaluable experience working in industry, develop their skills and knowledge, and boost their future employability. We have vacancies with companies across many areas of STEM from leading FTSE 100 companies to small innovative start-ups. EDT placements are accredited at Industrial Cadets Platinum level meaning that the student’s experience during their year in industry is quality benchmarked and recognised industry-wide.
Application open from: Monday 21st October
Exploring
Summer Experience/Gap Year
Year 12 & 13
British Exploration Society
Our programmes will help you access some of the most remote and challenging parts of the world. Please note you must either be a British citizen or UK resident and aged 14-25 to join our programmes.
The programmes are means-tested with fundraising targets.
Medical & Dental
Virtual Work Experience
Age 14+
University Hospitals Birmingham: Medical & Dental Mentor
Gaining valuable work experience is a must-have for medical and dental applications, and we understand the challenges you may face while finding the right placement. Luckily, medical and dental schools have accepted Virtual Work Experience as a valuable alternative to in-person shadowing, and can play a significant role in preparing students for their in-person work placements through structured teaching and opportunities to speak directly with healthcare professionals.
Observe a GP
Virtual Work Experience
Yrs 12 & 13
Royal College of General Practitioners
Observe GP is an alternative to work experience for aspiring medics aged 16 and over, who are living in the UK. It is a free interactive video platform providing insights into the role of a GP and the wider care team.
Palliative Care
Virtual Work Experience
Yrs 12 & 13
Get into Medicine
Virtual Work Experience session in Palliative Care is now live, open exclusively to those who have attended previous Get Into Medicine Conferences or completed our new Get Into Medicine E-Learning.
Register Get Into Medicine E-Learning for £10 (originally £15) by using the code ‘Medicine24’. This discount is only available until the 30th June.
If you have any questions email education@medicmentorfamily.org or call our team on 01530 417299
Medical School
Virtual Work Experience
Yrs 12 & 13
Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Brighton and Sussex Medical School course provides virtual work experience for those looking to apply to medical school.
Marketing
Paid Internship
Yr 13
Africa & Asia Venture: 2024/2025
Africa & Asia Venture are looking to offer paid internships to young people who leave school/college/uni this year and who are taking a gap year in ’24-‘25. They need help with marketing their gap year programs. AV are based in Surrey but you can work from home.
If you are interested in the role, please email Linda Thompson at av@aventure.co.uk
Local Work and voluntary Opportunities
Hospitality
Paid Work
Years 12 & 13
Cafe 1897 – Wark
Café 1897 – Wark
A perfect job opportunity for a Sixth Form Student to earn money and gain work experience in a supportive and friendly environment.
Contact the cafe for more information
Gymnastics Coaching
Work Experience
Years 12 & 13
Full of Beans – Hexham Community Sports Hub
Full of Beans delivers basic gymnastics at Hexham Community Sports Hub ( Main Sports Hall at QEHS ) on Saturday mornings from 9am to 12 midday.
They are looking for for 6th-formers who do sports or specifically gymnastics, to assist our qualified gymnastic coaches. This will either be volunteering or in some cases, getting paid a wage.
For more information, contact John Paul Reay
Media Communications
Volunteer/Work Experience
Year 12 & 13
Tynedale Hospice at Home – Social Media Volunteer
Social Media volunteering hours and location are flexible. You will work closely with our Engagement and Communications Officer who will offer full training, help manage your volunteer time and is responsible for ensuring the running of our media accounts.
We ask for volunteers to commit to at least 4 hours per week. We can be flexible in terms of what day(s) these will be to fit around your lifestyle. This is an ideal role to enhance knowledge for future careers.
To find out more contact Sarah Brunskill, volunteering@tynedalehospice.com
Youth Work
Voluntary opportunity
Yr 12 & 13
Hexham Youth Initiative
Volunteers give their time, effort and skills to make a difference to young people. At Hexham Youth Initiative we are always keen to welcome new volunteers to our team. Whether you are able to give hours, days or weeks… it all helps.
Local Council
Work Experience
Yr 12
Northumberland County Council
Students who are interested in work experience with NCC, which is planned to run across different sectors of the council, should complete the following Application Form(8 weeks’ notice is required for placements).
Local Contacts
Healthcare (including Medicine)
For work experience within hospitals you must apply to the NHS organisation in your home area (postcode dependent). Use the relevant information here:
https://hee.nhs.uk/hee-your-area/north-east/education-training/trust-work-experience
This page is helpful but some of the information can be out of date! For specific opportunities also look at:
- If you live in Northumberland, please complete this form (Microsoft Word Document) and then email Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust at workexperience@northumbria.nhs.uk
- Northumberland Tyne & Wear Foundation Trust work experience is currently on hold but keep checking their website for updates.
- County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust – details at https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/working-for-us/work-experience-(15-to-18-year-olds-in-full-time-education-or-training).aspx
For work experience within a GP practice look at: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/hee-your-area/north-east/education-training/doctors/recruitment/primary-care/medical-school-work-experience-general-practice
This includes a list of GP practices prepared to offer work experience to students not in their area.
It is recommended that you get additional work experience to demonstrate your interest and ability to work with and care for vulnerable adults and children. You may find some useful local contacts by searching: http://www.carehome.co.uk/care_search_results.cfm/searchregion/North-East-England
Working with Children (including Teaching)
Again to gain access to a teaching degree course and many childcare related courses you will be asked to demonstrate experience of the classroom and / or work with children. Most schools are very helpful about this so you need to contact the Head Teacher initially with a request. The following information should help you:
http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Education/Schools/Contact.aspx
https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/education-and-learning/find-a-school-or-academy
http://www.durham.gov.uk/schools
https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/2783/School-directory
https://northumberland.fsd.org.uk/kb5/northumberland/fsd/family.page?familychannel=1
Heritage, Culture and Literature
Tyne & Wear Museums: https://twmuseums.org.uk/volunteers/school-work-experience
National Trust: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/work-experience
English Heritage: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/support-us/volunteer/about-volunteering/
Theatre Royal: contact Kim.hoffman@theatreroyal.co.uk
The Glasshouse International: https://theglasshouseicm.org/
Seven Stories – The National Centre for Children’s Books: Offer work experience during holidays and weekends only.
Contact: Jayne Nicholson, Operations Manager (0300 3301095 ext 303/201) Jayne.nicholson@sevenstories.org.uk
The Lit and Phil – the largest independent library outside London housing over 160,000 books (23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1SE).
Contact: Kay Easson (Head Librarian) email: keasson@litandphil.org.uk (0191 2320192)
Cogito Books (5 St Mary’s Chare, Hexham, NE46 1NQ)
Contact: Claire Grint (01434) 602555 – happy to take students but looking for engaging interested students only. Please contact by telephone initially.
Waterstones bookstores: contact each Store Manager directly
Hexham Courant: the Courant do not offer work experience
Beamish Museum: follow the instructions at http://www.beamish.org.uk/get-involved/work-placement/
Environmental, Tourism, Ecology, Archaeology
Northumberland National Park: Apply in writing by emailing dave.richardson@nnpa.org.uk (put “work experience” in the subject line)
Northumberland County Council: may have some relevant opportunities (libraries, tourist information, ask them about conservation work too). Fill in the application form and once NCC receive the form they will make a decision as to whether a placement is available in your chosen department.
Visit here to find out more about Northumberland County Council Work Experience
Newcastle University: School of History, Classics & Archaeology. Contact Dr Jane Webster (0191) 2087575 or email: jane.webster@ncl.ac.uk
Engineering and Manufacturing
Egger UK Ltd.: Egger will offer placements in all their departments (not only engineering) so get in quick if you would like to look at Finance, HR, Marketing, IT, etc… Send your request initially to Philip Maloney (Recruitment Co-ordinator) email: philip.maloney@egger.com
Vattenfall Wind Power:
Vattenfall, a Swedish company head-quartered in Stockholm, is one of Europe’s largest producers of electricity and low-carbon heating with operations across northern Europe. Vattenfall has had an office in Hexham employing nearly 100 staff for the past 14 years. They are offering a number of students the opportunity to work with them for a week to look at a broad range of roles in the vibrant and growing renewable energy sector – from civil and electrical engineers and wind farm technicians, through to ecological and environmental analysis, project management, communications, and law. Students will have the opportunity to learn from a number of Vattenfall employees about jobs and routes into the renewable energy sector, have a guided tour of our Ray onshore wind farm near Otterburn, and work together to design their own wind farm. They are passionate about diversity and creating a progressive and inclusive workforce. Please email Louise Housecroft with a CV and short statement expressing interest – Louise.Housecroft@vattenfall.com
Veterinary Studies
Scott Mitchell Associates Veterinary Surgeons (Tyne Green, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3SG, www.vets1.com) require a CV from the student wishing to undertake the placement and details of when they would be looking to carry out the work experience.Contact: 01434 608999, farm@vets1.com