When Kelsey first arrived at secondary school, she said she wanted to be almost anywhere else but there. But after a week's work experience placement at Whipsnade Zoo, in Bedfordshire, her outlook could not be more different. Children across the UK are strongly encouraged to do work experience while at school. In England, the government published new legal guidance in June for schools to deliver two weeks of "in-person and immersive" work experience in future, one between Year 7 and Year 9, and one between Years 10 and 11. But not all work experience placements are equal, and finding the right one can be tricky.