We believe that offering work experience placements to students and adults is a great way to gain an insight in to the important and interesting work that The National Archives does.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families defines work experience as: 'a placement on an employer's premises in which a student carries out a particular task or duty, or a range of tasks or duties, more or less as would be undertaken by an employee, but with the learning aspects of the experience emphasised.'

We offer work experience placements throughout the year and in a variety of departments such as Marketing, Education and Outreach, Press Office, Collection Care, Conservation and Human Resources to name a few. Our placements typically last for two working weeks, and are unpaid.

If the department that you are interested in is not mentioned above, work experience placements may still be available within your chosen field of interest. Please contact us to discuss this further.

For general work experience enquiries please contact the Recruitment Team at careers@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk

The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. Tel: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444. Contact us