Supported by our partnership with Leeds Learning Alliance, partners co-designed a placement expansion pilot within four primary schools, supporting 20 multidisciplinary students in Occupational Therapy and Nursing (including children’s, learning disability and mental health nursing). This provided an additional 1957.5 placement hours from May 2025 – July 2025.
EVALUATION
Please follow the links below and watch the videos to find out more about the pilot approach, strategic drivers and outcomes as well as case study evaluation from the schools, the placement students and the universities involved.
Mainstream School Placements Impact Report
Chapel Allerton Primary School – Case Study
Hawksworth Wood Primary School – Case Study
Ireland Wood Primary School – Case Study
Westgate Primary School – Case Study
occupational therapy experience
nursing experience
As part of the pilot, partners developed a number of resources to help schools, higher education and students when considering placements or on placements within mainstream schools. These resources include; A Healthcare Placements Guide, which provides an overview of what to expect on placement and information for learners and schools staff; A Placement Learning Plan (developed by Leeds Trinity University and University of Huddersfield.) This plan should be completed by the learner and the practice supervisor or assessor for non-assessed placements and a Team Leeds Learner Introduction slide deck, to inform students prior to placement and includes #teamleeds video and why placements are so important within schools.
Resource | Download Link |
|---|---|
Healthcare Placements Guide | A guide to support healthcare placements in mainstream schools |
Placement Learning Plan | Non-assessed placement learning plan template |
Team Leeds Learner Introduction | Team Leeds: clinical placements within schools – learner introduction |