Mentor Review
at City Year UK
Placement (10 Months+)
Voluntary
Brownhills, West Midlands
Review Submitted: July 2026
Overall Rating
4.4 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.5/5
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Company Culture
4/5
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Overall Experience
4/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Arriving to school at 8am and working at breakfast club. Arriving to the office at 8:45am and doing admin. Having a focus list of around 6-10 students and providing them weekly sessions once a week. Also going into their classroom to support them. Doing break and lunch duty as well as doing detention duty after school.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Quite a lot
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
New skills such as leadership, speaking and staying positive as well as networking.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
4/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
4/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Quite a lot especially from my placement tutor, Impact Officer and team
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Amazing
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
3/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
It was really fun however there were times where it could be incredibly draining due to the students, having to wake up early and the commute.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
4/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend City Year UK to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to City Year UK
Be ready to not have a social life, but you can gain a lot of important skills from doing city year which will help in your career.
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at City Year UK
4/5
Did you receive an offer to return as a graduate?
No
