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Education & Learning
Our Vision
Our vision is for our community to value education and to see it as a means of increasing their life choices and of feeling positive about themselves and their place in the world.
Our Strategic Objectives
The Education Strategy for New Deal New Horizons is to focus intervention to support the community to value and participate in education and celebrate achievement, and on the schools and educational institutions serving the area to improve participation and attainment.
- Work in partnership with the statutory and voluntary bodies serving the area and, in adding value to their work, will aim to maximise the extra resources brought into the area.
- Work to the highest standards and aim to bring educational participation, achievement and attainment levels within the area up to comparable national levels.
- Target our interventions at identified gaps and according to agreed priorities.
- Work at the level of schools, institutions and organisations serving the area, and will introduce means of tracking attainment, participation and achievement at an individualised level as a means of monitoring our interventions.
- Work in open and participative ways with our community and with our partners.
- Utilise our resources through two main strands: - Community and Schools (and other institutions), targeting interventions within these strands where gaps in achievement, participation and attainment are identified.
Our Targets for 2011
- Increase proportion of children attaining Level 4 or above at KS2 to the Walsall Average by 2011
- Increase the proportion of children attaining 5 GCSEs grades A*-G to the national average by 2011
- With City Academy, convergence with national benchmark level for 5 GCSEs A*-C with comparable schools (band E);
- Without City Academy, pass rate of 28% by 2011
- Decrease the proportion of children attaining no GCSEs to the national average by 2011
- Increase the proportion of children attending school to the national average by 2011
- Decrease the proportion of children excluded to the national average by 2011
- Increase the proportion of pupils staying on to the national average by 2011
- To reduce by 25% the gap between the NDNH area and the national average, of residents of working age having no qualifications
Our Projects
ContinYou - Outreach Learning and Basic Skills
The community education charity is based in the Blakenall info Centre, 4 Blakenall Heath, Blakenall, Walsall. The project incorporates several distinct groups of adults:
- Over 50's - Offering education and support for those interested in gaining employment or improving their employment prospects
- Anyone who has a problem accessing education - will be offered training and support
- Carers - Recognising and celebrating the skills that carers demonstrate. This scheme will allow carers to learn at home.
- Young adults - 17-25 year olds will receive advice and guidance with a project of their choice.
- Adults with heath issues - help people manage their heath programme
- Grandparents - aimed at Grandparents who invest time with their grandchildren.
Computer courses
Continyou's computer classes are very popular, specialising in 'non-threatening' sessions where anyone can learn something new.
Courses are tailor made for individuals or groups; so if you want to learn to create a poster, spreadsheets or edit photographs, they can help.
For more information on Continyou please contact Blakenall info Centre on (01922) 71128 or visiting the national website at www.continyou.org.uk
Post Code Tracking
A project to track pupils and students from within the New Deal footprint through the school process.
College of Continuing Education - Access to Learning in the Community
A project targeted towards adults with disabilities/special needs; carers; those not recently involved in learning and adults aged 50+.
Our Partners links
Walsall Council
Education Walsall
WALCAT
EBP
Learning Skills Council
Walsall Strategic Borough Partnership
Walsall Early Years Partnership
Walsall 14-19 Partnership
Connexions
College of Continuing Education
| Contact |
| Bob Marsh - Education and Learning Theme Leader |
| Address |
Walsall's New Deal for Communities
Blakenall Village Centre
Thames Road
Blakenall
Walsall
West Midlands
WS3 1LZ |
| Telephone |
| 01922 712858 |
| Email |
| marshb@walsall.gov.uk |
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