Department for Education: Subject progression from GCSE to AS level and continuation to A Level - Education Standards Analysis and Research Division
Suffolks Alternative Provision Directory – Version 2
(updated 7 November 2011)
Find the full document here: Suffolk’s Alternative Provision Directory
Diploma Talk
The latest AQA & City & Guilds newsletter Edition 12 is now available.
Free Facebook app – Talk Gym
BT has launched a free Facebook app called Talk Gym to help young people develop their communication skills.
The idea is to make sure young people aged 14-19 can express themselves more efficiently in preparation for life after school. Employment is one of the areas where good communication is essential.
The Talk Gym app gets users to check their ‘talk fitness’ by asking six questions about themselves and then asking the same questions of a friend or relative.
The answers appear anonymously in a graph and the app uses the responses to assess the person’s communication ability. The feedback gives tips on being clear, listening, talking in groups and being interviewed. Find out more: www.bt.com/talkgym
Apprenticeships in Suffolk – leaflet to download
Apprenticeships in Suffolk leaflet
Parents Leaflet for Year 11 students
STEM Ambassadors
” Inspire young people in science, technology, engineering and maths” - find out how to become a STEM Ambassador: Suffolk STEM Ambassadors Information and STEM Ambassadors Brochure
HEALTH AMBASSADORS EAST
http://www.healthambassadorseast.org.uk
Resources and useful information on careers within the NHS, assisting with the Work Related Learning Curriculum as well as Careers Education Information and Guidance.
The website provides information on the Health Ambassador East programme and details of recent and forthcoming events that HAE is involved with.
There are currently Health Ambassadors from a variety of careers within the Health Sector interested in assisting schools and colleges in the Suffolk area, so if this is something that you would be interested in finding out more about, then please do get in touch.
IT Ambassadors
- Safe and secure curriculum related on-line mentoring for young people
- supporting teachers and students in ICT, computing and business studies
- Read more about it: The IT ambassadors scheme / Ambassador introduction leafet
THE FORGOTTEN HALF
A report on the educational offer for young people not going into higher education and an analysis of structural labour market trends – please read more in The Forgotten Half – Demos Report
The Wolf Report: Review of Vocational Education (3 March 2011) – find the full report here: The Wolf-Report
The Schools White Paper, The Importance of Teaching, sets out a radical reform programme for the schools system, with schools freed from the constraints of central Government direction and teachers placed firmly at the heart of school improvement.
Drawing heavily on evidence from the world’s best education systems, it outlines how we will raise the prestige of the teaching profession, and how we will transform the quality of initial training and continuing professional development. And it commits Government to cutting away unnecessary duties, processes, guidance and requirements.
For full paper click here
The Education Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on Wednesday 26 January 2011. More information
Green-Paper-SEN - read the full report
Policy Watch 6 - Political lines are drawn as the Education Bill has its Second Reading. To read more click here
