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We like to try and keep people up to date with what is happening at Access Training and with learning in general. Keep in touch with our latest developments and successes! |
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1st February 2012 -
Another Award Winner from Access Training Access Training are proud to announce that Ryan Gibbons (pictured right) was awarded the Pre-16 learner of the year award at the annual Nottinghamshire Training Network Awards held at the East Midlands Conference Centre on 26th January. This is the third time in four years that a learner from Access Training has achieved this prestigious award. Further congratulations must go to Julie Evans who was a runner up in the Personal Achiever award and Sophie Newbold who was a runner up for the Foundation Learning Award. Additionally the NHS County Health Partnership finished as a runner up in the Employer Award. Access Training was proud to be nominated for the Provider of the Year award for the third year running. Unfortunately we finished as a runner up for the third year running. Everyone at Access Training would like to thank those people who nominated us for the award and everyone else who has supported the organisation. We really appreciate it! The finalists were:
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11th January 2012 -
Access Training Celebration Event Application Forms now available The application forms for the access training celebration event awards are now available. Please select from the following awards category:
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9th December 2011 - Shirebrook schools create new teaching apprenticeship roles
Access Training has apprenticeship vacancies for teaching assistants as part of its work with schools in Shirebrook. The Nottingham-based training company is working in partnership with The Park School Federation - a cluster of schools within the Shirebrook area - which is now looking for enthusiastic and hard working apprentice teaching assistants to work in schools in the area. “The project is still in its infancy but nine young people have successfully gained employmen as an apprentice all studying towards the Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools QCF qualification at level 2” said an Access Training spokesman. “A high percentage of these were recruited within the Shirebrook area and, due to the project’s success, the federation has decided to offer a further five apprenticeship places to strengthen the numbers to 14 in total. We understand that the delivery of our services needs to be tailored to suit the organisations needs which cause minimal disruption. We pride ourselves on the flexibility of our services and are committed to maximising learner achievement and meeting employers’ needs.” The federation is made up of The Park Junior School and The Park Infant and Nursery School and headteacher Steve Hewitt-Richards says he is looking for hard working people to continue their learning journey in the area. “My team and I believe strongly in providing career opportunities for people who want to make a difference” he said. “We strive to provide the best possible education we can for our children and we would like to invite you to be part of this supportive and visionary team.” Each apprentice will have a programme of study within the classroom, be given their own laptop, own resource room with relevant study materials available to them. “If you were a previous ‘super student’ then I would like to hear from you, too,” added Mr Hewitt-Richards. Anyone interested in the scheme should contact Access Training on 0115 9587257 or email info@atem.co.uk.
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8th December 2011 - Access Training welcomes European Visitors
On 29th November Access Training welcomed 13 visitors from all over Europe as part of a Transversal Study Visit arranged by EMFEC in Nottingham. Transversal visits are designed for EU education and training specialists to review education in the UK by hearing directly from training providers, schools and colleges. The Quality Manager at Access Training, Duncan Hembury, discussed the benefits of self assessment and quality improvement and how training providers need to be open and self critical in order to make improvements. The visitors found the information insightful and we have helped them to understand work based learning in the UK and to think of improvements for their own organisations.
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29th November 2011 - Access Training have a record number
of finalists at the NTN Awards We are pleased to congratulate the following learners and employer on successfully reaching the finals of the NTN Awards. Winners and runners up will be announced at the prestigious event at the East Midlands Conference Centre on January 26th January. Our finalists are:
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who nominated us for the Training Provider of the Year Award and can confirm that we are a finalist! We would also like to applaud those of you who were nominated for the awards and have not been selected as finalists, as we know how hard you have worked to achieve your qualifications.
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16th November 2011 - Suzanne has the Key to her Skills Suzanne Johnson at Good Foundations Day Nursery in Carlton was so pleased with her Key Skills training that she wrote to us to let us know. Suzanne told us "With regards to starting my key skills and the work involved, I can honestly say that I have enjoyed every part of it. My tutor has been an excellent help, very friendly and helpful right from the beginning with all aspects of the work involved. Learning new maths skills and refreshing my memory has been an interesting journey, remembering maths techniques not used since leaving education has been both fun and enjoyable". "The work I have done with regards to my communication has brought out new learning techniques such as using publisher and producing leaflets on a computer which I never thought I could possibly do". "I would certainly recommend my tutor Claire Lloyd and Access Training to anyone wishing to complete their Key Skills".
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5th October 2011 - Nottinghamshire Training Network Award Evening Nominees Access Training is proud to nominate our outstanding achievers for the Nottinghamshire Training Network’s annual awards being held on Thursday 26th January 2012 at the East Midlands Conference Centre. The nominees are; NTN will now review all the nominations and produce a list of finalists. All of the finalists will be invited to the event in January. We are sure it will be a day and night to remember for all the finalists as well as those attending to help celebrate learner achievement. Everyone at Access Training would like to wish the best of luck to all the nominees.
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5th October 2011 - trent barton and Access Training. Celebrating success with the really good bus company Access Training is proud to work in close partnership with trent barton “the really good bus company”. We would like to congratulate the latest drivers to achieve their qualification in Passenger Carrying Vehicle Driving. The certificates were presented to the drivers by Geoff Counsell the Managing Director of trent barton. The drivers are;
(Pictured) Matthew Harrison, John Norman, Elaine Allitt, Geoff Coubsell (MD trent barton), Duncan Hembury (Access Training), Leandros Arnidis, Dave Wooley, Stuart Binch and Pete Abbott (trent barton) |
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5th October 2011 - Access Training attends the Derbyshire Skills Festival Access Training recently attended the Derbyshire Skills Festival held at Pride Park on 21st and 22nd September. The Derbyshire Skills Festival is now in its ninth year and is aimed at young people in Year 11. Access Training helped young people to find out what their potential post-16 opportunities are in a fun and interactive way. There were some hands on activities about our construction and childcare courses which the young people really enjoyed. Thank you to all the young people we met on the day.
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5th October 2011 - Access Training attends the Nottinghamshire “What Next?” Fair Access Training attended the What Next? Fair at Harvey Haddon Stadium on Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th October. The event was specifically for young people in Years 11,12 and 13 or for parents or carers. You may even have been lucky enough to attend with your school in the day. Access Training attended along with some major employers, Universities and Colleges and helped to raise awareness of the opportunities available to young people. We hope that we saw you there! |
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19th September 2011 - NTN Awards Evening 2011 To nominate yourself for the NTN Awards Evening , please fill out the form and send to your tutor. The forms are available here (please click where it says "Submit your application here". Please do not use the "PDF Document" link)
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13th June 2011 - Access Training raises money for charities Access Training is proud to announce that it raised a total of £356 for the Guide Dogs for the blind and Leonard Cheshire Disability. The money was raised by selling raffle tickets to staff and learners. Thanks to everyone who purchased a ticket.
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6th June 2011 - Feedback about the Celebration Event Thank you for attending our Celebration Event on the 19th May. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. The informal feedback we have had so far indicates that most of you found the event to be well organised and enjoyable. You can find the photographs taken by the professional photographer at www.pineapplephoto.co.uk/at. This website includes details on how to purchase your photo. We would welcome your comments on what went well this year and what improvement we could make in preparation for next years event. Please complete the online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/3NRPKNC, all learners giving feedback will be entered into a prize draw for £20 worth of shopping vouchers. We look forward to hearing from you. |
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Added 20th May 2011 - Access Training hosts its largest ever Celebration Event
WELL over 500 people celebrated success in work-based learning at the Albert Hall, Nottingham on May 19th many of whom have overcome personal obstacles in their journey to achievement. The annual Access Training Celebration Event represents the culmination of much hard work and personal sacrifice for many of the 550 learners who have achieved qualifications with the company in the last year. The pinnacle of the evening was the presentation of the Access Training Star Awards to those learners and employers who had "gone the extra mile" the audience was treated to a video clip of the winners speaking about their individual achievements. The Employer Award, went to trent barton for its outstanding commitment to the training and development of its staff. The bus company has a long term relationship with Access Training and has recently introduced an apprenticeship scheme, the trent barton Diploma, with the aim of building on its success. The Foundation Learning Award, sponsored by the Nottingham Journal, went to 17 yr old Anthony Peters of Bulwell currently on a retail course with Access Training. Anthony left school lacking in confidence and really scared of trying new things. Attending a work placement was completely out of his comfort zone but he was nominated for the incredible progress he has made in overcoming this. The Apprenticeship Award, sponsored by Printing.com, was awarded to NHS Apprentice, Lucy Davis, for “demonstrating how effective learning can be” when all opportunities are seized with both hands. Lucy had started an A Level course but felt academic learning was not for her. She was put forward for the NHS apprenticeship by Access Training and has been so successful that she has now secured a permanent position as a Children’s Worker in a Sure Start centre. Talking of the "transformation" this has made to her life, Lucy says that she wakes up "each morning with a smile on my face, wanting to get up and go to work." A big thank you to all that attended the evening at Albert Hall, the celebration event was a huge success! Sue Stronach from the NHS had this to say: "It was an absolutely fantastic night and I had tears in my eyes when the first few learners got their certificates. It was like a big graduation ceremony and I think Access should get a great deal of satisfaction for their dedication to their learners. It was also great to see that Karen Murphy-Ryan from NAS tool the time to attend. It ran really smoothly (well from my side of things) and I think you all deserve a pat on the back for the work you put in!!" Winners of the star awards at the celebration evening:
Foundation Learning Star Award Winner Anthony Peters receiving the award from Phil Cound, Nottingham Journal Foundation Learning Winner:
Apprenticeship Star Award Winner Lucy Davis receiving the award from Phil Huges, Printing.com Apprenticeship Winner:
Advanced Apprenticeship Star Award Winner Louise Hinchley receiving the award from Dr. Craig Clancy and Dr. Juliet Bishop from The Open University Advanced Apprenticeship Winner:
Train 2 Gain Star Award Winner Gail Cutts receiving the award from Roy Hill, Director of Access Training Train 2 Gain Winner:
Employer Star Award Winner Guy Gibson from trent barton receiving the award from Roy Hill, Director of Access Training
Employer Winner:
Employee of the Year Laura Widdison receiving the award from Ian Cohen, Director of Access Training
Employee of the Year:
Video clips: The video of the whole evening is available to view from youtube. The clip is split into 6 sections: |
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19th April 2011 - Backyard Chicken Keeping Course Considering acquiring hens for family egg production? Already got chickens and feel you lack knowledge? Then this short course is just perfect for you. We will cover:
Starts 9.30am until 12.30pm Friday 10th June 2011 The price is paltry £30 p.p (introductory offer) this includes tea/coffee with home made scones and jam served in the farm café. To book your place call Jackie on 0115 9587257 (Places are limited to 10, so early booking is essential to avoid disappointment).
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22nd March 2011 - Waving The
Wand for Red Nose Day Cakes were baked, cars were washed, money was coaxed out of pockets and presiding over it all was Access Training’s very own “fairy” complete with wand. Yes, this was Red Nose Day and as usual it was a real team effort with staff and learners joining in the fun. Access Training’s own new Apprentices (A2C) led the day and, according to Charlie Smith, made about 150 cakes some of which they sold to a visitor who just happened to be sitting in Reception. How’s that for enterprise? Tracy Byrne was waiting whilst her daughter was having assessment testing and decided to buy a plateful of the delicious looking cakes to treat customers at her pub, the Royal Oak at Westwood. Encouraged by the fairy (AKA Ian Cohen, Company Secretary), learners rolled their sleeves up and got stuck in washing staff cars. Shannon Varney, also on the A2C course said, “It’s been fun and exciting and even though it’s cold it’s worth it” whilst Tanya Daykin agreed, “Everyone is interacting. The groups are all working together to raise money”. The Foundation Learners organised a “Deal or No Deal” session based on the popular TV programme inviting staff to join them, something our staff are always keen to do. In all a total of £125 was raised and whilst this did not break any records for us, the day was much more about team spirit, groups bonding, thinking of others and hoping that the fairy’s wand might work some magic!
The smiles were free but the cakes were charged for!
The fairy demonstrating his car washing expertise with learner, Tanya Daykin
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9th March 2011 - Access Training announces its
DTLLS Course Access Training is proud to announce the launch of its Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector course or DTLLS for short. DTLLS is the highest qualification in the new suite of initial teacher training course which also includes the PTLLS and CTLLS. This course is suitable for in service teachers requiring an initial teaching qualification. The course will be starting in March 2011. Please contact Lorraine Nicholson on 0115 9587257 for more information about the course, start dates and fees.
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9th March 2011 - Access Training proud to
support International Women’s Day
On Saturday 5th March Access Training was proud to attend the Round House at Derby and support International Women’s Day. Richard Sisson, Stan Hallam and Mark Piper took along the Access Training road show and were able to offer information on all our courses to those who attended. Access Training were one of 40 partner organisations who supported the event which continues our support to the communities in which we work.
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15th February 2011 - Who says you shouldn’t work
with animals and children?
It was difficult to decide who were the stars of the show at the workshop run jointly by Access Training and Foxwood School at the annual 14-19 Conference held at the East Midlands Conference Centre in February: rabbits or learners? The theme of the workshop was the importance and value of collaboration in Foundation Learning. Delegates were impressed by a powerpoint presentation put together by Russell Butcher of Foxwood School, fresh from his success as the winner of the pre-16 Nottinghamshire Training Network award. Judith Wright of Access Training explained how the previous success of pupils from Special Schools on the Animal Care course had led to the provision growing to the current 5 courses offered to pupils from 8 different schools across Nottinghamshire. Lindsey Norton from Foxwood then gave specific examples of how the collaboration with Access Training enhances the Foundation Learning curriculum at Foxwood, often enabling learners to achieve at a higher level than in other areas. But the stars of the show were undoubtedly the learners and rabbits (courtesy of Stonebridge City Farm), ably coached by Jackie Loftus. In pairs, the learners demonstrated how to carry out Health Checks on the obliging rabbits and then answered questions from the delegates as to what they had gained from the course so far. The rabbits seemed to take this all in their stride (or is it hop?), and were no doubt relieved by the last slide of the presentation pictured below.
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9th February 2011 - ANOTHER WINNER FOR ACCESS
TRAINING
For the second time in three years, Access Training’s nomination in the pre-16 Learner of the Year Award at the annual NTN ceremony took the top prize. Russell Butcher, a pupil of Foxwood Special School, and currently acting as a learning mentor at a course run by Access Training at Stonebridge City Farm on a Friday morning, was nominated for the way his life had been turned around through working with animals. After not attending school for several years and finding life very difficult, Russell was put forward for the course by his Connexions advisor because of his love of animals. Regular attendance and the support of Access Training staff, Sally Small and Jackie Loftus, proved motivational for Russell and he achieved an NVQ Level 1 in the summer of 2010. Whilst on the course, he transferred to Foxwood School, made new friends and was soon attending school full time. He is the first to admit that he has “grown in confidence”, whilst Lindsey Norton, Deputy Head of Foxwood who was there on the night proudly watching his success, said “the course has changed both Russell’s home and school life”.
Lindsey Norton, Russell and Jackie Loftus.
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9th February 2011 - Celebrating Apprenticeship
Week Raising the blood pressure? As it’s National Apprenticeship Week, Access Training Director, Ian Cohen, was back to the workplace again following his successful foray last year into the world of tiny tots at a Day Nursery. This year he was keen to experience life as a Clinical Apprentice with the NHS so shadowed Jordan McKenzie who has been on the programme for almost a year now. Jordan joined Access Training on a Programme Led Apprenticeship scheme but was put forward for the NHS position in Adult Care and has thrived on all the opportunities offered to her. She works across several NHS sites supporting District Nurses, visiting the elderly, as a phlebotomist and taking blood pressure. Indeed, so skilled has she become in the latter that she was able to instruct Ian in how to do this, as can be seen below and we are pleased that the patient lived to tell the tale!
Access Training recently secured a brand new contract with the Nottingham University Hospitals Trust to recruit 15 further Clinical Apprentices to start in March. As part of the bidding process, Jordan was asked to talk about her own experiences as an apprentice. She is clearly becoming adept at this, as this week she has also addressed a meeting of NHS Line Managers at the Clifton Cornerstone Health Centre talking about the training, the level of support she receives and generally “telling it as it is” to help the NHS in its commitment to recruit more apprentices. This new contract builds on the recent recruitment of 18 NHS apprentices for Sure Start and Children’s and Adult Clinical positions. They will all be trained by Access Training and we are delighted that both Jordan and the NHS were recognised at the recent Nottinghamshire Training Network Annual Awards Ceremony: The NHS were voted Employer of the Year for Nottinghamshire whilst Jordan was runner up in the Apprentice of the Year category. After spending time with Jordan, Ian commented, “I found it all fascinating and was very impressed by Jordan’s enthusiasm and care, but I think I’ll stick to my day job!”
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8th February 2011 - Who says men don’t do yoga?
As part of January’s Healthy Living Month activities, learners at both Cawley House and our new Derby premises were offered the chance to take part in yoga sessions. Judith Wright, normally better known for her work with schools, ran several sessions showing learners a basic warm up routine and several exercises to promote flexibility, relieve tension and promote a feeling of well-being. The sessions were very well received, and we were particularly delighted that all of the Derby learners (all male) took part, as can be seen in the picture below. The Healthy Living Month also included a visit from a guest speaker from the charity, “Send A Cow” who showed how, by sending a cow to an African village, the health and economic well-being of that village benefitted enormously.
Part of a yoga balance flow, with Judith demonstrating and Lesley Oldershaw, Foundation Programmes Manager, and Richard Sisson, Brickwork Tutor, joining in with Derby learners.
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3rd February 2011 - Access Training and
Nottinghamshire NHS – What a team!
Access Training is proud of its association with Nottinghamshire Health & Social Care Community Workforce Team and its success as Employer of the Year 2010 at the Nottinghamshire Training Network awards evening on 27th January 2011. Please read the article for the full story
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28th January 2011 - Nottinghamshire NHS wins Employer of the Year Nottinghamshire NHS picked up the prestigious Employer of the Year award at the Nottinghamshire Training Network Apprenticeship Awards on 27th January. Access Training is proud to be working with the NHS in Nottinghamshire in the delivery of high quality training. As well as this success, Jordan McKenzie, an NHS employee who is one of Access Trainings learners was a finalist in the Apprenticeship of the year award. Everyone at Access Training would like to pass on our congratulations to the Nottinghamshire NHS and Jordan. There are some exciting vacancies currently available with Access Training and the NHS.
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27th January 2011 - Fantastic opportunity in
HOSPITALITY
Are you aged 16-18 and wanting to gain some real experience in Hospitality? We can offer 8 places on a short course where you will gain practical experience and a Personal and Social Development qualification. Apply now on our learner vacancies page!
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17th January 2011 - A New Childcare Course from Access Training In response to huge demand Access Training are introducing a new course in Childcare for learners who are currently unemployed or unskilled but who are ready to start their career in the Childcare sector. These are young people who may have been unable to secure employment due to their age or inexperience. Access Training are delivering an intensive 26 week course for learners who will achieve the Childcare framework. The course will run for 4 days per week for the first 4 weeks at Access Training where learners will cover all aspects of the Childcare induction, including Paediatric First Aid, Key Skills, Child Development, Time Management, Confidence building and Health & Safety. After the first 4 weeks learners will work and receive training in a nursery setting to get work experience. Learners will be paid £95 for a 35 hour week whilst on the course. The course starts in January 2011 and there are only a few places left. If you are interested in this course please look at www.atem.co.uk for further information.
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17th January 2011 - Access Training’s Fabulous Four Access Training is proud to announce that 4 of our learners have been nominated for awards at the prestigious Nottinghamshire Training Network Awards and Graduation event being held on 27th January 2011 at the East Midlands Conference Centre. The successful learners are: Russell Butcher – Pre 16 Award Jordan McKenzie – Apprenticeship Award Adam Mellors – Train to Gain Award Kathy Hogg – Train to Gain Award Access Training would like to wish all our learners the best of luck. Staff from Access Training will be attending this event to support our learners and hopefully have a good time too!
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17th January 2011 - My How You’ve Grown! A FREE event to promote progression in childcare is taking place in Mansfield on Tuesday 5th April 2011 at West Notts College. Following the success of last year’s event, Aim Higher has decided to repeat the event which is designed to encourage childcare advanced apprentices to consider taking the next step to further their career. Refreshments will be served from 6pm and the event will finish at 8pm. For further details and to book a place call Stephanie Hoult on Freephone 0808 100 3626, or 01623 672191 ext 8286 or email To find out more click here for a flyer
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Access Training features in Outlook
Magazine Please click here to read about Access Training in the Outlook Magazine
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Apprenticeships for Employers
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30th November 2010 - Join the Learner Panel! The government wants your opinion to count! Are you a learner? Would you like your views to be heard? If so why not join the Learner Panel to share your views and experiences of education. You can earn high street vouchers just for completing surveys. How easy is that? Find out more at: http://www.learnerpanel.co.uk/join
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19th November 2010 - Woodlands School World of Work Day Access Training was delighted to be able to participate in Woodlands School World of Work Day on Friday 12th November. The aim of the day is to encourage employability skills and students chose from a variety of workshops. Suzanne Higginson and Richard Sissons, who is a tutor on our new Construction Course at our Derby premises, delivered a series of workshops based on the skills needed and careers available in the construction industry. It was a very successful day with lovely groups of students and the pictures below show how seriously they responded to the challenge of design and build
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17th November 2010 - ACCESS TRAINING IS BUILDING A NEW FUTURE IN DERBY! Access Training is delighted to be able to add Construction as part of its Foundation Learning offer to young people. We have recently acquired a site near to The Pentagon Island in Derby where we can offer Painting & Decorating, Brickwork, Carpentry and Joinery in a fully equipped Training Centre and workshops. Young people, pre and post 16, can gain practical experience and achieve a City & Guild recognized qualification in Basic Construction Skills at Entry or Level 1. Please contact Suzanne Higginson at Access Training 0115 958 7257 or Judith Wright (for school age pupils) 0791 890 7114 Pictured below is Max Jones cleaning up unused bricks after finishing building a wall. Max, who attends Woodlands School in Derby, wants to go into construction when he leaves school.
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28th October 2010 - Outstanding Survey Results for Access Training Access Training is very proud to announce the results of the Framework for Excellence Learner and Employer Views surveys. These surveys were conducted between November 2009 and January 2010. Approx 350 learners and 100 employers responded to the survey during this time making these our most complete surveys to date. Learner Views Survey An overall score of 9.0 out of 10 was achieved for the Learner Views Survey which is an outstanding result. Employer Views Survey An overall score of 8.5 out of 10 was achieved for the Employer Views Survey, which is another excellent result. Everyone at Access Training is extremely proud of these results and would like to extend our thanks to all our learners and employers especially those who took the time to complete the survey. It’s nice to know that our customers value us as much as we value them.
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27th
October 2010 -Record Year at What Next Career Event Access Training was kept really busy at this year’s “What Next” event at the Harvey Hadden Stadium by record numbers of visitors to our stand. The annual career event is held over 2 days and evenings and all current Year 11 pupils attending schools in Nottingham and the county are invited. 250 young people completed cards expressing interest in courses run by us and all will be invited to Open Evenings in October and November to help them make up their minds before they leave school in July 2011. Many came with their parents to the evening sessions and there was clearly some concern about the economic situation and how courses could lead to actual jobs. We made good use of the demonstration babies and the firework paintings so that we could engage with learners and their parents and offer them the sort of hands-on, practical approach that Access Training is so good at.As Foundation Learning has replaced the former E2E course, staff explained the new qualification system and the different vocational pathways. All those who expressed an interest in Foundation Learning will be invited to Taster Sessions to be held during the Spring of 2011. |
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29th September 2010 - ‘Group A’ Say Goodbye
They call themselves the ‘the Amazing Group A’ and have become good friends
while studying at Access Training. Having come to the end of their time here
Jade, Darren, Sharna, Courtney, Teesha and Sam got together for a last farewell
before they head off to college. They marked the occasion with a game of tenpin
bowling and a meal at AMF Bowling in Nottingham.
Teesha reflected on how she had gained confidence and a sense of direction while being at Access Training. Other members of the group said that they had enjoyed meeting new people and made new friends at Access Training. Teesha is has always wanted to work in the Travel and Tourism so she will be going to college to study this subject. Darren is going to study Gardening, Sharna will study childcare, Sam is headed for Animal Care and Courtney will be studying Painting and Decorating.Tenpin bowling was soon over, burgers and drinks gone and six young people who came to know each other as ‘Group A’ while working towards the next step in their lives, said goodbye to each other – vowing to keep in contact no matter what they do.
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31st August 2010 - Success
at Stonebridge It was smiles all round at Stonebridge City Farm in July when all 9 learners successfully completed their course with a recognised qualification. Learners from Foxwood and Carlton Digby Special Schools had been attending on a Friday morning for the past year working with the farm animals tutored by our own Sally Small and Jackie Loftus. 7 of the 9 achieved an NVQ Level 1 in Animal Care, whilst the remaining 2 gained an Entry Award in Skills for Working Life. For many of the learners, the qualification was at a higher level than they had previously achieved in school and has done much to boost their confidence and given them a firm foundation from which they can move on. Indeed, so pleased has Foxwood been with the results, that they have commissioned us to deliver the successor qualification, the Certificate in Work Based Animal Care, to a group of their learners starting in September 2010. Pictured below are a selection of learners working at Stonebridge.
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9th August 2010 - New course at Manor School Following on from the successful launch of a Level 2 childcare qualification at the Brunts School the good word has got around the area and we have been approached by Manor school in Mansfield Woodhouse to deliver a Foundation Learning childcare qualification to 10 of their year 9's (13 years). Having already worked with Manor for the past 2 years delivering a very successful Animal Care course, we already have a strong working relationship which the school is keen to develop. The qualification will be delivered by Access Training one day a week working in collaboration with the Manor School and their Crèche. Within the qualification the students will study the importance of play, developing skills in caring for children and understanding diversity in society to name a few. This is one of the many exiting courses we run at Access Training. Look out for details of more courses coming soon.
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9th August 2010 - Access Training Introduces Foundation Learning Access Training is proud to announce the development of Foundation Learning programmes in new sectors such as Business Administration, Customer Service and Retail. These new sectors will add to the areas of Childcare, Health & Social Care, Animal Care and Hairdressing that Access Training have a huge amount of experience in. Foundation Learning replaces the Entry to Employment programme. It is open to young people aged between 16 and 18 who know what job they want to do but aren’t quite ready to go to work. The learners can gain a qualification in their work area and also qualifications in Maths, English and ICT. They will also be able to experience work placements where they can use their new skills. All the qualifications are delivered from Entry Level 3 to Level 1, with some Level 2 and learners are able to study at a level to suit them. Activities will include:
Please visit the Foundation Learning section of the Access Training website for more information.
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21st July 2010 -Access Training’s Own Quality Champion Duncan Hembury the Quality &
Retention Manager and Passenger Transport Manager at Access Training
has recently This prestigious qualification shows the high level of commitment that Access Training has to quality improvement and to giving the best possible level of provision to our learners and employers. This is further to the excellent feedback Access Training received at Ofsted inspection where the “Quality of Provision” was awarded a Grade 2 or “Good”. Duncan was presented with the certificate by William Lewis from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service at the QCAP presentation day at LSN in London on 25th May. |
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5th July
2010 -
It’s
official: Access Training is “Good” according to Ofsted Following a week long inspection at the end of May from the Office for Standards in Education, we are delighted to have been awarded an overall Grade 2 for the effectiveness of our provision. Inspectors were impressed by the current success rates in apprenticeships and Train to Gain programmes which continue to improve and are now “significantly above the national average”. Success is measured both by the achievement of the qualification and the length of time taken to achieve. Employers’ views were canvassed and Ofsted reports that our “staff work well with employers to provide good training at work that meets the needs of learners and employers”. Surveys of employers praised the “good standard of communication” and “the speed and helpfulness of responses to queries”. The safety and welfare of young people and vulnerable adults is high on the agenda at the moment and we are very proud to have achieved a Grade 2 for Safeguarding. Given the barrage of new initiatives and legislation in this field it is not surprising that such a grade is hard to achieve. Well we knew we were good, but it’s wonderful when this is confirmed! Will it be “outstanding” next time? |
achieved the ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leading Quality Improvement
as part of the LSIS Quality Champions Accreditation Programme (QCAP).