E.S.F. Project
E.S.F. project 2005-07
'PATHWAYS TO VOCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT'
VESA, working through the Leicestershire Consortium for Education Business Links (LCEBL), successfully bid for European Social Funding (ESF) to address social inclusion issues at KS4 during the academic years 2005/6 and 2006/7.
The purpose of this project is to focus on vulnerable young people in Years 10 and 11, with low skill levels, who are unlikely to make a successful transition to continuing education, training or employment at 16. The project will enable students to gain vocational qualifications and / or units, participate in an extended work experience and to develop their key skills. It is anticipated that the students participating in these activities will, as a result, have improved their self-esteem and increased their aspirations, thus providing them with the confidence to progress sucessfully at the end of their compulsory education.
The schools / colleges invited to be part of this project have been targeted, as the ESF Criteria demanded that the students involved came from deprived wards. 120 students from 9 schools, (4 City and 5 County), embarked on their 'personalised programme' from September 2005.
VESA will be managing the project on a day-to-day basis, and will have responsibility for evaluating the impact of the various work-related achievements on student achievement and motivation. In addition, a particular feature of the project will be that all the ESF schools will use the PLUS strategy to improve students' basic skills. Over the next two years many lessons are likely to be learnt, which will be disseminated at a range of local conferences and through the VESA Website and Newsletter.
Participating schools and E.S.F. project co-ordinators
| School | Name of ESF Co-ordinator |
|---|---|
| Babington Community Technical College | Simon Mosley |
| Bosworth Community College | Lynn Williams |
| Burleigh College | Gerry Stroud |
| Countesthorpe Community College | John Slipper |
| Fullhurst Community College | Alan Melling |
| Guthlaxton College | Natasha Davies |
| Lancaster Boys School | Dick Harris |
| Sir Jonathan North Community College | Shirley Wyatt |
| William Bradford Community College | Tony Allard |
Resources
Please click below to download the template for the 'Pathways to Vocational Achievement Award Certificate'
Pathways To Vocational Achievement Award
rewarding student success - Fullhurst trip to Alton Towers
Please click for the Co-ordinators Handbook 
Please click for the project timeline calendar
