13-19 Vocational Education Support Agency (VESA)includes Work Experience Alliance (WEXA)
Vocational Education Support Agency (VESA)
VESA offers a range of services to schools in Leicestershire to support and develop training for 13-19 year olds, such as:- Curriculum and staff development Enhanced curriculum experiences and opportunities Managing and supporting collaborative partners
VESA also encompasses all activities previously offered by Leicester City Cluster, the focus being:- Student enhancement experiences Challenges from the 14-19 White Paper proposals Support for implementation and development of vocational subjects Implementing Applied A levels and GNVQs Co-ordinate and support Aim Higher initiative Progress File Work Related Learning for KS4 Changes to Citizenship, PSHE, Enterprise & Careers Education and Guidance Support for disengaged and under-achieving students - Key Skills / Basic Skills as part of the emerging 14-19 curriculum
To contact VESA view their website featured in Related Pages. Work Experience Alliance (WEXA) WEXA, a subsiduary of VESA,arranges placements for about 8000 Leicestershire students each year. The Alliance works with schools and colleges across the city and county to place students, giving them appropriate experiences that allow them to achieve a range of learning outcomes. A range of services offered include: - Arranging placements, block style
Bespoke placements for part year groups or for learners with particular curricular interest (eg. requiring a placement linked to a vocational course) Extended placements - for learners on curriculum programmes requiring placements for blocks of time (more than one or two weeks) or for one/two days per week across all, or part, of a year Curriculum Development
If you would like to discuss offering work experience please contact Kay Ives on 0116 240 7250 or click here to email or by post, WEXA, Ashcroft House, Ervington Court, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, LE19 1WL
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