Adult and Community Education
| Service Deliverer: |
Hampshire County Council |
| Contact: |
County Education Office, or the establishments
direct |
| Telephone No: |
01962 846452 |
| Address: |
The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8UJ |
| Email: |
Email the various establishments direct |
| Details: |
Education beyond the school leaving age of 16 is an investment
in your future. There are plenty of courses available leading to
'NVQ', 'A' level and beyond provided in our local Colleges
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What better way of spending your leisure time
than learning something new? Getting that qualification you always
wanted? Picking up a new skill? The opportunity is yours for the
taking. Many courses are free or minimum cost. Try some of the
links below and see if there is anything that grabs your
attention!
This link to Hampshire County Council's web site contains all the information you need to apply for a place for your child in a Hampshire School from September 2006
Details of all the schools in the Borough at all levels - nursery, primary, secondary and special needs. Use this external link to DirectGov's school finder to get all the information you need, including contact details, OFSTED reports and so on.
Children Special Education
Portal site from Hampshire County Council which aims to bring together all the tranport and education information that students might need in order to make their choices about going on to further eduaction in Hampshire
Some more useful links about Adult Education and Lifelong Learning are available on
Adult Learning at Havant College
Highbury College, Cosham, Portsmouth
Learn Direct offers online learning and qualifications nationally.
Link2Learn is a Hampshire and Isle of Wight partnership offering over 20,000 opportunities to improve your skills and knowledge.
Link to Oaklands School and Sixth Form Website
OFSTED is the government body which inspects schools and reports on their performance. all their reports are public information. Use this link to their site to search for the school you are interested in
SchoolZone is the government education resource portal for students, teachers and parents. Includes National Curriculum materials for study
Southdowns Part time day or evening classes
As you may know, from September 2006, course costs and financial support arrangements for university and higher education students are changing. Student loans are being extended to cover increased tuition fees, while universities and colleges are making millions of pounds available in bursaries and scholarships. The Directgov student finance portal has been built to help students find out exactly how much financial help they are entitled to - from both the government and from universities and colleges - and how to get hold of it.