Adult and Community Education

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.