Vocational Resources for Teachers

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News - VGCSE.

Click here for a copy of the briefing ( PowerPoint) presentation given at Acre Lane on 21 November 2001.

The Vocational GCSE will be available from September 2002 for the two year programmes [First Certification will be 2004] and will be available in EIGHT areas:

Art and Design

Business
Engineering
Health and Social Care
Information and Communication Technology
Leisure and Tourism
Manufactoring
Science

They consist of THREE compulsory units - two of which have internal assessment with one unit being assessed by examination. They are equivalent to TWO GCSEs or a double award and are reported on a scale A*A* to GG.

For further information and qualification criteria visit:
www.qca.org.uk and the awarding bodies websites listed below.

Vocational Provision

The Laird Foundation.

Chief Executive: Jim Teasdale. Tel: 0151 661 1028 Website:
www.thelairdfoundation.com
The Schools Programme Co-ordinator is Ron Williams.
The programmes cover: Fabrication, Welding, Joinery, CAD/CAM, ICT, Student and Pupil Apprenticeships. Heritage Skills including Brickwork, Plastering and Stonemasonry.

Wirral Metropolitan College.

Construction Industry Training Board [CITB]
Curriculum Centre Manager: Colin Campbell. Tel: 0151 551 7612.
Secondary Schools Co-ordinator: Brian Roberts.
Programmes Covering: Brickwork, Joinery, Painting and Decorating, Plumbing, Construction Taster programmes, Health and Safety, GNVQ Construction and the Built Environment
The CITB Award Scheme [ KS3]

Young Enterprise
Wirral Board. Development Manager: Fran Ward. Tel: 0151 549 3176

 

This page was last updated on Tuesday, 28 November, 2006