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What is the local authority doing to ensure an adequately educated and skilled workforce in order to meet present and future challenges?

The local authority and its partners recognise the importance of an adequately educated and skilled workforce in order to meet present and future challenges.

Latest available figures published in 2000 show that 43.2% of pupils obtained 5 or more A-C grade GCSEs compared with 41.7% in the previous year. School leaver destination data for 1999 shows that 65% of school leavers remained in education, an increase on the previous year.

The education service in Wakefield supports over 49,000 pupils and students in full time attendance at the Authority’s 162 schools. In addition, the District has several independent fee paying schools.

Further information on education provision and local schools in the area can be found in the Education and Training section at Wakefield on the Web at www.wakefield.gov.uk

Learning and Skills Council
www.lsc.gov.uk

Wakefield College
www.wakcoll.ac.uk/

Local Education Information
www.wakefield.gov.uk

Further and Higher Education

Wakefield’s prime location allows easy access to a variety of educational establishments.

Wakefield College

The principal further education establishment in the Wakefield District is Wakefield College which is located at several sites across the District. In response to the needs of industry and commerce the College has developed flexible learning programmes in all subject areas ranging from basic skills to the highest levels of professional and vocational qualifications.

Training programmes for industry and commerce include a variety of disciplines such as business, management and professional, engineering and motor vehicle, computing and IT, built environment, office and secretarial, languages, health and social care, multi-media, hospitality, catering and science.

Click here to visit the Wakefield College web site.

Universities

Wakefield is within one hour’s drive of nine universities that collectively provide an immense range of flexible services to business including collaborative research and consultancy.

Together they produce over 28,000 graduates per year.

In addition to a range of higher education courses, all provide research facilities and services to businesses, each having special units or centres of excellence.

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