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    Vocational learning in Angus has expanded significantly in recent years. Uptake of accredited vocational courses has risen over 100% since 2008, with over 400 S3/4 pupils now taking vocational options each year. Two new Vocational Learning Centres have opened to increase access to vocational opportunities. Schools are increasingly delivering accredited vocational courses on-site with college and employer support. Employers are also becoming more involved in supporting vocational courses. Vocational learning is seen as a valuable option for all pupils to develop essential life and work skills.

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    Vocational learning in Angus has expanded significantly in recent years. Uptake of accredited vocational courses has risen over 100% since 2008, with over 400 S3/4 pupils now taking vocational options each year. Two new Vocational Learning Centres have opened to increase access to vocational opportunities. Schools are increasingly delivering accredited vocational courses on-site with college and employer support. Employers are also becoming more involved in supporting vocational courses. Vocational learning is seen as a valuable option for all pupils to develop essential life and work skills.

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    Vocational learning in Angus has expanded significantly in recent years. Uptake of accredited vocational courses has risen over 100% since 2008, with over 400 S3/4 pupils now taking vocational options each year. Two new Vocational Learning Centres have opened to increase access to vocational opportunities. Schools are increasingly delivering accredited vocational courses on-site with college and employer support. Employers are also becoming more involved in supporting vocational courses. Vocational learning is seen as a valuable option for all pupils to develop essential life and work skills.

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    Vocational Learning

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    Andover Primary School
    Vocational learning in Angus has expanded significantly in recent years. Uptake of accredited vocational courses has risen over 100% since 2008, with over 400 S3/4 pupils now taking vocational options each year. Two new Vocational Learning Centres have opened to increase access to vocational opportunities. Schools are increasingly delivering accredited vocational courses on-site with college and employer support. Employers are also becoming more involved in supporting vocational courses. Vocational learning is seen as a valuable option for all pupils to develop essential life and work skills.

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    What has happened so far in Angus?

    Where can I get more information about


    Vocational Learning?
    For a number of years, a well established You can learn how schools and local authorities
    partnership between Angus secondary schools are taking forward vocational learning within a
    and Angus College supported vocational Curriculum for Excellence by visiting:
    learning and allowed pupils to benefit from
    high quality learning experiences. Recently,
    this partnership has developed to offer greater Learning and Teaching Scotland
    access to vocational learning and as a result:
    www.ltscotland.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence/index.asp
    • the uptake of accredited courses has
    risen by over 100% (in 2008/09, more
    than four hundred S3/4 pupils - Skills for Work Qualifications (Scottish
    approximately one in seven - take a Qualifications Authority)
    vocational learning option) www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/32645.998.html
    • since October 2007, two new Vocational
    Learning Centres have been opened by
    Angus Council to meet the needs of Skills for Scotland: A Lifelong Skills Strategy
    young people and local communities in (Scottish Government, Oct 2007)
    West and North Angus www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/09/06091114/0

    • schools are increasingly active in


    delivering accredited vocational
    courses in school with the support of Parents can keep up to date with
    partners
    what is happening in Scottish
    • an increasing number of employers are
    education by signing up for free
    becoming directly involved in
    supporting vocational courses; this is email updates on new LTS
    seen as a strength of the Angus model publications by logging onto:
    • there is a growing appreciation that www.ltscotland.org.uk/news/updates/index.asp
    vocational learning can be a valuable
    option for all pupils, and schools
    increasingly timetable and plan for these
    courses like any other
    You are encouraged to discuss the
    information contained in this leaflet
    with your child’s school
    A guide for parents and carers
    What is vocational learning? What skills will young people develop? What sort of vocational courses and
    For pupils aged 14+, vocational learning: The main focus is on helping to develop
    qualifications are available?
    employability skills and attitudes needed to be Vocational courses are commonly delivered in
    successful in the workplace including: partnership between a school and college,
    Is an opportunity to develop valuable
    • planning and organising another training provider or directly with
    skills for life and future employment in a
    employers. Schools are increasingly finding new
    work-related environment. • numeracy and communication and creative ways to deliver vocational courses
    • creative thinking and problem solving on-site. This means that pupils can choose from
    • working with others a number of courses including:
    Is not intended as an early start to train-
    ing for a particular job (although for some • motivation to learn Construction Crafts
    it can be a step towards a chosen career). • being reflective and responsible for their Engineering Skills
    own development Early Education and Childcare
    • using technology
    Hairdressing
    What are the benefits for school pupils?
    Digital Media
    • Making learning enjoyable and relevant
    How does vocational learning fit with Hospitality
    • Access to a broader range of choices about
    other changes in Scottish Education? Motor Vehicle Maintenance
    what and how they learn
    • The chance to learn in a different way and in The ambition of a Curriculum for Excellence is Sport and Recreation
    a different environment that through their learning in and out of school,
    all young people can become: Rural Skills
    • Motivation about all aspects of their learning
    and not just vocational learning Vocational learning is another important way Health and Social Care

    • Acquiring essential skills for life and work Successful Learners Confident Individuals All of these courses are offered at Intermediate 1
    that will enhance access to future and 2 Level* and are equivalent in demand and
    employment Responsible Citizens Effective Contributors qualification to other courses that pupils
    commonly follow in S3/4 (eg Standard Grade
    • Gaining an awareness of the workplace and
    the world of work General and Credit).
    for young people to learn and develop the skills
    • Achieving qualifications equivalent to the to equip them with these four capacities.
    more familiar ‘academic’ school courses; Look out for information from your
    when pupils receive exam certificates, school on the range of vocational
    vocational courses appear in the same way It also fits with the Scottish Government’s
    as other courses courses offered and how these will be
    Lifelong Skills Strategy (2007) which states delivered.
    • Being able to make informed choices about “Investing in our people’s skills …. is central to
    future careers and employment unlocking our potential” (Fiona Hyslop, MSP)
    * Except Rural Skills (Intermediate 1 only) and Health and

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