Hub targets developing closer links between schools and businesses
Bath schools and colleges are getting behind the new West of England Careers Hub to help improve career opportunities for young people and forge closer ties with businesses. The hub will initially work with 25 schools and colleges from across Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The schools and colleges will be supported to improve career opportunities and work experience for young people, allowing them to make more informed choices about their future careers. The hub is managed by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) and Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). It will offer targeted support to schools including up to £3,500 per year to use on opportunities to strengthen links with employers, access to a Hub Network Group to build a community of good practice between schools, support from an enterprise coordinator and enterprise advisers and training and development for wider teaching staff Heidi Bell-west, assistant headteacher at Hayesfield Girls’ School and Mixed Sixth Form, in Bath, said: “Our motto, ‘achieving ambitions,’ is at the heart of all that we do at Hayesfield Girls’ School and Mixed Sixth Form. Thus, we are delighted to be a lead school in the West of England Careers Hub and we are looking forward to working with other schools to best improve the career provision for all students across the region.” Other local schools and colleges involved include Broadlands Academy, Writhlington School and Bath College.
We are looking forward to working to improve career provision for all students in the region