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Vocational qualifications

Frequently asked questions

Here are a few commonly asked questions and their answers.
 
If you are unable to find an answer to your query please e-mail childrens.services@bury.gov.uk your question and a reply will be sent to you in due course.  Alternatively please write to:
 
14-19 Support Services
Irwell Street
Bury BL9 0HZ
 
How many schools in Bury are already delivering applied vocational qualifications?
 
12 schools within the Borough are involved in group activity where pupils are involved in vocational programmes with Bury College.
 
Over 250 pupils are involved with forms of vocational links with the college.  A further 4 schools are already involved in the delivery of applied vocational GCSEs within their own school.  Plans to introduce further applied GCSEs in 2004 are underway in a further 6 schools.
 
What is already going on in Bury, who is involved and who are the key contacts?
  • Health and Social Care
    • Broad Oak HS - Dennis Heaton
    • Coney Green HS - Jackie Kerr
    • Elton HS - Matthew Monk
    • Philips HS - Trish Shepherd, Sue Barlow
    • Bury College - Lorraine Dowson, Joanne Mallamphy, Linda Billington
  • Leisure & Tourism
    • Coney Green HS - Jackie Kerr
    • Elton HS - Matthew Monk
    • Philips HS - Trish Shepherd, Sue Barlow
    • Bury College - Lorraine Dowson, Vernon Shaw
  • Business Studies
    • Bury C of E HS - Brian Ireland
    • Elton HS - Matthew Monk
    • Philips HS - Trish Shepherd, Sue Barlow
    • Prestwich HS - Eileen Shepherd
    • Bury College - Lorraine Dowson, Nigel Starr
  • Engineering
    • Broad Oak HS - Dennis Heaton
    • Bury C of E HS - Mr B Ireland
    • Coney Green HS - Jackie Kerr
    • Elton HS - Matthew Monk
    • Philips HS - Trish Shepherd, Sue Barlow
    • Woodhey HS - Pam Burrow
    • Bury College - Lorraine Dowson, David Haines, Tim Lee
  • Catering
    • Woodhey HS - Pam Burrow
    • Bury C of E HS - Mr B Ireland
    • Philips HS - Trish Shepherd, S Barlow
    • Elton HS - Matthew Monk
    • Bury College - Jill Leach (Key Contact), Christine Ford
  • BICT
    • Woodhey HS - Pam Burrow
    • Bury C of E HS - Mr B Ireland
    • Philips HS - Trish Shepherd, S Barlow
    • Elton HS - Matthew Monk
    • Bury College - Jill Leach (Key Contact), Merle Bushnell, Denise Meadows
  • Hairdressing
    • Woodhey HS - Pam Burrow
    • Bury C of E HS - Mr B Ireland
    • Philips HS - Trish Shepherd, S Barlow
    • Elton HS - Matthew Monk
    • Bury College - Jill Leach (Key Contact), Tom Gallagher
How do I get involved in the delivery of vocational qualifications?
 
There are a number of ways that people can get involved, talk to the named person in your school for 14-19 developments,

Contact: Joan Griffiths 14-19 Development Manager or Tim Robson at Bury College
 
Join the Bury Practitioner Network: Lorraine Dowson at Bury College or Joan Griffiths at Bury Learning Partnership.
 
Contact the LSDA website www.ks4flexibility.co.uk/
 
Resources for Courses, everything you need on tap www.vocationallearning.org.uk/ for details on new and additional resources. "Resources for Courses" a CD-ROM is designed to help teachers with the delivery of the new GCSEs, all you need to deliver:
  • applied art and design applied business
  • applied ICT
  • applied science
  • engineering
  • health and social care
  • leisure and tourism
  • manufacturing
The CD-ROM, which features a section for each of the new GCSE subject areas, includes information on assessment, moderation, progression, staff development, key skills opportunities, making vocational links and quality assurance.
 
Useful web addresses, publications, sample assignments and year plans give teachers a head start in implementing the programmes and making sure they have a distinctive vocational element.
 
What do staff have to say about the applied vocational qualifications so far?
 
Staff Reviews/Evaluations
 
Health & Social Care
 
Leisure & Tourism
 
Business Studies