The ContinU Trust   partners in continuous learning

The ContinU Trust is the Consortium of the Wyre Forest and Hagley areas. It is an established and committed collaboration of seven Worcestershire High Schools, two special schools, Kidderminster College of Further Education, Connexions, the Local Authority, the LSC and Private Work Based Training Providers.

• Thank you to the participants of the ContinU Trust Status consultation. The governing bodies have approved their conversion to Trust School status under The ContinU Trust. The changes took effect from 1st September 2008.
• For details of courses offered through our members, please see the course index (UPDATED Dec '08 with ContinU course offer 2009-10).
• New ContinU Trust website coming soon - watch this space!

Our Mission

ContinU will provide a rich, varied and high quality learning entitlement and experience for all young people in all our institutions and by doing so we will engage more learners and increase their successes. We know we can do more for all our learners together than we ever could alone.

Our Vision

By 2009 we will be a leading Consortium for 14-19 Education which, with learner success at its core, will provide a national blueprint for collaborative excellence. This would deliver:

• A collective responsibility to provide a rich, varied and high quality learning entitlement and experience for all young people in all our institutions
• increased participation, greater local retention and higher standards

To do this we will provide:

• an extensive range of General and Specialised Diploma options for young people in academic, vocational and enrichment areas.
• Continuity of progression supported by high quality, consistent and impartial information advice and guidance models across all partner institutions
• an effectively planned collaborative curriculum model which reduces duplication and enhances young people's access to first choice learning pathways
• new provision in priority areas identified in the StAR and guidance and support to help reduce the mismatch between learner demand and employer needs
• the successful application of Foundation Learning Tier best practice in our Pre Entry and Level 1 provision
• further integration of, and retention and participation by, the most vulnerable groups of students (inc NEET and learners with SEN) into schools and colleges through collaborative planning
• an effective partnership infrastructure and clear funding models to maintain and enhance the quality of the whole learning experience

We hope that we will also be able to commission a high quality ContinU Vocational Centre serving local need, underpinning additional satellite centres in partner schools in line with our Specialised Diploma priorities. Negotiations are at an advanced stage.

Partner Organisations