Vale of Glamorgan: New 2025 Courses - Adult Community Learning in the Vale of Glamorgan

 

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NEW COURSES FOR 2025! 

We’re so excited to share our brand new courses launching this September! After lots of planning and thought, we can’t wait for you to get involved!

🎨 Teens Pottery & Ceramics
🧵 Dressmaking & Pattern Workshop
🏺 Pottery & Ceramics with a Welsh Language Twist
💻📱 Business Website & Social Media Presence

There’s something for everyone — whether you’re getting creative, learning a new skill, or boosting your business! 

What are you waiting for? Sign up today and join one of our amazing new classes — you definitely won’t regret it! 

Got questions? Need more info? Feel free to reach out to us:

📞 01446 773831
📧 valecourses@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
💻 valecourses.org

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Dorset: School transport & pupil bus passes

 

Find information on school transport in Dorset, including: school bus updates safety of routes, all school transport news, how to apply for school transport schemes and appeal against a transport decision. Click HERE

Dorset County Council (DCC) school bus passes These cards will be sent direct to your home address by second class post.

DCC school bus passes will be for the life of attendance at your school or college, subject to transport entitlement and so will not need to be re-issued every year. These passes contain an electronic chip. School vehicles are fitted with electronic chip readers that will allow passes to be checked and details of the journeys recorded.

If a bus pass is lost during the academic year you must obtain a temporary pass from your school office in order to continue using school transport until a replacement pass can be issued.

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Blandford: Garrison pop up library every until 2nd Sep

 

As part of the Summer Garden Summer Reading Challenge 2025 Blandford Library will visit the Jubilee Hall every Tuesday morning until 2nd September

Pop along with your children.

For more information visit the Story Garden Reading Challenge Website: Summer Reading Challenge.

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Fife: Fife Council Free School Meals and School Clothing Grants applications 2025/26

Free school meals & clothing grants – are you eligible?

Did you know that all P1 to P5 pupils are automatically entitled to free school meals? Changes this year mean that children in P6 and P7, and now also pupils in S1 to S3, are also entitled to free school meals if their parent / carer receives Scottish Child Payment, but you must apply.

The school clothing grant applications are also still open.

If you have children and are finding it hard to make ends meet, see if you could get help towards buying school clothing and free school meals at www.fife.gov.uk/schoolbenefits

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Scotland: Worried about exam results? SDS Results Helpline will be open from results day on Tuesday 5th until Friday 8th August.

The SDS Results Helpline number is 0808 100 8000.
-5 & 6 August: 8am to 8pm
-7 & 8 August: 9am to 5pm


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Dorset: Adult learning courses

For information about courses, learning opportunities, learning at home and more please visit
https://www.webenrol.com/skillsandlearningace/

For details of local courses and information see links below.

Link to our online courses (courses are held online via Teams at specific times with a “live” tutor)

Link to distance learning courses (These are online modules that can be accessed whenever convenient)

Link to courses in Blandford

Link to courses in Poole, Wareham or Dorchester

Information about our employability and careers courses (also known as work skills)

Information about our English for Speakers of Other Languages courses

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Cardiff: Careers Wales - Next Steps event for those aged 16 - 25 at Cardiff Careers Wales Centre on Wed 20 Aug 25

 
Are you aged 16–25, local to #Cardiff and:

• Leaving school or college?
• Not currently in education, employment, or training?
• Unsure about your next steps

Join us for a welcoming and inclusive event where you can meet supportive employers, learning providers and support organisations

We also have a quiet space and sensory zone available.
Wednesday 20 August, Cardiff Careers Wales Centre

11am-2pm (with 6 bookable half hour sessions)

Register your attendance at: https://ow.ly/k78K50WsAXx

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Wales: Careers Wales Professional Learning Events for Teachers

Careers Wales:

Teachers

Looking for support embedding careers and work-related experiences (CWRE) in your curriculum?

We can help

Our professional learning events can help you plan and design meaningful CWRE opportunities for your pupils.

Register for Professional Learning Events here.

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Scotland: Which School year group is my child in?

For parents unfamiliar with the Scottish education system, it may not be clear which year group your child will be in when they move a Scottish school.

Check out Forces Children's Education website for more guidance and lots of great information and resources.
https://forceschildrenseducation.org.uk/which-school-year...?

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Stafford: St John’s CE Primary Academy Newsletter 18th July 2025

St John’s CE Primary Academy

Please click on the link below to access this week’s newsletter:

See link HERE

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Stafford: Weston Road Academy Year 6 open evening Tuesday 16th September 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm

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Dorset: Special Education Needs & Disabilities help and support for ages 0 - 25.

Where to get some help and support

If you’re a bit unsure as to where to go first to find some help and advice relating to your child/young person’s needs then we have put together some information about some of the key places for resources and helpful people to speak to:

Our Local Offer provides information, advice and support for children and young people aged from 0 to 25 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.
Visit SEND Local Offer HERE


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For more information and support services

Northern Ireland: Update From Department of Education

Education Minister Paul Givan MLA has announced an increase in the income threshold for free school meals and the school uniform grant, providing vital support to low-income families across Northern Ireland.

Read more - https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/.../education-minister...
— with Education Authority.

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Northern Ireland: EA NI Home to School Transport Requests are now open

Home to School Transport – apply today

The online Home to School Transport application process for primary and post-primary aged children, for September 2025, is now open

You can use the eligibility checker on our website - https://ow.ly/sW6l50Vy8Z4 - or on your EA Connect account- https://ow.ly/UpPC50Vy8Z5

More info about Home to School Transport is available here - https://ow.ly/4gML50Vy8Z6

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Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Over 2.5 million awarded to address the needs of service pupils

“Service pupils are more likely to experience family separation, as their serving parent(s) can be deployed to remote or dangerous locations. This can affect pupils’ emotional wellbeing, and they may require additional support at school during these periods.” -Service Pupils in Schools: Non-statutory guidance

Delivered on behalf of the MOD, the Service Pupil Support programme ensures the needs of service pupils are met through effective interventions to support them along their educational pathway.

In this latest funding round, The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (the Trust) awarded just over £2.5 million to 34 projects across the UK, dedicated to helping service pupils thrive. These initiatives are transforming the way schools support children from armed forces families by breaking down barriers to identifying additional needs, improving access to vital services, and empowering professionals through targeted development to ensure every service child has the chance to reach their full potential.

Russell Collier, Education Policy Team, MOD adds:

"We are delighted that so many education settings and local authorities, from across the UK, chose to apply to the Service Pupil Support Programme this year. It’s incredibly positive to see a large number of exciting projects being funded, all with the same ambition in mind, that is to support children from armed forces families to thrive in education."

Empowering service children

Scotland: Forces Children Scotland's University and College Fund 2025-26 application is now open until 8th August.

Forces Children Scotland are pleased to announce that applications for their University and College Fund 2025-26 are now open and will remain so until 8 August.

Awards of up to £2,000 are available for young people from Regular, Reservist or Veteran families studying at undergraduate level anywhere in the UK.

To find out more and apply today👉 https://forceschildrenscotland.org.uk/.../applications.../

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Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, Scotland – Open Morning 2025 on Sat 13 Sep

Please contact the school to register for the open event, and for further info go to: Queen Victoria School - Boarding School, Dunblane, Scotland

Wales: Careers Wales - Career Checker for Young People in Years 10 & 11

Career check is a useful tool for a Careers Adviser to learn more about your child and the individual support they need

All young people in Wales are offered a guidance interview before the end of Year 11

Learn more about the support we offer to young people in years 10 and 11.

Information provided by Wales HIVE Hub.

Wales: Welsh Government - Get help with school costs

From 1 July, families in Wales could get £125 per child through the School Essentials Grant to help with costs for the new school year. 

Check your eligibility: https://www.gov.wales/get-help-school-costs

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Northern Ireland: Lost Your CCEA Exam Certificates?

 

Need proof of your GCSE, A level or vocational results but lost your certificate? 

Don’t worry, CCEA can provide a certified statement of results from 1963 to today.

Find out more: http://www.ccea.org.uk/.../obtaining-replacing-and...

#CCEA #ExamResults

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