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Useful Contacts
Useful Contacts

LOCAL CONTACTS
Wakefield District Children’s Information Service
FREEPHONE 0800 587 8042

Childcare for Wakefield
www.childcarelink.gov.uk/wakefield

SureStart – Hemsworth, Kinsley & Fitzwilliam
Cedars Children’s Centre
Tel: 01977 722215

SureStart – Wakefield East
Tel: 01924 302646
www.wakefieldeast.surestart.org

SureStart – Wakefield West
Sunbeam Children’s Centre
Tel: 01924 302333
www.wakefieldwest.surestart.org

Sure Start – Airedale & Ferry Fryston
Tel: 01977 724044

Home-Start – Wakefield District
Tel: 01977603860
www.home-start.org.uk

Pre-School Learning Alliance – Wakefield
Tel: 01924 387700
www.pre-school.org.uk

Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council
Tel: 01924 306090
www.wakefield.gov.uk

Wakefield College
Tel: 01924 789789
www.wakcoll.ac.uk

New College, Pontefract
Tel: 01977 702139
www.newcollpont.ac.uk

Metro
Metroline Tel: 0113 245 7676
www.wymetro.com

 

LOCAL WEB LINKS
Learning & Skills Council West Yorkshire Help finding out about your options at 16
www.gettrainedgofurther.com/contact.php

Connexions West Yorkshire
Advice & Information 13 – 19 yr olds
www.connexionswestyorkshire.co.uk

Aimhigher
Helping you find out more about going to University
www.aimhigher.ac.uk/dontstop/home

Apprentices go Higher
www.apprenticesgohigher.org

JobCentre Plus
www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/

Wakefield Adult Education Service
www.wakefieldaes.org.uk

West Yorkshire Training Access Point (WYTAP)
www.wytap.com

e-wyse
West Yorkshire support for e-learning
www.e-wyse.co.uk

Wakefield District Learning Partnership
www.wdlp.co.uk

Wakefield Arts & Education Agency
www.waea.co.uk

The University of the Third Age
www.wakefieldu3a.org.uk

 

NATIONAL WEBSITES
Children’s Learning Children’s BBC
www.bbc.co.uk

Enchanted Learning
Play & educational ideas for you & your children
www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.htm/

The Mouse Club
Interactive web site teaching 3-7 yr olds basic IT skills
www.themouseclub.co.uk/home/welcome.asp

Go Places
Explore the World
www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/goplaces

 

HELP & ADVICE
Bullying Online
www.bullying.co.uk

Autism Independent UK
www.autismuk.com

 

INFORMATION & SUPPORT
Schoolzone
www.schoolzone.co.uk

DFES Parents site
www.parentscentre.gov
www.everychildmatters.gov.uk

 

YOUNG PEOPLE
Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
www.dfes.gov.uk/financialhelp/ema/index.cfm

DfES 14-19
www.dfes.gov.uk/14-19/

 

ADULT LEARNING
Learndirect
www.learndirect.co.uk/

Lifelong Learning
www.lifelonglearning.dfes.gov.uk/

 

LEARNING & GOVERNMENT
Department for Education and Skills
www.dfes.gov.uk

Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber
www.goyh.gov.uk

Explore Parliament
An interactive look at the British Government - well worth a look whatever your age!
www.explore.parliament.uk

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
www.odpm.gov.uk

 

MISCELLANEOUS
BBC News Education
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/default.stm

Education Guardian
eduation.guardian.co.uk

Times Higher education Supplement
www.thes.co.uk

Informal Education
www.infed.org

The centre for education and industry
www.warwick.ac.uk/cei/

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