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/ |
