NVQ CITY & GUILDS COURSES
We teach a range of equestrian courses covering Horse Care and other activities.
We are now accepting applications for the City & Guilds courses
that we are running every academic year.
Fully-funded by Govt.
We have been running these courses since 2012
Registered UK LEARNING PROVIDER (UKPRN = 10099714)
These Full Time courses are for:
* 16-18 year olds, who come to us instead of staying on at school or college
* Home-educated students can start from the age of 14.
* Students with an EHCP can be on the course up to the age of c24.
The courses generally follow the academic year. Students generally attend here Tuesday to Friday, from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm with an hour for lunch. There is some flexibility for days and hours, and students do not usually work on Mondays. There may be extra hours for students that have not achieved their English and Maths; we provide specialist tuition in English & Maths for these students.
Each day's study has some theory lessons plus some practical. Attendance is monitored by online registration at each lesson/session.
These courses are free of charge, as we are funded by the Government.
We are an Outreach Teaching Centre for Abingdon & Witney College, and we have operated these courses for many years.
Students can study City & Gilds courses, broadly based on an equine syllabus, at Levels 1 and 2, and they can also progress to Level 3. Level 3 can have an optional second year. We have additional modules for students who have not achieved their English and Maths minimum GCSE standard.
The courses develop a wide range of skills in our students, and they are suitable for students who wish to develop a career outside of the equestrian industry as well as in it.
STUDENTS WITH EHCP:
If you are interested in attending this course, please arrange to come with your parent/s and or carer/s to meet key staff here and see our premises. It is important that potential students see the sort of activities and facilities that we have and get a better understanding of how we operate.
We need to see the EHCP and Abingdon & Witney College and ourselves will review it to make sure that we can meet the needs of the students - in practise that is usually the case.
The student can then be enrolled on the course which usually starts in September.
All theoretical and practical tuition takes place at our Riding School in Callow End. Quality Control is undertaken by Abingdon & Witney College who also arrange final examinations.
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Students usually study Level 1 in the first year, followed by Levels 2 and possibly by 3 in the two subsequent years.
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We also run a series of shorter courses.
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These courses can be interesting and stimulating for students of all abilities and needs.
They are a mixture of practical work and theory, with teaching geared to each students.
In addition, students inevitably learn discipline, team work, and co-operation,
by the very nature of the work.
Students usually get a real sense of achievement.
And, most importantly, most people benefit by being around horses and working with them.
We have had hundreds of successful students complete these course.