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Lifelong Learning Section

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The Lifelong Learning Section is part of the Schools and Education Services division of the Education Department.

The Lifelong Learning Section has a wide range of responsibilities which include:

  • Post 16 education and training
  • Workforce development
  • Adult and community learning
  • Work based training for young people
  • Youth work
  • Education/Business links for young people
  • Information, advice and guidance for all sectors of the community
  • Administration of the States Registered Apprenticeship Scheme

The section liaises with a variety of committees and groups who have designated responsibility for areas that impact on the Lifelong Learning Section, including the following committees:

  • Apprenticeship and Youth Employment Committee
  • Youth Service Committee
  • Guernsey College Development Committee
  • Grammar School Committee - including Sixth Form Centre
  • Education Business Partnership
  • Lifelong Learning Advisory Committee (LLAC)

The LLAC meets approximately four times a year. Membership includes:

  • Chair - Education Board representative
  • Representative of the Commerce and Employment Department
  • Representative of the Home Department
  • 3-5 Community and Business representatives

Our mandate

To advise the Education Board on relevant Lifelong Learning matters and to present a Development Plan drawn from the work streams identified in the Government plan.

What we do

The aims of the Lifelong Learning Section are to widen participation in Lifelong Learning by:

  • Providing a diverse and exciting post-14 curriculum
  • Establishing meaningful partnerships
  • Improving community awareness and understanding
  • Maintaining high quality provision

The Lifelong Learning Section was established in 2003 and has responsibility for the delivery of all aspects of lifelong learning as determined by the Education Board. The Section is managed by the Lifelong Learning Manager and includes the Adult Guidance programme, Careers Service, Youth Service, Apprenticeship Scheme and oversees the post 16 education and training responsibilities of the Education Board, including the Grammar School & Sixth Form Centre and College of Further Education.

How we do it

The Lifelong Learning Section works together to provide a co-ordinated, effective response to the island's lifelong learning requirements. In particular the Section is involved in, at officer level, a number of strategic bodies. These include:

  • Bailiwick Drug and Alcohol Strategy Group
  • Obesity Group
  • Social Security
  • Education Liaison Team
  • Children's Law Implementation Group
  • Sports Commission Sub-Groups
  • Social Policy Group
  • 11-19 Curriculum Group
  • Alderney Social Care Group
  • Restorative Justice Management Group
  • Food in Guernsey Schools Group
  • Education Department/Health and Social Services Department Joint Operational Group
  • Skills Strategy Development Group
  • BHapy (Bailiwick Holiday Activity Working Party)
  • Supporting the Employment Scheme Working Party