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As part of the London “World Skills” we are running a series of “Have A Go Events” across the West Midlands in January. The events enable members of the community to "Have a Go" and try new skills.
A full list of our events can be found HERE
We have events at various locations and dates (see below) that will enable you to try your hand at Plumbing, Motor Vehicle, Bricklaying, Decorating, Reta...
After a successful tender with the YPLA for Foundation Learning provision we are pleased to confirm we will be opening an additional training centre in the Goscote area of Walsall. The centre will be offering programmes in plastering, carpentry, retail, customer service and business admin. In addition there will be opportunities to undertake personal and social development qualifications as wel...
It's been an exciting past 12 months at Nova with new centres opening and new programmes starting, that's why we would like to invite EVERYONE to our COMPANY WIDE OPEN DAY.
On Wednesday 17th August from 9.00am - 7.30pm all of our sites across the Black Country, Shropshire and Staffordshire will be open to the public. Whether you're a young person or adult interested in a course, a parent/care...
We are pleased to confirm that as part of our recent developments we have now relocated our Wolverhampton site to a much larger and spacious centre. The centre boasts five large classrooms all equipped with ICT and plasma TV's, a dedicated ICT suite, three dedicated interview/IAG rooms equipped with ICT and telephone access. The centre is delivering our Headstart provision for young people aged...
Part of our recent success has seen us enter into partnership with Nacro for delivery of the ESF 16-18 NEET engagement programme (Aspirations) in Staffordshire. Nova has secured a contract with Nacro to deliver the provision in the Local Authorities of Stafford and Cannock.
Both centres are now taking referrals for Aspirations. In addition to this we are running our Headstart provision and App...
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We are pleased to announce that following a full Investors In People review in November 2010 we have been awarded with the prestigious Investors In People GOLD Award. There are few organisations in the country that hold the gold award and we are extremely proud of this achievement. Please click the link below to view the full report.
Nova attended the West Midlands ESF Stars for Skills Awards on Wednesday this week. Two of our NEET learners were nominated for awards and shortlisted. Both learners were duly given commendations.
Following on from our recent Ofsted Inspection Nova have had a further Ofsted visit. This visit was to look at two areas identified as good practice. The areas identified were;
- User Engagement
- Quality Improvement
Links to the report are below. If you would like further information on these reports or like to find out how Nova can support your business with these processes then...
Nova is pleased to announce that we have successfully secured funding to deliver a Young Parents To Be (YP2B) programme across Walsall, Wolverhampton and Telford and Wrekin. Programmes will be run from our Low Hill, Willenhall and Wellington centres. Young parents will have the opportunity to gain functional skills, work experience combined with a qualification that will equip them with the e...
Nova are pleased to announce that they are now developing consortia working arrangements. As the organisation now has outstanding leadership and management, capacity to improve and safeguarding arrangements we are keen to develop our own and other providers provision further.
Nova has already developed a consortium of training providers in the Black Country who have joined a Foundation Learni...
We are pleased to announce that during April we received a full inspection visit from Ofsted. Ofsted have graded our leadership and management, capacity to improve and safeguarding arrangements as outstanding. In total 45% of our grades were outstanding, they include;
- How safe learners feel
- Learners being able to make informed choices about their health and well being
- How eff...
Nova Training are pleased to announce that they have been accredited with the nationally recognised quality mark for organisations the matrix Standard on February 10th 2010.
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