Welcome to Education Business Partnership West Berkshire
Inspiring our future workforce
The Education Business Partnership West Berkshire (EBP West Berks) is a local charity based at New Greenham Park, Newbury which promotes and organises a wide range of innovative work related learning activities for young people in education within West Berkshire.
Our aim? To inspire our future workforce.
Our dedicated team have successfully forged links between local employers, teachers and students - through these partnerships we create and deliver a range of work-related and vocational learning opportunities to inspire, inform and motivate young people at all levels for their future working lives.
Representatives from the Berkshire EBPs
To do this calls for a variety of approaches to support the schools' curriculum and to develop skills through activities which are both relevant and practical. These include:
- Organisation of Work Experience placements for young people aged 14-19
- Delivery of Work Related Learning Events through activities such as enterprise skills development challenges, mentoring and employer led presentations
- Creation of mentoring programmes -reading buddies, number partners, business mentors for students, teachers or head teachers
- Alternative Curriculum support for vulnerable and disaffected young people
- Projects with primary schools - including citizenship events and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) activities
- Encouraging teacher and industrial exchanges to raise teacher awareness of the world of work, the work-related curriculum and continuous professional development
Established in 1992, EBP West Berks now works closely with all ten of the local state secondary schools along with Newbury College, some special schools and the Pupil Referral Units. Our links with the business community range from multinationals Vodafone and Bayer through to smaller local organisations such as Newbury Crash Repair and Hartwood Oak.
Education Business Partnership West Berkshire, 188 Main Street, New Greenham Park, Thatcham, Berkshire RG19 6HW
- Tel: 01635 279900
- Fax: 01635 279915
- Email: info@ebpwb.co.uk
- Registered in England No. 2829085
- Registered charity no: 1030564