Education & Employment
Our Education and Employment thread aims at promoting education and personal development opportunities, offering a range of classroom and community-based working, training and qualifications to enhance young people’s long-term prospects and potential.
We collaborate with primary and secondary schools around the city, delivering lessons and workshops in the mainstream classroom environment, as well as providing more focussed alternative education environments for young people who do not thrive in the mainstream school system. Our alternative education activities focus on bridging educational gaps, reintegration into education, attendance and behaviour. A wide range of support is offered to thousands of pupils, through whole class, small groups and 1-2-1 mentoring and intervention.
Our education and employment pathway also offers further and higher education courses, with BTEC, A Level and Foundation degree programmes. For those that are more suited to vocational learning, we have sector-specific training and skills courses, such as hospitality and catering qualifications and work experience.
Our staff offer lived experience, as well as the support of Aston Villa, our facilities and opportunities outside of the classroom environment where students thrive and learn.
See our Education & Employment 2024/25 season in numbers below:
2024/25 Season in Numbers
Primary School Sport & Education
Premier League Primary Stars
18 partner schools/organisations
3,179 pupils/students
56 interventions delivered
48 teachers supported
Partner Schools
45 partner schools/organisations
10,033 pupils/students
18 competitions
4,248 high-quality PE sessions delivered
Villa Vision
20 schools visited
2,065 children received an educational workshop
1,606 children received a vision screening check
74 children received a full comprehensive eye test
56 children received free glasses
112 pairs of glasses dispensed
Further & Higher Education
6 partner schools/organisations
203 pupils/students
541 training sessions delivered
106 matches played
150 lectures and practical sessions
6 placements within internal departments for Higher Education students
Alternative Education
365 hours of Alternative Education provided
320 theory and practical workshops delivered
238 students received targeted support
9 different qualifications gained across our programmes
100% positive feedback across all delivery
Catering Club
34 people qualified with Level 2 Skills First in Catering and Hospitality
11 people entered into employment
3 people progressed into further courses
7 people currently applying and interviewing
27 work experience opportunities
100% said the course helped with their employability skills such as CV writing and interviewing techniques
91% feel more confident moving forward with applying for jobs
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