Gateway - Providing Workplace Learning for School Students

Getting trainees from schools – Gateway

Students complete a work placement and have their learning assessed against unit and/or achievement standards on the National Qualifications Framework.

Gateway is designed to strengthen the pathway for students from school to the workplace. It differs from work experience, which is only designed to give students a taste of different occupations.

Gateway is a formalised learning arrangement, with clear targets for the knowledge and skills to be gained and for the assessment of their workplace learning against unit or achievement standards.

Gateway programmes, being based on a formal contract, fosters relationships between schools, the Industry Training Organisation (ITO) and employers. Successful Gateway trainees become ideal employees and will be well prepared for Modern Apprenticeships and other workplace training schemes within ATTTO industries.

Benefits of Gateway for employers

Employers involved in Gateway enjoy the following benefits:

• exposure to possible new employees
• extra help for peak periods or one-off projects
• assisted experience in training
• the pleasure of helping young people and giving something back to the community and the local school
• fresh ideas from having young people in the workplace.

Gateway is especially popular with small businesses, including workplaces that have not been involved in workplace training before. It offers businesses an easy way to explore the benefits of other workplace training or modern apprenticeships.

Satisfied employers

Employers have expressed high satisfaction with the services provided by their school’s Gateway coordinators. Coordinators make sure students are prepared for work, and are available to employers and students for general assistance and support.

“Gateway has been good and the student we had has every chance of obtaining full-time employment as a trainee. He was well chosen and his school has made regular checks.” - Small business employer

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