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Education and Skills
GOSW works with a range of partners across the region to support the achievement of Department for Education and Skills targets relating to educational achievement and to deliver commitments in the Skills Strategy '21st Century Skills - Delivering Our Potential' and the reforms set out in the White Paper published in March 2005 'Skills: Getting on in business, getting on at work'.
Government Offices have an important role in helping the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) deliver its education strategy for the next five years and beyond. It focuses on giving children an excellent start in education, enabling young people to equip themselves with life and work skills, and encouraging adults to achieve their full potential through learning.
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Our priorities are to:
- Support effective delivery of the learning and skills aspects of the Government's regeneration and renewal work.
- Drive forward 14-19 reform promoting links with employers and workforce development.
- Support the development of the South West Regional Skills Partnership.
- Contribute to improved adult skills particularly in respect of language, literacy and numeracy skills.
- Promote and improve understanding of the links between skills and productivity and social inclusion.
Our key partners are:
- South West Regional Development Agency
- South West Regional Skills Partnership
- Further Education Institutions
- Higher Education Institutions
- Learning & Skills Councils
- Learning Partnerships
- Learning Communities
- Local Education Authorities
- Schools
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Contact information
Children and Learners Directorate
Government Office for the South West
2 Rivergate
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EH
tel: 0117 900 1729
fax: 0117 900 1903
email: swchildrensgroup@gosw.gsi.gov.uk
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