We are delighted to be returning to the Cherwell Business Awards this evening as finalist in Sustainability award sponsored by A2 Dominion. We have very ahppy memories of the last time we entered in 2014 when we both the Charity & Community and Overall Business of the Year awards!! Great picture of our MD Adam […]
Quick reminder to all students and apprentices that there are NO lessons this week due to our Easter break. See you all next week and enjoy the rest!
Following a very productive meeting with Oxfordshire Local Partnership (OxLEP) during National Apprenticeship Week in March, we were delighted to be asked to host a skills surgery for local businesses. The drop-in surgery will help business understand what support is available locally for them, and also how they can start to look at future skills […]
Great news for CITB-registered employers who could see up to a 30% increase in grants they can claim for employing an apprentice, with as much as £14,500 being available for an apprentice who completes both Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeship across a 3 year period. The new grant rates came into force on the […]
We were delighted to receive the news yesterday that we have been selected as a finalist in the ‘Sustainability Award’ of the 2019 Cherwell Business Awards, sponsored by A2 Dominion. This is the first year we have entered since we won both the ‘Charity and Community’ and ‘Overall Business of the Year’ awards in 2014, […]
We were delighted last week to host both Layla Moran MP for Abingdon and Oxford West, and Sarah Marlow, Skills Policy Executive at Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, to mark the closing of National Apprenticeship Week and National Careers Week. It was a great opportunity to let them know about everything that’s been happening at ACE […]
We’ve had a lot of interest in the Open Morning again this month, but a reminder for those who might to have seen/heard about it yet. It’s this Saturday 1000-1200 at our training centre in Kidlington. Come and talk to us about our training programmes and find out about our flexible start dates. Also ask […]
We are proud of the training and support we give to students, employers and of the positive relationships we have with the professional support organisations we work with. We are rated ‘Good’ in all areas of our provision by Ofsted following an inspection in January 2019, and are looking for motivated, driven individuals to help […]
We were privileged last week to be visited by 7 construction apprentices from ‘CFA-MFR Saint Gilles Croix De Vie’, an Apprentice Training Centre in western France. We were identified by them as an training school similar to theirs and they were interested to meet with English apprentices and visit Oxford and learn how we train […]
We are kicking off National Apprenticeship Week and National Careers Week in great spirits after being judged ‘good’ across all categories by Ofsted following an inspection in January 2019. All our training programmes were inspected, including ‘16 to 19 Study programmes’ for school leavers and those not in employment, education or training, apprenticeship training across […]
CALA Homes timber donation31st January 2020 - 11:26 amWe are delighted to have received a substantial timber donation from CALA Homes to support students on wood trades courses at ACE. The timber, equating to 1,500 metre lengths, arrived via a recent two and a quarter tonne delivery to our training centre where space is being adapted to meet the demands of an increasing number […]
