WELCOME TO ENGINEERED LEARNING

Learning the Engineered Way

We are an alternative education provider, and we support and empower young people aged 11 to 30 from some of our most deprived areas to succeed and achieve through engineering.

Schools

We are an effective preventative measure to exclusion and currently work with many secondary schools across Derby and Derbyshire.

Tough Stuff

With our Tough Stuff Schools programme, your pupils could be manufacturing their school’s infrastructure.                                                                           

Out of School

We are also able to offer provision outside of school.  Places are limited and dependent on funding.                                                                   

We empower young people to:

  • achieve at school and show marked improvement in behaviour, attendance, and attainment
  • manufacture for (and therefore invest in) their own communities, the social return being a downturn in anti-social behaviour
  • reduce the likelihood of becoming a young offender
  • achieve the skills and experiences employers are looking for
  • gain accredited awards at Level 1 and Level 2 in Engineering
  • improve their future
  • reap the mental health and wellbeing benefits that working with your hands offers
  • engage with other students, form friendships, and develop team-working and social skills.

We specialise in working with any young person:

  • who is a NEET young adult aged 16 to 30
  • is a student aged 14 to 16 and needs support outside the mainstream curriculum, such as those at risk of exclusion
  • those with special educational needs
  • young offenders and those at risk of becoming involved in crime and anti-social behaviour.

Future pathways include further education, apprenticeships, and the workplace – where the hands-on skills gained with us are in demand. There’s currently a shortage of some 40,000 welders in the UK – a fully qualified and experienced welder can earn £50,000 upwards, undoubtedly making welding a career choice worth pursuing.

We work with:

  • Schools – we operate as an alternative education provider for those aged 14 to 16 as an alternative to exclusion and to support classroom behaviour as well as supporting those with special educational needs
  • Government, industry and community organisations – we run programmes involving manufacturing, training and support for marginalised groups. For example, we have received Lottery funding, Government HAF funding, and support from East Midlands Railway and Community Rail Network – to run Active Hands. This is our school holiday project aimed at 11 to 16-year-olds from some of our most deprived areas, giving them skills and experience in fabrication and welding, healthy food to combat food poverty, and days out.
  • Manufacturing – we manufacture all types of steel infrastructure projects. For example, benches and planters for many different organisations such as East Midlands Railway, Derby City Council etc., and the proceeds go straight back into subsidising the cost of our programmes.