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Talented CWA Apprentices & Employer Partners Recognised for Outstanding Achievement

Eleven College of West Anglia (CWA) apprentices and two employer partners have been recognised in various different apprenticeship award categories by Apprenticeships Norfolk (AN). CWA apprentice Stewart Nimmo has been awarded the COVID-19 Response...

Apprenticeship bus arrives in Lynn!

BUS VISITS KING’S LYNN From 10 to 17 March, a new bus route came into action across our region, to raise awareness of apprenticeships. Stopping at a range of locations in the King’s Lynn area, including Springwood High School and Alive Leisure Lynnsport...

Careers Advice and Work Experience

be helping you to make those next all-important steps on your career progression plan, whether that is into employment, apprenticeship, further or higher education or planning a gap year. Take a look at our career calendar for 2024/2025 here! CEIAG is...

CWA becomes risual Microsoft Academy for East Anglia

and students and bridging the gap between education and employment. As a result of this, CWA is also now a risual’s Apprenticeship Partner College, giving access to a collaborative delivery model to form a direct route for full time learners into...

CWA wins big at Norfolk and Waveney Competition

CWA also claimed a gold in electric, as well as silver in plumbing (won by CWA’s Jack Bliss pictured below at the CWA Apprenticeship Awards), brick and carpentry. This amassed to a fantastic overall win as a college. Kieran Scotney, 18, from Downham...

Apprentice Scoops Mayor's Award

won the Apprentice/Trainee of the Year award at the West Norfolk Mayor's Business Awards. Emma is completing her apprenticeship with CWA whilst working for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT). She is a senior health care...

Outstanding Apprentices Recognised at College Awards Ceremony

The college Apprenticeship Awards 2019 took place on 5th March at Knights Hill Hotel. Over 100 friends, family and employers attended the awards evening alongside representatives from Anglian Water Alliances, who sponsored the evening. The awards...

West Norfolk health and social care careers receive funding boost

West Anglia (CWA) is excited to be part of an innovative new partnership being launched today, which aims to transform apprenticeship provision and boost careers in the health and social care sector. The Centre of Excellence for Health Apprenticeships...

Staff Excellence at 2025 Awards

Hayley Lawrence - Campus Business Support Team Leader KL Team of the Year Winner: Student Welfare Runner Up: Carpentry Apprenticeship Team Runner Up: Work Placement and Careers Unsung Hero Winner: Harry King Security Officer KL Runner Up : James Russell...

CWA Celebrates Strong Partnership with Anglian Water

are being encouraged to consider the range of technical routes on offer into the biggest growing sectors in the region. Apprenticeships are just some of the qualifications being showcased this Open Day season with clear routes into the East of England’s...

English and maths for school leavers

be able to read texts, carry out research, review previous presentations, write assignments, work out how many weeks you've got left to submit that assignment and calculate your budget for transport or that upcoming trip. Continuing English and Maths at...

Alice Hobbs - A-levels: Biology, History and BTEC Applied Law

interesting, especially when it came to the witch craze”. After she finished her A-levels, Alice started a degree apprenticeship to gain a NCTJ qualification in journalism, working for Iliffe Media as an apprentice reporter for the Lynn News, Fenland...

Alumni

your story, please fill this form. Apprentices are a fantastic resource to be able to add to your company. With 96% of employers that take on an apprentice reporting a benefit to their business, and the average apprenticeship increasing business...

Information for Employers

We support hundreds of employers across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and farther afield by offering apprenticeships, bespoke courses, professional and commercial training and sub-contracts with our training partners. Our team works...

Partner Providers

Collaboratively, Solutions 4 Polymers Ltd (S4PL) and CWA deliver the Level 3 Science Manufacturing Technician Standard Apprenticeship, specifically designed and tailored to the Polymer industry. The Norwich School of Beauty The Norwich School of Beauty...

Supporting your young person at college

people develop confidence and self-responsibility in preparation for their next steps, whether that’s university, an apprenticeship or employment. With this in mind, we’ll normally communicate directly with learners by email or text using the contact...

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Harry wins Mayor’s Business Awards

Mayor’s Business Awards but I was honoured to be nominated. “I was never the most studious person at school and this apprenticeship has shown me that I am a much more hands-on, vocational learner. So, winning apprentice of the year after not doing well...

Mr Reavell swaps suits for sweats

new people and Mark has proven he knows a lot and achieved great things during his back to the floor experience. “My apprenticeship has been great, it’s amazing experience and great to be working and learning at the same time. I have one year left of my...

CWA branches out with even more apprentices

and support need. Kelsey Linney, Apprentice Support Worker, said: “I’ve been using what I have learnt at home. With the apprenticeship you are treated like an adult. It’s a much better environment to learn in. I never thought I would choose to do...

Senior Management Go Back To The Floor

of the senior management team went 'back to the floor' during National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) 2018. NAW invites apprentices and employers across the country to celebrate their successful partnerships and encourage more people to choose 'earn while...

Hiring An Apprentice

The College of West Anglia works with over 600 employers to deliver apprenticeships to around 1100 students across our four campuses. In March, we held our 2018 Apprenticeship Awards, where we recognised the exemplary performance our learners. You can...

Stories From the Frontline: Phillip Berry

Phillip studied an advanced five-year apprenticeship at the college alongside working at his current employer, Bespak. The company produces an distributes vital medicines and medical and personal protective equipment that is vital to the combatting the...

CWA, KLA & QEH Leaders Inspire the Next Generation of Nurses

to follow on to further study in Health and Social Care at the college before moving on to university or a higher apprenticeship to fulfil their career goals of becoming registered nurses. KLA students pictured on the front row with back row from L to...

A-Level & T-Level Results 2022

students will use the theory they have so obviously learnt so well in their work placements that operate more like an apprenticeship style, hence T-levels being a combination of the academic riggor of A-levels and the work experience opportiunities of...

About Us

Del (Centre manager, trainer, assessor & quality assurance) In 2008 I completed my Apprenticeship at the College of West Anglia. Then in 2010 I decided to branch out on my own and went on to set up my own Gas Safe registered business, which operated in...

Maxi Anderson - Painting and Decorating

have reached many personal achievements during my time at college. On completion of my level 1 and 2, I then gained an apprenticeship through the college at MB Hand Painted Kitchens. My role within the company involves me learning as much as I can, from...

Starting College in September 2025?

most of the information on this page is only relevant for full-time or part-time qualifications. If you are starting an apprenticeship, you should ask your apprenticeship advisor for further details on the start of your course. Your starting college...

Love to Grow Event at King's Lynn Campus

College of West Anglia (CWA) celebrated the end of National Apprenticeship Week activities on Valentine's Day by hosting a ‘love to grow’ event in the School of Nursing Studies. Health and social care employers were invited to experience a clinical...

Judit Saju -Engineering Technologies Level 3

aircraft, either in Civil Aviation or in Military Aviation. After finishing Sixth form, I applied for the Engineering Apprenticeship at CWA, but was unable to secure an employer to support me. I realised then that I might benefit from more experience...

Why Choose CWA?

in education, whether it be continuing from a level 2 course to a level 3, or a level 3 course onto a degree, or to an apprenticeship, or on to employment.

Personal and Learning Support

learning progress and your course director is responsible for the overall management of your course. If you are on an apprenticeship programme, you will instead be allocated a training advisor, who will support you through your programme, monitor your...

Diploma in Animal Care - Level 2

in Animal Care course is the course for you! After this course you could either progress into employment, onto an Apprenticeship, or further your studies by taking other qualifications at Level 2. Course Description What will I study? The course runs at...

Health & Social Care Academy - Level 3

What can I do after this course at CWA? Students can progress on to Higher Education, into employment, or on to an Apprenticeship. Subject areas at Higher Education typically include: Social Work Sociology Criminology Psychology Psychosocial Studies...

Britain's most in-demand workers – and how to join them

level 3 qualifications, like maths and physics A-levels or a BTEC in engineering. Then you can study an advanced apprenticeship, HND or foundation degree. See college engineering courses. Teaching With pupil numbers rising and trainees falling, many...

Career Advice

and new skills in the industry of your choice. At the same time, you will be employed and paid at least the National Apprenticeship Minimum wage.

CWA joins New Anglia Colleges Group

for their overall effectiveness Every year our colleges educate and train over 21,000 people, 60% of these at level 3 Apprenticeship success rates in NACG are 74.5% (above the national average) Education and training success rates across our colleges...

Sporting success!

offered employment with Kings Lynn Community Football and with CWA Sports Development. The LTA have also offered Sam an apprenticeship off the back of some excellent work he did with them. In the Team of the Year award both the Elite Girls Football...

Mr Harrison becomes an apprentice for the day

and works with hundreds of employers across Norfolk and Cambridgeshire in supporting students (aged 16+) through apprenticeships in a wide variety of work areas. Work-based learning is a great opportunity to combine practical experience and technical...

Apprentice Jodie tackles the weeds

The garden to the side of the preschool on Saxon Way was looking tired and rundown. Jodie acted above and beyond her apprenticeship by coming up with the idea of creating the track for nursery children to use and with the help of her father who works at...

Student of the year Awards an overwhelming success

support.” Mr Pomfret also spoke of students’ successes in a range of external competitions such as the National Apprenticeship Awards where Ashleigh Everitt was highly commended, at events such as the annual national uniformed services competition where...

CWA students go for gold!

on hand to give one-to-one guidance on career routes, as well as opportunities for young people to apply for jobs, apprenticeship and work experience placements. This year, over half of all finalists from the Eastern region are CWA students, and for the...

NUA Comes To CWA

really opened my eyes about the options available to me after my vocational course, such as a degree or higher-level apprenticeship. Second year student Jacob, who has applied to study at NUA, added: “It was a great opportunity to learn more about not...

Sports Awards 2018

sports career.” Sports Apprentice of the Year went to Jake Johnson, who is completing his level 3 personal training apprenticeship with Heros Fitness, King’s Lynn. Part-time lecturer Julie Lawrence said: “Jake has progressed in leaps and bound. If he...

Student Awards 2018

triumphs, success stories and achievements. This included the University Centre West Anglia (UcWA) graduation, apprenticeship awards, Worldskills UK and our fantastic 17/18 Norfolk Scholar result. The principal expressed his pride in this year’s awards...

Students Enrol at Air and Defence College at Lincoln Cathedral

upon successful completion of the course. Alternatively, they will have the opportunity to progress to employment, an apprenticeship, further study or a career in the aerospace industry. Jo Evans, learning and skills lead for the A&DCC, said “This was a...

Alex Wins Electrical Apprentice of the Year 2018

made him a stand out candidate. Alex has successfully completed the first year of his NVQ Level 3 Electro-technical Apprenticeship at Dodd Group’s Kings Lynn branch and the college. Alex’s supervising electricians and managers have commented on his...

Principal Visits Wisbech Campus for a Morning to Remember

painting. For Remembrance Day, I’m planning on doing the two minutes silence this year.” In previous years, to mark apprenticeship week, David has spent time working alongside some of the college's apprentices and he plans to replicate the success of...

College Shortlisted as Finalists for the Norfolk Business Awards 2018

attitudes and wellbeing. The college were recognised for its close relationship with Anglian Water Alliances and their apprenticeship provision. Netmatters, a tech company which has pioneered a training scheme for young developers to get into the...