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It's National Apprenticeship Week 2026! As Will Hayman-Brown, a content creator apprentice at the Department of Education says on their website: "National Apprenticeship Week 2026 has arrived, bringing together employers, training providers, and learners to celebrate...

Our Hospitality and Catering study programme learners have been offered a great opportunity to work at Berries Café, where they will plan, prepare, and serve food at a Family-Friendly Valentine’s Day event. The café approached us and said they would be keen for our...

Yesterday marked the last day of our SPF Digital Futures Cornwall delivery! Our last session was a Word workshop delivered at Callestick Farm Ice Cream Ltd for their employees.   Clare has tutored 15 Excel (a mix of Basic, Intermediate and Advanced) and 1 Word...

We are very proud of our Step Into Skills learners who are currently going out on work experience one day per week, learning valuable skills, and building confidence and independence. On work experience placements, our learners develop skills such as communication,...

On Monday, 5th January, our Step Into Skills learners visited National Marine Aquarium Plymouth.   They had an amazing day looking around the aquarium, seeing all the animals and talking to the staff who work there. Our learners particularly focused on considering the...

Happy New Year! As we begin 2026, we are pleased to announce that with our ongoing innovation and development, we are recruiting for three new job roles. The Step Into Learning team is constantly growing in line with our company strategy and vision. The roles we are...

Happy Christmas & New Year Our Step Into Learning team would like to wish all our past, current, and future learners, their parents and carers, and our community, a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year!   Step Into Learning will be closed from Friday, 19th...

One of our partners, CN4C, has recently led two successful learner-led enterprise initiatives:   Japanese Cafe: Some of the Core/Advanced group of learners at CN4C set up a Japanese cafe as part of their time management unit. They worked together to create the...

We are very proud to be part of the St Mary Magdalene Church Festival of Trees and Cribs 2025! We have our very own pink Step Into Learning tree, which is part of a display featuring around 100 trees. Huge thanks go to Clare and Naomi from our  Step Into Learning...

Our partner, The Outdoor Place, have a new business, Rocking Tots, that they're about to reveal at the Wadebridge Christmas Fayre, this Friday 28th November from 10.30am to 7.30pm. They will be based in Wadebridge Town Hall for the event, which continues on Saturday...

Happy International Students' Day 2026! International Students' Day is celebrated on 17th November every year. This day recognises both the positives, and the challenges, of being a student around the world. It was originally celebrated on this day to remember the...

We are thrilled to announce that we are adding to our study programmes in September 2026, with the launch of Step Into Supported Internships! Step Into Supported Internships is a study programme for 16-24s with an EHCP. In 2026-27, our Supported Internship offer will...

It's October Half Term this week! It's getting darker and colder, so what can we do to have some fun this half term? We have the following suggestions to keep you active and enjoying autumn, with both indoor and outdoor activities. We've used our senses for...

National Baking Week National Baking Week 2025 took place from Tuesday 14th October to Monday 20th October 2025. Did you know: National Baking Week was founded by Pyrex in 2007? The week celebrates the art of baking and encourages everyone to get involved in baking...

We are exited to announce that Castle & Coast Therapies has received funding, through the National Lottery Community Fund, which has allowed for two new services. We are so pleased to have received this funding, and to be able to expand our offer!   Women's Group...

This week (w/c 6th October 2025) is Dyslexia Awareness Week. This year's theme is 'Raise the Volume' - focussing on the voices of young people with dyslexia, their stories, challenges and successes. 'Raise the Volume' intends to ensure their experiences are heard loud...

We wanted to take a moment to celebrate National Teaching Assistants' Day which took place last Friday 26th September. This year’s theme is ‘Read Together, Grow Together – TAs Making Every Page Count’.   The below information is taken from the National Teaching...

Our study programme learners recently enjoyed a visit to Treguddick Distillery and Dizzy Dairy. The trip began at Treguddick Distillery, where our learners and staff discovered how the business began and grew. They then went to the kitchen to meet the chef and chatted...

Having hit our target of supporting 90 participants to complete Excel and Word Basic, Intermediate and Advanced workshops in phase 1 2024-25, we started the second phase of funding through SPF Digital Futures Cornwall in April this year. This time, we have been...

We had an amazing time today at the launch of our Step Into Skills study programme for 16-18s, or 16-24s with an EHCP. Staff, learners, parents & carers, and key members of the community came together on site, at The Orchard Centre, to celebrate the start of our...

We are very proud to announce that following our Ofsted inspection on 2nd July 2025, Step Into Learning achieved a Good rating across every area.   We are very pleased that the team's hard work, dedication and passion have been recognised and rewarded.   We would like...

In our ongoing effort to be sustainable in all we do, we are excited to introduce Huxley the Hot Bin! Having already achieved our silver accreditation with Positive Planet, we are always thinking up new ways to be more sustainable as a company. One of the latest ideas...

We are very excited to announce that starting Wednesday 30th July, Castle & Coast Therapies, in partnership with Don't Be Alone, are running a women's support group every Wednesday at 11.45am-1pm in The Dingley Hall at Central Methodist Church, Launceston....

We have had an amazing afternoon celebrating with our Step Into Hospitality and Step Into Catering learners, and their families, at our awards ceremony. It was very special to come together to celebrate all the amazing achievements over the last year, and to share...

We are very proud of our learners on our hospitality and catering study programmes who have recently completed another work experience placement. They have learnt new skills such as multi-tasking, organisation and customer service, and have another amazing experience...

We are very proud to announce that all of our Green Team - Lucy Muldowney, Sue Caldwell, Jo Tucker & I (Suzanne Pennells) have all now completed their Carbon Literacy training with Positive Planet.  Carbon Literacy refers to understanding the carbon impact and...

We are very proud to announce that two of our learners have passed their Functional Skills qualification in Maths. Well done to Orion who passed his Level 2 Functional Skills in Maths and Lewis who passed his Entry Level 3 Functional Skills in Maths. Congratulations...

We’re thrilled to share that Daisy, a learner with our partner, The Outdoor Place, is doing incredibly well during her work experience at The Kitchen Front. Her handmade products have been flying off the shelves, and with the new season fast approaching, she’s keeping...

Castle & Coast Therapies are launching new Group Therapy sessions, Stronger Together, with qualified and compassionate counsellors, Jenny and Tracey. We are excited to be able to offer the community another option for therapy, alongside our one to one counselling...

We are thrilled to announce that we have now achieved our Silver Accreditation with Positive Planet after having achieved our Bronze award last year! We are committed to our sustainability journey and have now completed the second year of measurement. We have embedded...