A SCHOOL on a troubled estate has won a national employer award for its apprenticeship scheme.
Dyke House School, in Hartlepool, was awarded the large organisation winner of the Edge Employer Awards, winning £50,000 for further investment in training.
Edge is an educational foundation, which campaigns for practical and vocational learning opportunities for people aged 14 to 25.
Dyke House School runs a scheme to train advanced modern apprentices in ICT as technicians. Fifteen people have completed the scheme and 12 started in September.
As the school is situated in a disadvantaged area with high levels of unemployment, the apprentices act as positive role models to pupils.
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