WSNet is a progressive Provider where everyone has the opportunity to grow, achieve and improve their life chances through education, training and community-based activities.
Our Mission Statement
Raising skills and attainment.
Delivering excellence.
To inspire people from all ages, communities and backgrounds to achieve their potential.
Working in partnership with employers to upskill workforce to meet local and other regions key objectives.
Our Values
Care and Compassionate Support for all learners, especially those who could be vulnerable, marginalised or requiring support.
Quality Service for all that contact, enquire, enter or become a learners at WSNet.
Listen and respond empathetically to every learner or individual.
Generosity in allowing people another chance.
Respect for all: valuing each person, their experience, opinions and choices.
Our Principles are
Integrity - expressed in honesty and reliability, transparency, accountability and trustworthiness.
Inclusiveness - welcoming people from all backgrounds, treating them fairly, recognising and valuing their distinctiveness as individuals.
Empowerment - creating an environment which enables people to take control of their learning, skills and life chances, by listening to them and offering choice wherever possible.
Equality - in the delivery of education and training to our learners and employed staff; recognising and valuing the diversity of the communities we serve.
Collaboration - through our enthusiasm and commitment for working in partnership with others.
What we strive to do
Our Context: Be inclusive in all arears.
Be understanding, compassionate, inviting and accommodating.
Be transparent and accountable.
Be responsible for upskilling learners at every stage.
Be more effective in communication, both internal and external.
Be more creative, stronger and bolder in marketing.
Be more effective and use all resources available to achieve the challenges and goals within WSNet.
Be the best and demonstrate high quality in all aspects of operation, administration and quality.
Be effective team players through operating an open space office to enable sharing of good practice.
Be professional at all times.
Our challenge over the next five years
Government legislation and funding changes.
Audit, compliance and delivering excellence at inspection that reflect the quality of learning, leadership and operation.
Uncertainty over Brexit and the impact that this may have on funding, learner numbers and skills training within the region and beyond.
Staffing with the level of skills, experience and knowledge to ensure WSNet meets and exceeds all standards and performance indicators.
To ensure we meet all standards in relation to safeguarding, child protection, prevent, e-safety and meeting the needs of vulnerable adults.
The environment, resources and equipment are of a standard to meet learner, administrative and staff team.
To ensure we are fully compliant in relation to data protection.
Strategic Aims
To be a centre of excellence in education and training at all levels.
To assist in the learners driving their economic growth by supporting learners to higher education.
To be innovative in working with individuals and groups that require additional opportunities and chances through offering teaching, learning, skills and a curriculum that is delivered to a high quality and standard.
To recruit, retain, develop and reward the best staff who will take WSNet forward.
To be future proofed, responsible and accountable Provider, financially viable with reserves that can be used to invest in growth that builds greater sustainability.
WSNet to be a centre that people, industry and community groups feel able to refer individuals and groups to through demonstrating and achieving excellence in advice and guidance.
