Students ‘dig in’ with community tree planting in Dorchester! Pictured are students from our Moreton campus at The Walled Garden Moreton. Well done, guys! A hugely positive afternoon and we were glad to have you represent EMA. From Dorchester Town Council: “The main contractor on the current Dorset County Hospital construction project, Willmott Dixon, recently […]
Like working outdoors? Have an interest in plants / gardening? Happy to interact with the public and provide customer service? If any of these tick a box for you, an exciting opportunity has come up to join our team at The Walled Garden in Moreton which might suit you! Our beautiful and quaint plant centre […]
Our sites at Moreton and Gillingham often receive lovely reviews across Trip Advisor and Google. Remember, these sites are open to the public, with retail and café spaces! Occasionally though, a review comes through which stops us in our tracks and reminds us about the connection we’re making to the community and shows the hard […]
Hello 2022! We’re back and It’s already been a busy few days! Lots of prep in the cafés, work in the gardens, studying in the classroom and more. Senior Tutor Bradley Kendrick had a message to pass on! “Happy New Year to all! A bit of reflection from last year. We ended with an enrichment […]
Calling three people who are passionate about improving the lives of young people aged between 16 and 25 with learning disabilities, and Special Educational Needs & Disabilities, in Dorset and the surrounding areas. If you care and can commit, join us across two unique settings to help us with the exciting next steps on our […]
We love a student success story! It’s been such a brilliant year for Aaron. Not only did he pass his driving test and graduate from EMA this past summer, he’s now found himself a full-time job! Aaron has been working at Luccio’s restaurant in Dorchester as a Chef de Partie for just over a month […]
The 16 to 19 Tuition Fund is one-off additional funding from the Department for Education for the current academic year to support learners where learning was disrupted due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The fund covers pupils aged 19-25 with Education Health and Care Plans. The 2021-22 eligibility of the fund has been broadened to include […]
The academic year has drawn to a close and the final week had some brilliant celebrations, along with fond farewells to our 2020/21 leavers, and some EMA staff. Our newsletter is being sent out with more coverage as we break for the summer, but we wanted to share the photos from the leavers BBQs at […]
Compass evaluates a school or college’s careers provisions against the eight benchmarks of best practice – known as the Gatsby Benchmarks. EMA use the mainstream college assessment as it is more challenging to achieve 100% on the 8 measures. The evaluation is a positive way of measuring the work undertaken and enables us to identify […]
Visit us this May and discover new opportunities for education and work experience. We’ll be hosting open days at our two campuses, The Walled Garden in Moreton, and Thorngrove Garden Centre in Gillingham, where you can meet the staff and students and see what we have to offer in education and work experience. Contact us […]
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