With a superb range of state, grammar and independent schools, Buckinghamshire has some of the best educational achievement records in the country, producing a future workforce that is highly skilled and well placed to adapt to the proposed growth in the area.

Leading educational providers include the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe, Dr Challenor’s Grammar School, Waddesdon CE School and Stowe School, set amid the famous landscaped gardens.

Buckinghamshire’s colleges and universities work with local companies to provide students with real life experience and companies with early links to the student population. In addition to a wide range of further education courses Aylesbury and Amersham and Wycombe Colleges provide employers with apprentices in a wide range of disciplines and will also provide tailor made courses for individual companies. Over 380,000 students are also accessible from London and neighbouring counties.

At the Higher Education level, Buckinghamshire New University provides a wealth of study options and allows the county access to a large number of highly skilled graduates.

Buckinghamshire’s reputation for enterprise has also seen more unique educational establishments thrive. The University of Buckingham is the only privately funded university in the UK, attracting students from all over the world and the National Enterprise Academy will be located in Aylesbury.

The Open University, based in neighbouring Milton Keynes is also a hugely successful pioneer of distance education, and the world-class University of Oxford is less than 25 miles away.

The county has a well-developed adult learning structure, with numerous local venues offering a wide variety of courses.