Does anyone have the contact details of Newcastle airport I have heard that they hire ATSA's who they then put forward for ATCO training?Or of any other airfields who operate this recruitment policy?
Don't have the number to hand but just ring the airport and ask for Manager ATC. Potentially all non-NATS airfields will do this - Leeds, Tees-Side, East Midlands, Bristol to name a few - but you need to go some to persuade an airfield to fund you to £18K plus. The competition can be intense. Many are content to pick up aerodrome only people leaving NATS and then fund them onto APR after they have proved themselves.
Good luck.