The College
The West of England College provides post-16 education and training by working in partnership with local further education colleges throughout Devon to provide a range of academic and vocational courses both on and off-site.
We are at the forefront of providing specialist training for transition into adult life, including vocational education and training, pre-employment skills and work experience opportunities to develop progression routes into sustainable careers and employment.
We provide:
- A challenging curriculum with individual learning plans
- Specialist support for each and every learner
- Access to mainstream colleges
- A wide range of nationally accredited qualifications
- Work placements with local employers
- Purpose-built accommodation to support transition from fully supervised accommodation
- Varied leisure programmes
- High staff:student ratios
- Qualified teachers of the visually and multi-sensory impaired
- Specialist professionals in speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, music therapy, mobility, qualified nurses and care staff
- Access technology including the latest aids for learning for both print and Braille users
- Specialist sensory environments
- Swimming and hydropool
- Outdoor education
- Community involvement
- Day and residential placements in an excellent recreational setting
Ofsted report
The College offers outstanding social and educational inclusion
The majority of learners go into further education or employment. Most learners progress successfully into supported or independent living environments
There are well resourced, specially adapted teaching areas. These adaptations remove barriers to learning and give the learners maximum opportunities to achieve
(Ofsted)