Orchard Hill College

About the students

Orchard Hill College is an Outstanding specialist College offering life-changing learning opportunities to young people and adults. There are nine vibrant College centres across London and Surrey where committed, specialist teams deliver a range of programmes to meet the needs of the students.

Students who study with us have a wide range of needs including:

• Profound and multiple learning disabilities
• Moderate learning difficulties
• Physical and sensory impairments
• Mental health and/or emotional difficulties
• Communication and behavioural difficulties
• Social and communication disorders e.g. Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• Specific medical needs

Catchment

The College has nine centres across London and Surrey.

Curriculum

Our courses are designed to support and empower each student to achieve their aspirations and goals, whilst developing skills to become more independent members of their community. We offer different courses and you will be assessed to ensure you are on the most appropriate course. 

Our courses are:

1. Foundation Skills for Life
2. Skills for Work and Living

WorkStart is a package of employment courses from Orchard Hill College. WorkStart gives you the opportunity to gain work experience and qualifications. Our Job Coaches will work with you one-to-one to get you on track to achieving your ambitions.

We offer the following courses:

• Pathway to Employment
• Preparation for Employment
• Short Courses
• Supported Internships – we offer the below courses with our partners: 

• • DFN Supported Internship Achieving for Children, Kingston
  • DFN Project Search Supported Internship with London Borough of Lambeth
  • DFN Project Search Supported Internship; Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals
  • DFN Project Search Supported Internship; The Hillingdon Hospitals
  • DFN Project Search Supported Internship with London Borough of Hillingdon
  • DFN Project Search Supported Internship with NHS England 

Specialist facilities

To ensure students have the right support when taking part in our programmes, the college has the following specialist teams:

• Nurses and Health Assistants
• Speech and Language Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Physiotherapists
• Creative Arts Therapists
• Job Coaches

Other information

You can find out more about our WorkStart courses at: http://workstart.me.uk/