Author: Ellie Stevens

Happy National Apprenticeship Week

We are thrilled to be celebrating National Apprenticeship Week this week with some exciting news from some of our apprentices. We were pleased to have a new apprentice who joined us this month and is working at Bedelsford School. Joe’s …
12th February 2021

Students and staff get moving for Ramadan

Students and staff continue to find innovative ways to keep their spirits up and stay connected with each other and their community during lockdown. This term we have a cross-college competition to walk enough steps to make it all the …
1st February 2021

New inclusive work scheme

Orchard Hill College is pleased to be part of Project SEARCH, a partnership venture which prepares young people for employment and we were thrilled to get a write up in Hillingdon People all about the course! The programme provides onsite …
14th December 2020

Evelyn’s Crazy Hat and Hair Day Success

A student from Wyvern House has raised over £200 for Children in Need through a crazy hat and hair day. Children in Need is a charity close to Evelyn’s heart so she wanted to do something to support the cause …
2nd December 2020

Launch of our Virtual Open Events

We are excited to have launched our virtual Open Events over the past two weeks. Prospective students and their parents and carers have been joining us via Zoom to meet our college staff, watch a video featuring our students showcasing …
5th October 2020

The road to success…

We have been thrilled to welcome back Schenay to Beaconsfield centre, after being away from her friends Schenay was really happy to catch up with them again. This year Schenay plans to start a catering course to help her achieve …
21st September 2020

We are still Outstanding!

We’re delighted to announce that following our Ofsted inspection in November 2019 we continue to be ‘Outstanding’! The college was graded ‘Outstanding’ in all four judgement areas. The report stated; “Since the previous inspection governors, leaders, managers and staff have …
10th January 2020

Singing at Saipem

Students from Bedelsford School and Orchard Hill College teamed up to entertain the staff at Saipem offices. Saipem has been supporting Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust’s fundraising activities for the last few years and this year was no exception! …
17th December 2019

Christmas in the Community: Southwark

Students from Lomond House were full of Christmas cheer as they entertained the local community outside Camberwell Library this week. One group of students made their own homemade lemonade to keep everyone refreshed, this went down a storm along with …
10th December 2019

Residential Trip!

A number of students were excited to attend the College’s first residential trip to Juniper Hall. It was a great weekend, new friendships were made and skills developed. Students participated in a number of activities including a camp fire, pizza …
13th August 2019

Farewell to our CEO, Dr Caroline Allen

Alongside the end-of-year festivities across OHC&AT celebrating students’ and pupils’ achievements, we’ve been holding special celebrations to say farewell to our CEO, Dr Caroline Allen, who retires in August.   Students and pupils at each school and college centre planned …
23rd July 2019

Outstanding Achievement Awards

On Tuesday 2nd July we held our Outstanding Achievement Awards at Epsom Downs Racecourse to celebrate our leavers’ achievements. Students, their families and friends arrived ‘dressed to the nines’ to have portraits taken in front of the ‘2019’ balloons before …
23rd July 2019