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Residential Trip to Exmoor

Students enjoyed their first residential trip of the year to Calvert Trust in Exmoor! Experienced Exmoor staff supported students to reach their full potential no matter what their level of ability. The activities participated in were fun and challenging building …
21st March 2020

Celebrating World Book Day

Following the success of the Christmas sensory story the Digital School were back in action this week with a multi-sensory celebration of World Book Day at Sutton’s central library. Creative Director, Simon Gale penned an original composition that took students …
6th March 2020

Savvy Theatre Experience

VPC students are enjoying weekly workshops with the SAVVY Theatre group based in Fairfield Halls, Croydon. The workshops take place in a purpose designed studio which provides a brilliant space to get creative and learn new theatrical skills, such as …
2nd March 2020

Expressive Arts at VPC

  Students enjoyed the opportunity to get creative at VPC when they took part in an expressive art session. There was lots of freedom to enjoy the paints, some chose hand painting and the splat technique, whilst others preferred dipping …
6th February 2020

Salsa sessions at Lomond House

Last term, dance teacher, Dani, from Havana Londres, joined our students at Lomond House for a salsa session. The atmosphere was brilliant and the students couldn’t help but join in! Curriculum Lead, Cristina, said “It was a really fun session …
6th February 2020

A paw-fect work placement

One of our WorkStart students is having a fantastic time on her work placement with Paws and Pause in South London. The organisation is a social enterprise offering day care for dogs in the local area. Their social mission is …
6th February 2020

Celebrating Apprenticeships

This week, we are celebrating all things Apprenticeships in support of the National Apprenticeship Week campaign. Three members of staff at Carew Academy received their formal qualifications from NFCE CACHE having completed a Level 2 Certificate or Level 3 Diploma …
6th February 2020

Happy National Apprenticeship Week!

It’s National Apprenticeship Week, so what a great time for us to introduce the OHC&AT apprentices. Our new cohort of apprentices embarked on their apprenticeship journey at the beginning of November 2019 and have already made a big impact in …
3rd February 2020

It’s fun to dance at the YMCA!

Students from Beaconsfield, our centre in New Malden, are dancing up a storm at their weekly dance lessons at the YMCA Hawker Centre in Ham. The sessions give the group the perfect opportunity to get some exercise dancing to their …
27th January 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

Former Principal and CEO honoured with a damehood

The New Year’s Honours list recognises the exceptional achievements or service of people across the UK. We would like to congratulate Dr Caroline Allen, former Principal and Chief Executive of the Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT) who has …
7th January 2020

A Sensory Christmas Story

Students were treated to a truly interactive Christmas story at Sutton Community Library. The event was led by our Digital School team, who penned an original story especially for the event. Students settled into their chairs, the lights were dimmed …
20th December 2019