News

Nomination for a Natspec Award

We are pleased to have been nominated for a Natspec Award in Wellbeing and Mental Health. The Natspec Awards aim to recognise and celebrate excellent practice in the specialist further education sector. The goal is to promote innovation, continuous improvement and …
27th May 2022

Jubilee Celebrations

Jubilee celebrations have been in full swing across the college this week. We have been so impressed with the range of festivities that have taken place, including, afternoon tea, a show, picnics, themed cakes and games. One group of students …
26th May 2022

South London Best Learner and Teacher Awards

Students and staff had a wonderful time attending the South London Best Learner and Teacher Awards at The House of Lords. The event was hosted by Lord Tope CBE, on behalf of the Committee of South London Principals. The event …
25th May 2022

Residential Trip to Avon Tyrrell

Students and staff had a fabulous time away on a residential trip to Avon Tyrrell; a leading outdoor learning venue in the New Forest National Park. The students took on a range of new experiences over the weekend including water …
19th May 2022

Mental Health Awareness Week

Students and staff have been celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week, the theme of Loneliness has been a feature throughout sessions this week. Activities have ranged from themed tutorials to sports, art and relaxation sessions. Staff have been involved too with …
12th May 2022

VIP Guests!

This week VPC were thrilled to welcome Rebecca Kennelly MBE, Executive Director of UK Operations for The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) and Hannah Monks the Operations Officer (London). Rebecca and Hannah were keen to meet with some of our …
11th May 2022

Deaf Awareness Week

This week we are proud to be celebrating Deaf Awareness Week. At the college we support students who are deaf and have hearing impairments to achieve their goals and ambitions. Max, a student from Wyvern House who has an hearing …
6th May 2022

Partnership with SeeAbility

One of our Lecturers has set up an amazing partnership with the NHS and See Ability and got us involved in a great project called the See Ability Project. They have visited all of our 8 centres and done eye …
6th April 2022

Family Newsletter – Easter edition

At the end of each term we send to parents/carers a newsletter called ‘Family Matters’ that celebrates our students’ fantastic achievements during the term and across each college centre. To read our Easter Edition, please click here.
1st April 2022

Partnership with Crawley College

Orchard Hill College has been working with Crawley College as part of a pilot project initiated by Natspec and the Association of Colleges (AoC). The project aims to improve outcomes for students with special educational needs and disabilities through specialist …
31st March 2022

Red Nose Day

Our students joined in with Red Nose Day this week. Students from Beaconsfield Centre have been busy decorating large sheets of fabric which they are cutting into smaller sections to create individual pieces of wall art. They are auctioning the …
18th March 2022

International Women’s Day

Today our students have been celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) across the college. Students have been taking part in themed tutorials and discussing #BreaktheBias. Some students discussed inspirational and important women in their lives and learnt the hand special IWD …
8th March 2022