News

Special visitors

VPC students and staff were delighted to welcome Sutton Police to the centre. The Police came to speak to the students about personal safety and what they are doing to combat hate crime against vulnerable people in our local community. …
15th June 2021

Winners!

Students and staff had a fantastic day as they took to the football pitch for a tournament against rival teams from Aurora from South Thames College. The tournament saw teams compete from Beaconsfield, VPC, Vocational Centre, Garratt House and Aurora …
1st June 2021

Fun in the park

Wiktoria, Edi and Uzma from Wyvern House attended Fassnidge Park for a health and well-being session. They really enjoyed using the gym equipment for some upper body exercises. Students worked together to lift the weight of a staff member by …
27th May 2021

Winner of a Natspec Award 2021!

We are thrilled to announce that the college has won a Natspec Award 2021 for Curriculum Innovation! Our nomination was for was the recovery curriculum; RESET, RECOVER, RECONNECT! The creation and implementation of the recovery curriculum was to support students to …
14th May 2021

New toolkit launched for therapists

Sarah Gummett-Hart, a Music Therapist at the college has led a group of therapists from across Natspec (membership organisation for specialist further education)  to develop a new toolkit. Natspec has assembled a toolkit to support therapy outcomes measurement for students …
11th May 2021

Students volunteering in Sutton

Students from VPC have been doing some volunteering through Volunteer Centre Sutton. The centre helps people find their perfect volunteering role, whatever their skills and interests, and whether they have just a few hours to spare or are looking for …
6th May 2021

2021 Virgin Money London Marathon Place!

Orchard Hill College is very excited to announce that we have a place in the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon. The event will be taking place on Sunday 3rd October. We are looking for candidates who have previous experience of …
28th April 2021

A story of success

We are thrilled to share some good news from Ebru who was a former Learning Support Assistant, who successfully completed her Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning Apprenticeship in August 2019. Following this Ebru started the Diploma in Education and …
23rd April 2021

We did it!

At the end of term, our cross-college competition to walk enough steps to be the equivalent of walking to Mecca by Ramadan, came to an end. We are pleased to announce that we made it! Collectively students and staff across …
16th April 2021

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 Christmas Edition, please click here.
8th April 2021

Virtual Library Sessions

A number of students from Wyvern House have been attending virtual sessions and have been able to engage with students from other bubble groups at the same time. A popular session was the virtual field trip where students explored a …
6th April 2021

Recycling Enterprise

Students from Lomond House have been working on a recycling enterprise. They have been recycling lolly sticks and cd’s by transforming them into clocks and pen holders. Amiel and Jerome worked as a team to create a desk pencil holder …
26th March 2021