Accessible college environments
Our Centres are fully accessible, and we provide tailored support to students with physical disabilities and medical conditions, including:
- In-class support
- Reduced and personalised timetables
- Personal care
- Accessible environments
- Staff training
- Medication handling, storage and administration
- Arrangement of your Personal Emergency and Egress plan (PEEP)
We always aim to enable learning to be accessible to all. At the application stage, we will meet with students who require additional support to ensure that we can meet their needs, or where possible make changes to ensure that they have the same opportunities as other students. All new facilities and changes to current buildings are made with consideration of those with additional needs to ensure that we can be an inclusive college.
SEND Reforms
The College embraces the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice 2014 and the Children’s and Family Act 2014.
The Additional Learning Support team at City of Bristol College works hard to ensure that the principles of the SEND reforms are met across the organisation.
In practice, this means:
- Young people and their families are at the centre of all discussions around the support we provide
- The support offered takes into account young people’s health, care and educational needs
- We work closely with the local authority to access all aspects of the services available in the area
- Young people and families are supported during the transition to an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
- We focus and prepare young people for adulthood including employment, independent living or higher-level courses
- Person-centred reviews are provided ensuring young people meet their individualised goals and their EHCP outcomes are reviewed
Our college centres
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College Green Centre
Situated in the city centre, College Green Centre is right next to College Green, the harbourside, and Park Street.
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Advanced Construction Skills Centre
The newest addition to the College map, the Advanced Construction Skills Centre is a purpose-built annexe to our South Bristol Skills Academy in Hengrove.
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Independence Training Facilities
Our Independence Training Facilities students stay overnight from Sunday through to Friday, returning home over weekends and college holidays.
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Advanced Engineering Centre
The Advanced Engineering Centre is located at Parkway in Bristol. This college centre delivers specialist engineering, aeronautical, manufacturing and automotive courses.
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Parkway Centre
The Parkway Centre, located in north Bristol, provides specialist facilities for motor vehicle, construction and green skills courses.
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Ashley Down Centre
Ashley Down Centre is a vibrant place to learn. Located near Gloucester Road, the centre has range of modern facilities as well as our University Centre. This centre specialises engineering, aeronautical, manufacturing and automotive courses.
