The College

The College is situated in the village of Gobowen, two miles from Oswestry and on the local bus route with a regular town service. The mainline railway station is within walking distance of the college and provides good national and local public transport links. The road system gives excellent access to the major centres of the region and the motorway network.

The large campus has been designed to provide for the diverse needs of the students and is all single-storey.  Accommodation of the highest quality offers students progression from residences with a high level of support to living within the community.

The sports complex includes the indoor heated swimming pool, fitness suite, and large multi-purpose sports hall, with adjacent tennis and basketball courts.  These facilities are supplemented by the soccer pitch, bowling green and a separate putting green open to the public, all of which form part of the students’ leisure facilities. The award winning Bradbury Centre provides opportunities for formal and informal IT activities and the two Karten Centres extend the students’ IT experiences even further. The new retail outlet, Young’s Farm Shop, with energy-efficient building design and technology, provides an ultra-modern learning environment embracing a traditional sales outlet for local and seasonal produce.

The College has a modern medical centre, staffed by qualified nursing staff.  The Medical Officer holds regular surgeries, and is always on call for out-of-hours emergencies.  Physiotherapy, with individual programmes and support, is also provided on campus.  Similar levels of support are available from the College speech and language therapists and psychologist.

Adjacent to the well-appointed medical centre are individual counselling rooms allowing both routine pastoral support and immediate counselling to be available.  Qualified care staff provide support for all areas of College life and play an essential role in the development of each student towards independence.