Derwen College’s original campus is located in Gobowen, near Oswestry in Shropshire
Our Gobowen campus offers a range of pathways and programmes to residential and day students with special educational needs.
As the original Derwen College site, our campus in Gobowen is the largest of our four sites. Spread over 30+ acres, you will find areas for learning, socialising, therapies and sports, as well as student residences.
When Agnes Hunt purchased ‘The Derwen’ Farmhouse in 1928, just a year after she founded the college, little could she imagine how it would have grown and changed to the award-winning college it is now.
Being enrolled at Derwen College in Gobowen will help you prepare for adulthood whichever pathway or programme you choose.
We teach skills and work-based routines that will give you the best opportunity to access a variety of next steps, which may include paid work, voluntary work, local college or further training programme and supported living.
Our pathways are tailored to suit you whether you are looking for a full-time vocational route, or are not quite ready for a customer-facing programme.
Students attend Derwen College’s Gobowen campus on a residential or daily basis and can learn skills via:
- Horticulture (Gobowen)
- Hospitality and Food (Gobowen)
- Learning for Life Pathway
- Nurture Programme
- Performing Arts (Gobowen)
- Retail and Enterprise (Gobowen)
- Springboard Programme
Your young person will learn skills and work-based routines that will enable them to access a variety of employment opportunities.
Each student at our Gobowen campus receives a bespoke timetable to facilitate their own progression and skill development.
Find out more about all the learning pathways and programmes we offer at Derwen College, across our four sites.
Independence
As well as learning key work skills, students also learn independence skills with the aim to become more self-reliant.
Independence skills can include:
- Travel training
- Planning, preparing and cooking food
- Cleaning
- Laundry
Personal wellbeing is high on our priorities at Derwen College. We deliver a range of sessions to support positive mental health and wellbeing. These are led by student choice and interests.
Take a virtual tour of our Gobowen Campus
View our Gobowen campus Pathways and Programmes document
