The New Worthing College
A vision for the future
The New Worthing College Worthing College is planning to move from Bolsover Road to The Warren, Hill Barn Lane, Worthing. The College is applying for the necessary planning permissions and if these are granted will move into the new College in the Spring 2013.
The new College Vision
Worthing College will be an outstanding and inclusive college renowned for excellence in teaching and learning. The College will: • Raise aspirations to achieve outstanding results. • Provide an engaging and inspiring learning experience in new learning environments on a new campus. • Have an excellent reputation and celebrate all achievements. • Engage and value staff. • Be at the heart of the local community. • Be the College of first choice. Come and be part of our success story. Please find further details in this brochure including how to apply for a place at the College.
A vision for the future At Worthing College, students come first. Worthing College is a popular choice to study for 16-19 year-olds in the Worthing, Littlehampton, Angmering, Lancing and Shoreham areas. The College offers the largest range of A levels and AS levels in the local area alongside a wide range of Level 2 BTEC, Level 3 BTEC, GCSE and ESOL courses. For sports students, the Academy of Sport offers unrivalled opportunities to combine sporting success with academic achievement. Worthing College provides local young people with the qualifications and skills they need for the future, making a major contribution to the education and training needs of the community. Our mission is to provide: • Opportunity – with a curriculum designed to meet the needs of students • Achievement – making teaching and learning a top priority • Success – working in partnership with students to meet their needs • Progression - helping students make the right move for their future growth In recent years the College has grown and now has more than 1,700 students including international students. As Worthing College is such a popular choice, we need to plan for our future. We have outgrown our current site and this is why we are hoping to develop the Warren as our new college campus.
Why choose The Warren? The Warren site will enable Worthing College to offer a learning environment for students and staff with state of the art facilities that are fit for a 21st Century education. The new site will offer students an inspirational learning experience in new learning environments. The 18 acre site will provide large teaching rooms, extensive outdoor space, sports pitches and access to the South Downs. The new facilities at The Warren will be created from refurbishing and re-modeling existing buildings offering Worthing College a unique opportunity that does not exist at any other site in Worthing. The new facilities will include a range of very good sized classrooms, laboratories, vocational rooms and Learning Centres. The extensive site will allow for two new refectories/coffee bars for students and staff as well as a larger nursery, library, fitness suite and Performing Arts Centre. There will also be opportunities to develop a major community facility which will include evening classes and lettings and hirings for a range of community uses. Our students deserve the best – and The Warren gives students a prestigious location that will inspire everyone who studies or works there.
College Principal, Peter Corrigan, said: “This scheme will provide superb new facilities in a prestigious site in Worthing which will largely be retained in its existing form and layout. The scheme will meet the education and training needs of young people in Worthing for generations to come and will be a key part of local regeneration�.
The proposed New
Worthing College
The New Worthing College Visual Arts
The new Visual Arts Centre will include open plan studios in Fine Art, Graphics, Photography, and Media Studies. There will be darkrooms and media editing suites as well as a Learning Centre. The new facilities will allow all Visual Arts disciplines to be located together to gain all the benefits of working alongside each other.
Science and Mathematics
The new Science and Mathematics area will provide large laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Electronics and Applied Science. The large Mathematics teaching area will meet the needs of the Mathematics Centre of Excellence and the Academy of Mathematics.
Modern Foreign Languages
There will be a new large Language Laboratory and classrooms equipped with IT hardware and software for languages teaching.
Performing Arts
The new Performing Arts Centre will include a Drama Studio, classrooms, a Dance Studio, showers and toilets, a Green Room and an area for making and storing stage props for productions.
Business Studies
In Business, Accounting, Economics and Sociology large classrooms will be supplemented with a large Learning Centre. In a range of other subjects English, Psychology, IT, Travel and Tourism, History, Philosophy, Law and Health and Social Care teaching will take place in large classrooms and students will have access to large Learning Centres.
Student Services and Social Space
The new College will have two refectories, a multi gym, student parking, sport changing rooms, a large library and an integrated student services area including a College shop, Student Advice and Support, Finance Services and Examinations. There will also be a Health and Wellbeing Centre.
Sport at the new College
The new site will include two sports pitches, a multi gym, changing facilities and access to the Rotary and Hill Barn playing fields. The planning application will also include a floodlit netball/tennis facility which will not be built immediately.
Learning Centres
All curriculum areas will have access to a Learning Centre. This will be used as an innovative learning environment that will see a wide range of teaching and learning approaches including group work, 1:1 with a teacher, research and independent learning as well as lectures. This will be a way of developing students as more independent learners creating a transition between college, university or the world of work.
College Nursery
There will be a large college nursery open all year round for children age 6 weeks to five years to meet the need for childcare for staff, students and members of the local community.
College Library
There will be a large college Library which will be well stocked with books, CDs, magazines, journals and other learning resources. ICT resources also provide very important sources of information. There will be space for silent and quiet study, as well as group areas. The Library also houses the Careers Information Centre.
Learning Technologies
The new college will be well equipped with learning technology resources including laptops, hard wired computers, Apple Macs, electronic white boards and LCD screens. The whole college will be wireless enabled and students will be able to access the network with their own laptops.
Getting to the new College The new Worthing College at the Warren is 1.1 miles from Worthing Railway Station off the Grove Lodge roundabout. The site is well served by a number of existing bus services including the 1, 5, 7, 23 and 84. Full details of routes are available from the Stagecoach website. A shuttle bus service from Worthing Station to the Warren site is planned to be in place when the new College opens. The new College at the Warren will be served by new pedestrian crossings at the roundabout and on Warren Road enabling pedestrians and cyclists to cross the roads safely. There will be a pedestrian entrance on Warren Road and at the Grove Lodge roundabout to enable quicker pedestrian and cycle access onto the site. We will be encouraging a variety of means to travel to college including train, bus, walking and cycling. There will be student parking on site and students will be given a parking permit if they have to drive to college.
The new Worthing College in the community If we gain the necessary planning consents, Worthing College will become part of a well established local community. We want to be a valued part of our new local community and work closely with local residents. This means making a commitment to avoid students or staff parking in local roads. We will also respond positively and proactively to the concerns of residents on an ongoing basis. We will also make our facilities available for use by the local community.
If the necessary planning permission is received, when will the new College open? The new College will be open in the Spring 2013. If you are joining Worthing College from 2012 you will begin your student experience at Bolsover Road. All teaching, examinations and other college activities will go ahead as planned during term 1. We will complete moving arrangements and open the new College in the Spring 2013. If you have any questions or queries please visit our website at www.worthing.ac.uk or write to: Worthing College, Bolsover Road, Worthing BN13 1NS.
Applying for a place at Worthing College The best way is to apply on-line at www.worthing.ac.uk. Alternatively please complete a paper application form (there’s one in our prospectus) and return it to Admissions, Worthing College, Bolsover Road, Worthing BN13 1NS You can apply at any time. Please remember, an early application helps us to plan with you for your future and ensures you will not miss out through courses being full. You can get further information about applying by contacting our Admissions Office on 01903 243389 or by logging on to our website at www.worthing.ac.uk
Support for the New Worthing College Council Leader, Councillor Paul Yallop, said: “On behalf of the Council I would like to say that we are delighted with this major achievement by Worthing College in difficult financial times. Not only will it make use of an important site but it also improves the quality of the education and skills on offer to the people of the town and its surroundings. The Council will continue to work with the College to help bring it to fruition and continue to build on our partnership working at the Worthing Leisure Centre.” Ian Lowrie, Worthing Borough Council Chief Executive and Chair of the Coastal West Sussex Skills and Enterprise Group added: “All the coastal councils, colleges and universities serving West Sussex are working closely to support projects such as this, in recognition of their contribution to the coastal economy. The new format of Worthing College will be a significant upgrade of the opportunities open to local young people. Together with the start that has been made on new facilities at the Broadwater site of Northbrook College, the past few weeks has been one of really good news for the future of Further and Higher Education in the area.” Ian Hart, The Worthing Herald and Gazette, Thursday, June 30, 2011 commented: “The plans put forward by Peter Corrigan and his team at the Worthing Sixth form College to move from Bolsover Road to Norwich Union, make an exciting future for the former insurance offices. The work our local colleges do in developing a number of our local youngsters into adulthood can never be understated and that’s why the town, including both local authorities, must get behind Peter Corrigan and his exciting and ambitious plans.” Peter Griffiths, Cabinet Member for Education and Schools and Lead Member for Children’s Services said: “I wish to express West Sussex County Council’s support for the Worthing College proposal to redevelop on a new site as it is aligned with our West Sussex and Area B 14-19 strategy. The proposal clearly addresses our priority to increase participation 16-18 and increase the range of provision for 14-19 year olds. The College is an active member of Area B Partnership Board, and this proposal should make a real contribution to the local economy in terms of upskilling the population and providing choices for young people.”
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