Will Makepeace (17) and Antony Fairhurst (19) – both Prince’s Trust Programme students with Weymouth College – will be spending much of the late spring and summer volunteering on the Tall Ship Pelican. The two students joined T.S. Pelican – a Class A tall ship operated by Dorset-based charity...
A group of Childcare students from Weymouth College who have completed NCS as part of their course have supported You First Dorset and Cancer Research UK by fundraising and putting together Christmas boxes. The group were inspired to help You First Dorset after they heard through a talk about...
A Weymouth College student has been honoured by the Police Crime Commissioner, Martyn Underhill after being nominated for a Youth Award to mark her contribution in making Dorset a safer place to live. Crystal-Lily Mills who is in care and lives with a foster family, started at the college...
Young people who completed the NCS programme this summer with Weymouth College were given the opportunity to celebrate their successes and achievements with friends and family at a graduation ceremony. National Citizen Service (NCS) is a government backed scheme aimed at making young people aged 16-17 more socially aware...
Weymouth College’s plans for improvements continue to be on course as the latest reinspection report is issued by Ofsted. In January 2015, inspectors judged outcomes for learners as ‘Good’ and the quality of teaching, learning and assessment as ‘Good’; whereas the overall effectiveness of the college was judged inadequate...
The Access to Higher Education Diploma at Weymouth College is celebrating as it has seen some of the largest numbers of students being accepted onto university places this September. In total, 49 Access students have been offered places at university to study courses ranging from Nursing, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy,...
Weymouth College has just received its latest set of outstanding results confirming that its performing arts provision is one of the best in the county. In results released from LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art), students from Weymouth College achieved some of the greatest results the College...
Dr David Collins, the FE Commissioner has visited Weymouth College as part of the Structures Prospects and Appraisal (SPA) and is impressed by the actions taken to bring the budget back into surplus, quoting that he is “delighted with the progress that Weymouth College has made under its new...
Children from three primary schools came together to help plant a greener future for their local community when they visited one of Dorset’s newest solar farms. Pupils from Wool Primary, St Mary and St Joseph School in Wool and Bovington Primary were invited by Good Energy to help plant...
Weymouth College, home to some of the best stonemasonry training courses in the UK, will be hosting its annual Boss Stone Carving Competition, which tests the skills of current stonemasonry and building conservation students. This year’s theme is ‘1914-1918’. The contest will be held at the Dorset Skills Centre...
