• Specialism:
  Specialist college for young adults with learning disabilities
• Residential/Day:
  Residential and day places
• Course Start Dates:
  Various course start dates
• Course Length per Year in weeks:
  38 weeks per year
• Maximum Student Numbers:
  Maximum 50 students
• Age Range:
  Age 16-25 years on admission

General Description of College:
Pennine Camphill Community supports a specialist college of further education offering young people with special needs the opportunity to develop skills for the next stages of their lives. We are situated on the southern outskirts of Wakefield in West Yorkshire.
The College offers residential and day places. Residential students live in the five houses on the campus in extended family units, where everyone shares the daily household tasks and social life. There are inclusive facilities for day students, which are based within the houses.

The Curriculum:
Pennine offers a broad range of activities that include cooking, baking, woodwork, weaving, pottery, basket making, farming, gardening, estate management and horse riding with horse care. We can offer progression pathways that will give a range of options including employability skills, functional skills and personal and social development. The assessment and delivery of these is embedded in all College activities. We are registered to deliver ASDAN programmes and NVQ awards.

Specialist Facilities:
Facilities include a range of craft workshops, good access to ICT, working organic farm and gardens, horse riding and a range of therapies including speech and language therapy.

Statements:

1. expertise in meeting the needs of students with moderate learning difficulties
2. expertise in meeting the needs of students with severe learning difficulties
3. registered with the Care Quality Commission
4. a programme to help learners to look after themselves more independently
5. a range of vocational courses with opportunities for accreditation.
6. opportunities to work towards qualifications within Foundation Learning
7. opportunities to improve literacy, numeracy and/or communication skills
8. opportunities to experience real work situations
9. a work placement scheme with local employers
10. in-house speech and language therapy
11. a programme to enable students to learn more about themselves and how to form relationships
12. opportunities for learners to participate in community activities and to learn about citizenship
13. expertise in working with learners with Asperger syndrome
14. expertise in working with learners with autism spectrum disorder
15. expertise in working with learners with communication difficulties
16. expertise in supporting learners with behavioural difficulties
17. residential provision linked to the academic year
18. day provision
19. a personal development programme
20. a social skills programme