News

22 May 2024

Yesterday morning at East Surrey College, we hosted our first Supported Internship Open Event opening the course out to local schools and our current SEND students.This event in collaboration with Surrey Choices went through the one-year programm...

18 April 2024

Here at East Surrey College, SEN students from Brooklands, NESCOT, Activate Learning Guildford and East Surrey College took part in the SEN Surrey FE Competition.For this competition, the teams were tasked to build something recycled/sustainable ...

14 December 2022

Students from the Life Skills department are showcasing and selling a festive range of beautiful hand-made crafts and tasty baked treats at two stalls – one in the Winter Garden at Gatton Point North and the other by reception at...

09 December 2022

Students from our Skills for Independence Level 1 course have enjoyed working at stripey stork for the last couple of months. Groups of students have had the opportunity to volunteer their time and expertise to help at the Reigate based baby bank eve...

22 June 2022

Students from the Supported Internship Level 1 course and staff teaching Life Skills – SEND, came together with family and friends last week to celebrate student successes at the Supported Internship Awards ceremony. The Supported Inte...

31 May 2022

Our Life Skills – SEND students at East Surrey College got their hands dirty last week whilst creating a sensory garden at our south campus with the help of Alan Knight, treasurer of the Rotary Club. Students were offered the opportunity to ass...

03 February 2022

A group of our Life Skills – SEND students have been taking part in a range of community initiatives with the Merstham Community Facility Trust (MCFT), a local charity supporting residents in Redhill and Merstham. In recognition of their hard w...

07 December 2021

Our Life Skills – SEND Entry 1 students have been out and about in the local community, giving back through a range of exciting voluntary projects! Each week, the students have been volunteering with a local charity, the Merstham Community Faci...

03 December 2021

Students in our Life Skills - SEND department have spent the last few weeks getting creative in the classroom, crafting Christmas tree ornaments, snowmen, Christmas biscuits and table decorations to sell at a local Christmas Market, organised by the ...

27 April 2021

Our Supported Internship students have made amazing progress this year, and have shared their story with us below:“Our first term of the Supported Internship course was a great success. After settling into our new normal of s...