Fareham College - Facilities

Facilities

The purpose-built campus has recently updated its hairdressing & beauty therapy salons (open to the public for treatments), training kitchens and restaurant (Chequers) is open to the public for lunch and evening meals on set days of the week. Other facilities include laboratories, an air cabin crew training plane, a theatre, art and drama studios, and music and media suites, an aerospace engineering training helicopter and several motor vehicle workshops.

There is the 'Train to Gain' work based provision with many local and well known employers involved. The College has recently opened a new Construction Centre at the Fareham Reach Business Park on the A32 in Gosport, in response to demand for its successful and popular brickwork and other trades courses. The College is also planning a new capital build programme that will transform educational provision in the Fareham and Gosport area which will not only add to its class leading facilities, but also provide extensive resources and a venue for the communities of Fareham & Gosport. The Hair and Beauty educational provision was graded as 'Grade 1 - Outstanding' in the recent Ofsted December 08 report, with the facilities noted also as 'Outstanding' and on a far larger scale than one traditionally finds in a Further Education College.

Student tutorial and on site pastoral support is very strong and was similarly praised in the recent December 08 Ofsted Report as 'Outstanding' - this reassures those school leavers considering Fareham College who might feel that the College is too large for them - appropriate support but with a far greater mix of students than is possible at other Colleges; this results in an educational experience that goes way beyond the classroom in every positive sense, but ensures that the transition from school to College is as pleasant an experience as possible.