Yesterday at Victoria Park Community Centre in Bridgwater, Weston College and The King’s Trust hosted a presentation event where learners from the Pathways for Young People programme had the opportunity to showcase their achievements over the past 12 weeks.

The Department for Education (DfE) has released the 2025-2026 Apprenticeship Funding Rules, setting out important changes that will impact how apprenticeships are delivered, funded, and assessed from 1st August 2025. Weston College can support you with these changes – which are the most significant since the funding reform in 2017.

On Thursday, 19th June, Weston-super-Mare's prestigious Winter Gardens venue played host to the highly anticipated Weston College Business Awards! 

On Thursday, 19th June, Weston-super-Mare's prestigious Winter Gardens venue played host to the highly anticipated Weston College Business Awards! 

The Level 2 Travel and Tourism students recently took an informative day trip to Bristol Airport, gaining valuable first-hand insight into the inner workings of a major UK airport.  

Last month, our Travel and Tourism students took a trip to Heathrow Airport where they attended the British Airways Cabin Crew training at the British Airways Global Learning Academy. 

Weston College is proud to announce that Abbi Richards has been awarded the prestigious Centre of Excellence status by the Pearson National Teaching Awards judges, following her nomination for the Pearson Awards, in the SEND and Inclusive Practice category.

This national recognition celebrates Abbi’s outstanding commitment to inclusive education and her transformative work with learners with profound and multiple learning difficulties.

As festival season kicks off, we wanted a shine a light on the incredible work that is taking part within our Career Excellence Hub in Creative Arts, for our music learners.

From working backstage at festivals to collaborating with media students on live recordings, the department's commitment to industry exposure is opening doors for learners far beyond the classroom.

We caught up with the music team, to hear all about the exciting array of real-world experiences that our students are involved in this summer:

On 6th June, our Performing Arts students came together to perform Echoes of the Stage at The Playhouse Theatre, an original production that incorporated a range of legendary musicals theatre numbers from existing Broadway and West End shows across different eras.  

We spoke with David Price, Firefighter at Avon Fire and Rescue Service working out of the Children and Young Persons Department, about how Avon Fire and Rescue collaborate with Weston College through a range of programmes designed to help learners launch careers in the firefighting industry!

1. What is your relationship with Weston College? e.g. what services do you offer to our students?

Last night, our Creative Arts Careers Excellence Hub came together to produce a fantastic preview evening of the Summer Showcase which exhibited the work of our Weston College and University Centre Weston (UCW) Creative Arts students, giving them the chance to display their incredible work, not only to their peers and lecturers, but also to their friends, family, members of the public and potential employers.