Strathmore College in Stoke-on-Trent is an independent, specialist residential and day college providing individualised courses for learners aged 16 to 25 years old with a range of learning difficulties and/or disabilities, including:
Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
Down Syndrome
Social, emotional and mental health issues
Communication difficulties
Other health related, mental or physical difficulties
Length of school year 38 weeks or 52 weeks.
Strathmore College aims to provide every young person with an individually tailored programme of education, support, work experience, leisure and life skills and training within the community, to enable them to live as independently as possible and make their own life choices.
To prepare students to adulthood as much as possible and increase their independence and employability skills, the college offers extensive learning and work experience opportunities (voluntary or paid) locating a lot of extended and college curriculum within the local community and vocational settings within the region.
Strathmore College strives to prepare young people to become successful adults who are able to live within and make a valuable contribution to society.
Strathmore College is looking for many opportunities to help young people access community-based facilities and participate in community-based activities, to help develop both their academic skills and their social skills.
Learners are welcomed to take part in:
Weekly community disco
Charity fundraising events (e.g. World Autism Day, Down Syndrome Day)
Arts and crafts sessions
Visiting local pubs
Eating out in local restaurants
Helping to run the college café out in the community
Work-based learning
Voluntary groups (e.g. at Tittesworth Reservoir, Sherratts Wood Farm and Ford Green Hall)
Sporting activities within the local community
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
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