Courses for people with learning difficulties and / or disabilities

“Welcome to Hackney Community College. We’re incredibly proud to have received the AoC Beacon Award for Inclusive Learning and we wanted to share with you some of the fantastic reasons for studying with us.

Our campus is secure and safe and is shared by learners of all abilities. This inclusive environment means that people with disabilities and / or learning difficulties can gain confidence with every day activities.

Within the spacious Shoreditch Campus, we have specialist accommodation and teachers to help people with a range of learning difficulties and disabilities. These include profound and multiple as well as autism.

You’ll have:

• A member of staff who will meet you when you arrive at College each day and take you to your lesson
• Help with buying your lunch, so you get used to dealing with money
• Experience with how to safely prepare and cook healthy food and lots of one-to-one support to help you with your individual needs.

Our variety of courses are wrapped up with additional hours to focus on independent living skills. These include speech and language development, travel training, educational psychology support and onsite specialists, such as a speech and language therapist.

We also have a course specifically designed to support students with employment skills, helping them to be job ready. We work very closely with local businesses and charities to provide work placements and supported employment opportunities.

We make learning fun – and have a range of extra activities that students can get involved with. We work closely with community partners on various projects, including horticulture, dance and film. You can also take part in fun things like:

• Sports
• Weights
• Swimming
• Art and design
• Gardening as well as
• Trips to theatres

Whether someone wants to go on to higher level courses, get employment, or develop their independent living skills, we’re here to help them achieve that goal. So come and have a look round the College and speak to us about how we can help you with your individual needs. We look forward to welcoming you soon.”

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