Facilities
Our sites offer you a welcoming environment where you'll be treated like an adult, with high-specification facilities to fire up your learning.
State-of-the-art workspaces and facilities
The current Church Road campus was opened in 2009 by HRH The Earl of Wessex and has state-of-the-art facilities for students. The new Lexicon shopping centre is a two-minute walk and the train and bus station are ten minutes away.
The campus boasts hair and beauty salons, motor vehicle workshops, electrical installation and construction workshops, science labs, a hospitality and catering kitchen, photography and art studios, IT suites including CAD workstations and a Sport England grade sports facility. In our cosy and well-stocked Learning Environment, you can access reference and textbooks, PCs and online study resources, with the best views in the college! The excellent facilities are matched by our professional, dedicated and industry-experienced teaching and learning staff.
The state-of-the-art building was purpose built and features many exciting professional environments to learn in, including:
- Creative Arts – Open, light and airy art studios, which will inspire you to create your best work; Media studios equipped with professional equipment, including a green screen; Photography studio, a dark room and editing suites, so you'll get to know Photoshop inside out.
- Construction and Electrical Installation – Dedicated workshops to help you put into practice all the skills you have learnt, in a safe, well equipped space
- Hair and Beauty – You will learn the skills needed for industry success in our purpose-built salons, styling paying customers, fully supervised by our industry experienced lecturers.
- Hospitality and Catering – Learn catering and front of house skills in our purpose-built kitchen.
- Motor Vehicle – Our two dedicated motor vehicle workshops are fitted out with all the equipment you’ll find in garages, service and repair centres. We have many cars available to work on, including some donated by Honda, who are based in Bracknell.
- Science Labs – If you’re interested in taking Science at A-level, our dedicated labs provide everything you’d expect.
- Sports – Our Sport England grade sports hall has basketball and badminton courts, five-a-side football facilities and trampoline with harness.
Disability access
All floors are accessible by generously sized lifts, and there is a chair lift for the raised café. If you have specific access needs, please contact us before your visit, and we can advise.
Phone: 0800 612 6008
Why Bracknell and Wokingham College?
- Clear routes of progression with qualifications ranging from foundation level to degree level!
- Industry experienced teaching staff give you the responsibility and independence you need to take charge of your own future.
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150+
courses available
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95%
of our graduates go into work or higher education
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60+
years of teaching experience
