Northumberland College

Northumberland College is the largest training provider in Northumberland with centres across the county in Ashington, Kirkley Hall, Berwick, Blyth, Newcastle and Hexham.  

  • The College achieved aan outstanding rating in all areas. Over recent years, the College has invested over £14million in new facilities at its sites, including a £2.5 million STEM Centre at its Ashington campus.  
  • The college offers hundreds of vocational courses and a wide range of apprenticeship programmes to individuals and employers throughout the North East region. 

The local area

Northumberland is considered one of England’s great counties. It has a beautiful coastline with fantastic beaches, unrivalled scenery, globally significant tourist attractions including Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a thriving culture and festival scene, and picturesque market towns.

It is the least populated county in England with almost 320,000 inhabitants sharing less than 2,000 square miles. Around a quarter of the county is protected as Northumberland National Park and is an area of natural beauty.

The east coast mainline and the A1 means that Northumberland is well connected. The high rate of employment, affordable house prices and welcoming communities offer an unrivalled quality of life.

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Vision Northumberland Investment Programme

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Ashington Campus

Our campus in Ashington is Northumberland College’s largest campus and is where most vocational courses are based. Industry standard facilities include a new digital academy and simulated health ward. It’s located a 20-minute walk from the town centre: College Road. Ashington, NE63 9RG.

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Kirkley Hall

Our rural campus at Kirkley Hall, set in the beautiful Northumberland countryside, is home to our animal and land-based education and training. We even have our own zoo! It is located a 10-minute drive from Ponteland: Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 0AQ.

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Berwick Campus

Our new multi-million pound investment programme will see our Berwick Campus transformed into a modern, state-of-the art building. The campus is only a short drive from the town centre: 16 Adams Drive, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 2JG.

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Our Values:

Courage

We boldly approach the future with confidence and energy.

  • We are creative, forward looking and are not afraid to reimagine what and how we do things.
  • We foster a solution focussed culture where people are empowered to champion effective change.
  • We do the right thing, in the right way when it matters most.

Respect

We nurture a community where everyone is welcome and belongs.

  • We think about things from other people’s point of view.
  • We enable the views of others to be heard, and genuinely value their input.
  • We are considered and measured in our words and actions.

Authenticity

We are who we say we are, we do what we say we will do.

  • We uphold honesty, integrity and fairness.
  • We hold ourselves and each other to account even when it’s hard.
  • We embrace opportunities to constantly learn, grow and professionally develop.

Excellence

We strive for excellence at the heart of everything we do.

  • We are ambitious for our college group, our staff, students and stakeholders.
  • We strive to lead in our areas of expertise.
  • We make a positive impact and pursue game-changing innovations.

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