The Heart of Yorkshire Education Group is now closed for the festive period, with no access to emails or phone lines until Monday 6th January 2025. We will respond to your enquiry as soon as possible on our return.

Thank you for your patience. Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

School Leavers

Are you a young person who is about to leave, or has recently left school?

Your Study Programme

Support

You’ll have personal and group tutorials (called Goals) with your tutors, as well as further support from our highly skilled and dedicated team as needed.

Work Experience Placements

Every student at College has the opportunity to undertake meaningful work experience activities during their time at College.

NAVIGATE

Activities and experiences to develop skills through trips, visits, guest speakers, volunteering, enrichment, clubs and societies.

English & Maths

You’ll continue to study English and maths until you achieve a GCSE 9-4. This will be timetabled to fit in alongside your course.

School Leaver Courses

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Wakefield College Facilities

The Harrison Building

The Harrison Building is home to the Sixth Form at Wakefield College, as well as Student Central and our library.

The Beaumont Building

The Beaumont Building is home to the award-winning Gaskell’s Restaurant where Hospitality & Catering students can cook up a storm. Beaumont is also the home of our Flex Suite and our amazing Reading Room.

The Radcliffe Building

The Radcliffe Building houses state-of-the-art facilities for Digital Industries, Science, Animal Care, Travel & Tourism, Public Services, Sports, Health & Social Care and Art.

The Gissing Building

The Gissing Building provides the latest facilities and equipment for the Creative Industries Centre and our School of Popular Music.

The Seacole Building

The Seacole Building is the home of our University Centre, which offers a range of degree-level programmes in Business, Childcare, Computing and more.

Lightwaves

Work up a sweat in our extensive facilities for Sports students, including a gym, fitness testing lab, therapy and massage suite and pitches.

Waterton Building

Showcase your talents in the Waterton Building, home to our 160-seat Mechanics’ Theatre, studios, rehearsal rooms and backstage workshop for constructing the perfect stage set.

School Leaver Prospectus