Latest News from Fairfield College

We’re pleased to announce that we have availability for Work Placements at Fairfield Animal Centre, offering a range of experiences in our Café, Kitchen and Animal Park. There are only limited spaces available, so act quickly if you wish to secure a space. For...

This term in Digital Skills, student have been learning coding. Students have been working with our robot 'Cue' and programming him to move around the college. This has really tested skills from other areas too, such as; Maths - turning by degrees to avoid objects and...

Students at Fairfield Farm College thoroughly enjoyed a dance workshop at The Forum in Bath recently. Selwyn Widger and Caroline ‘The Dance Lady’ organised a fun filled morning of dance, with many students enjoying the spotlight and the opportunity to dance on the big...

Residential Students at Fairfield Farm College have been enjoying Mixed Ability Rugby over the past 6 months, where they regularly get the opportunity to train with a Mixed Ability team on Monday evenings. Mixed Ability Rugby means that players of all abilities can be...

Fairfield Farm College students enjoyed some Platinum Jubilee celebrations on a day filled with events on the last day of term. Students enjoyed a variety of fun games on the MUGA sports pitch in the glorious sunshine. They then got to nominate staff for various roles...

Fairfield Farm College’s Sports Leaders team delivered an inclusive tennis session at Dilton Marsh Primary School as part of the Youth Sport Trust ‘Beyond the Baseline’ project. Paralympic tennis player Louise Hunt worked with the group to plan and practice the...

Paralympic Tennis Player Louise Hunt joined students at Fairfield Farm College as part of the Youth Sport Trust ‘Beyond The Baseline’ project. The aim of the project is to make tennis accessible to everyone. Students were learning how to adapt tennis to a variety of...

A massive congratulations to Rebecca, who has been selected as one of the finalists for the Unique Art Awards 2022. The Unique Arts Award is an annual art competition for young people with learning difficulties.   Rebecca entered a piece into the 3D category on the...

This term in Digital Skills, students are learning to code and recently started with 'The Hour of Code'. The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify "code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden...

Through the Youth Sport Trust, Fairfield Farm College supports an alternative education provider called Launch2Learning. Recently Launch2Learning organised their spring conference aimed at looking at and discussing assessments and pathways. It was great to see two of...

National Careers Service So far this academic year 36 of our young people aged 19+ have taken part in impartial 1:1 Careers Advice and Guidance sessions with Emma from the National Careers Service.If you are aged 19+ you can find out more information...

Over the last two weeks the college Work Experience students have been working at both Wainwrights Quarry and the Canal & River Trust on various maintenance projects.   They have been working to unblock the lake water runoff and get the water flowing again at...

It’s been an incredibly busy month for students at Fairfield Farm College, a specialist college based in Dilton Marsh. Students have been actively fundraising for two very important causes, and whether it’s been helping organise donations for Ukraine or dancing their...

Fairfield Farm College students Nathan & Josh attended the Swindon & Wiltshire Youth Sport Trust ‘Step into Sport’ Leadership Day.  They did a fantastic job representing Fairfield Farm College and Youth Sport Trust, offering lots of tips and advice and...

As part of International Women's Day 2022 and National Careers Week a group of students took part in a Webinar with Karla from Innovate UK. The students got to learn about the transport and technology industry and ask questions. Students found out about new...

As part of National Careers Week a group of students took part in a workshop learning about jobs in the creative industry. The students then had to take part in three creative challenges. When building spaghetti and marshmallow towers we needed to call in the Work...

A huge thanks to George from McDonald's who visited us this afternoon as part of National Careers Week and gave two engaging employer talks. Students were able to ask questions and find out what it's like to work at McDonald's. Students were very engaged and asked...

A huge well done to several of Work Skills students who had their first virtual interviews with staff from Centre Parcs and McDonald's. The students have been working hard in class and at home to prepare for their interviews and researching the companies. Students did...

On March 4th, the Fairfield Farm College Student Council delivered the generous donations they have received for the refugees of Ukraine. Students packed the boxes and then delivered them over to the local donation point in Westbury at Daykin Estates. A big thank you...

Disability Rights UK produce the Get Ahead Magazine, and some of our students artwork have been featured within the latest edition! - Get Ahead is a toolkit and resource co-produced with and for disabled young people. The newsletter and magazine will help you navigate...

Fairfield Farm College are collecting items to send to Ukraine. Our Student Council are looking to collect items to send to Ukraine working locally with the village collection point. If you would like to take part, bring your items to reception and we will be sending...

Sports Leaders at Fairfield Farm College organised and refereed a inter-tutor group Boccia competition. Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The Sports Leaders gave clear instructions, implemented the rules and...

As part of National Apprenticeship week, a group of students took part in a lunch time virtual Q&A session with the Disability Apprenticeship Network and Disability Rights UK. The students got to talk to three young apprentices and ask them questions to find more...

19+ of our students have been having one to one sessions with Level 6 Careers Advisors from the National Careers Service on Wednesdays to think about their skills and qualities, prepare CV's and to help prepare them for their next steps into adult life. The students...

Our Fairfield students had the opportunity to take part in an Interview Prep Workshop delivered by the Education & Business Partnership. The students learnt about the different types of interviews, interview do's and don'ts, how to dress and positive body...

Fairfield Farm College Enterprise Students have been getting creative for Valentine's Day over the past few weeks. They've created a range of gifts including door hangers, sweet bags, paintings, cards and more.  You'll be able to buy some of their creations in the...

Fairfield Farm College Student Lucie-Joy was presented with The Chris Bell Award by West Wilts School Games Organiser Selwyn Widger recently. This is an annual award is given in recognition of an individuals commitment and focus towards performing at the West Wilts...

Better late than never! In December 2021 the Wilts/Swindon Santa Dash was postponed due to extreme weather conditions. Today, it went ahead. Sadly all the other schools who were looking forward to joining us couldn’t attend, but we still had a lot of fun and there...

Fairfield Farm College Sports Leaders recently worked in pairs to improve and develop their ‘verbal communication’ skills. The students took it in turns to guide their blindfolded partner around the college, being in charge of their partners path and direction...

Fairfield Farm College students had a great first day back on work experience with Wainwright Quarry. Students have been busy preparing and planting maple and hazelnut seeds in the woodland, and we look forward to seeing them grow over the coming years.

Students at Fairfield Farm College have recently returned to the Canal & River Trust to continue their weekly work experience. Fairfield Farm College is a specialist college for young adults with learning disabilities based in Dilton Marsh near Westbury. The...

Students and Staff enjoyed a wonderful Christmas lunch prepared and cooked by the Catering team. The fun continued after the meal, with an array of Christmas activities. Party games, festive photo's, and lots of Christmas song singalongs were enjoyed by all!

Students raised an amazing £264.26 for Save the Children UK, with both a cake raffle and wearing their awesome Christmas jumpers! A big thank you to all the students, staff and Café & Farm Shop customers that got involved!

Please come to reception or the café and buy a raffle ticket for this wonderful Christmas Jumper cake. All proceeds from the raffle will go to Save the Children UK. You could win this delicious sponge cake, filled with jam and raspberry ripple butter icing, finished...

Last year Josh & Nathan completed the Sports Leaders UK Level One Course. As part of this they also participated in a Youth Sport Trust leadership initiative called ‘Step into Sport’. The Youth Sport Trust is the UK's leading charity improving every young person's...

Fairfield Farm College students did a fantastic job of preparing a buffet for a conference at the Canberra Centre in Melksham on December 1st. There was a large variety of food that was produced for the event, and students were tasking with not only preparing the...

Students at Fairfield Farm College recently enjoyed a visit from Wiltshire Police for an exciting employer engagement Q&A session. PC Daniel and PCSO Alice offered an insight into the world of being a police officer. Students got to hear what the role of a police...

With the Autumn leaves falling hard, the work experience group at Palmer Gardens have been busy again getting the gardens cut back, swept and tidied up for customers to enjoy. The students always work hard and are transferring skills learnt in Horticulture into a work...