Why Barnfield for Adult Further Education?

Barnfield is the largest FE college in Bedfordshire – providing everything you need to succeed.

Barnfield College is the largest further education college in Bedfordshire - spread across five state-of-the-art campuses.

Returning to education is both challenging and rewarding, whether you're looking for a change in career, or you're between jobs and looking for new skills to help you find work. At Barnfield College we provide everything you need to succeed - excellent facilities, expert teaching and student support. Learning new skills is the perfect way to inject a spark back into your life - so why not come to Barnfield and feel invigorated again?

Achievements

The College was rated as "outstanding" by OFSTED and is one of the very few nationally to be awarded "beacon" status for the quality of its courses.

It was the first college in Britain to be awarded national Learning and Skills Beacon status and is rated among the top 10 per cent of UK colleges. It's home to six Centres of Vocational Excellence, underlining that its teaching facilities are second to none. The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) rates Barnfield as "outstanding".

What's available

Apart from first-class teaching facilities and innovative, cutting-edge technology, each campus offers an excellent range of learning resources, giving students easy access to print, audio, video and information-based technology materials. There are learning resource areas for study and plenty of support back-up. Barnfield's 1,000-strong staff are highly-trained, very motivated and committed to excellence and achievement.

For Your Convenience

Refreshment facilities are to be found at all campuses with refectories at Technology, New Bedford Road and York Street campuses. The first-class restaurant and café at New Bedford Road Campus are run by the staff and students.

To book a table at the restaurant call: 01582 569646

Well-equipped day-care nurseries for students' children are available at New Bedford Road and Westbourne Road Campuses. Places depend on availability. Parking is available at all campuses.

New Bedford Road: 01582 569614

Westbourne Road Campus: 01234 332333