Sense College East – Sense Centre Bedford

Local Offer - College Education Provision

Sense College East is part of the wider organisation Sense (www.sense.org.uk).

Sense College East provides education programmes are for students aged 16 to 25 years of age and who have an active Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), and who have one or more of the following:

• A moderate to complex learning disability
• A requirement for specialist communication support
• Vision impairment, hearing impairment, or combined vision & hearing impairment
• Autism or Asperger Syndrome
• A requirement for behavioural support

Sense College East offers three education pathways:

• Learning For Life
• Foundation Learning
• Employability

Sense College East offers:

• Highly personalised and progression focused learning programmes
• Ongoing support with vocational and independent living life skills
• Courses linked to external accreditation, leading to nationally recognised qualifications
• Learning through meaningful, realistic and practical activities
• Programmes and strategies designed to assist learners to cope and become more confident in social situations
• Specialist sensory and communication assessment and support
• An extensive programme of social, leisure and sporting activities within the local community

Eligibility section

Students are 16 to 25 years of age, with an active Education Health and Care Plan, and with one or more of the following needs:

• A moderate to complex learning disability
• A requirement for specialist communication support
• Vision impairment, hearing impairment, or combined vision & hearing impairment
• Autism or Asperger Syndrome
• A requirement for behavioural support