Blackpool Skills College · Ages 16–18
Your next step.
Your kind of future.
Discover what you can do. Build practical skills, grow in confidence and prepare for adult life, with support shaped around you.
Blackpool Skills College is a Special Post-16 Institution for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Our individual study programmes bring together vocational learning, English, maths and personal development.
What could your next step look like?
A programme built around the person
Different starting points.
Room to move forward.
You might already know what you enjoy. You might need time to discover it. Wherever you are starting, we want to help you recognise your strengths and take purposeful steps towards your future.
We work with you and the people involved in your placement to understand your needs and ambitions. Where you have an Education, Health and Care Plan, its provision and outcomes help shape your programme.
Find your starting point
What interests you?
Explore practical subjects and discover skills you can build on.
Hair and Beauty
Practical techniques, personal presentation and client care.
Explore hair and beauty ↗Joinery, Decorating and Plastering
Discover different trades through purposeful practical tasks.
Explore construction ↗Catering and Hospitality
Develop kitchen confidence, teamwork and a taste for good service.
Explore catering ↗Business and Customer Service
Understand customers, communicate clearly and explore enterprise.
Explore business ↗Subject choices and learning activities are agreed as part of each student’s programme, according to suitability and availability.
Skills that go with you
For work.
For life.
For you.
Practical learning is part of a wider programme. We also focus on the everyday skills that help you participate, make choices and become more independent.
English and maths that make sense
Connect learning to real situations, from understanding instructions and explaining an idea to measuring materials and managing money.
Support to take the next step
Develop confidence through clear goals, useful feedback and support informed by your assessed needs.
Preparation for adulthood
Work towards your ambitions for employment, further learning, independent living, community participation and wellbeing.
How placements work
Placements at Blackpool Skills College are commissioned and funded by local authorities. Families and professionals are welcome to make an enquiry. A place is confirmed once assessment, commissioning and funding arrangements have been agreed.
If you are considering the College, speak to your local authority SEND team about the placement process.
Read about admissions and referrals ↗Useful information
Find the answers you need.
Students and families
Find practical information to help you prepare for College and know what to expect.
Student and family information ↗Safeguarding and wellbeing
Find out how to raise a concern and who to contact when you need help.
Safeguarding and support ↗Policies and key information
Read the College policies and information about how the organisation operates.
Policies and information ↗Blackpool Skills College operates through a separate company from Blackpool Skills Academy. The Academy provides school education for ages 11–16; the College provides specialist education for ages 16–18.
Company number: 17504683