Young Wrexham

Specialist Residential Colleges

For a very small number of young people, going to a local college when they leave school may not be the right option.

Local colleges offer a wide range of courses and support but sometimes they cannot offer a course with the support needed. In these cases a young person may be able to think about going to a college away from home. These are called specialist colleges. This means that the staff are trained to offer a high level of support for young people with disabilities.

What if I want to go to a specialist college?

• Going to a college like this away from home is something that you can only choose to do if the local college cannot offer the support you need
• Your careers adviser will talk to you about the colleges that might best meet your needs and how to apply for them
• You would need to arrange to visit the college(s). You would then be asked to go there again and stay for a night so that you can find out more about the college and they can find out more about you
• If you then want to go to this college your careers adviser would need to apply for the funding for you, but this is not given in all cases
• You would need to live away from home during term time and would come home in the holidays and on some weekends
• You could stay in the college for up to 3 years