Our Learning Resource Centre (LRC) has been open for over seven years, and has 20 computers which all have Internet access. There is also printing facilities for both black & white and colour printing. We also have a photocopying machine available.

The Learning Resource Centre is open daily from 9.00 am until 4.30 pm, students are also able to use the LRC resources during morning break and lunchtimes. On Monday and Tuesday evenings after college (period 6), the LRC is reserved for the students who have extra modules, to help with their GCSE and GNVQ coursework. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, the LRC is open to all students who may wish to stay and complete homework, or perhaps find information for projects which may have been set.

The Resource Centre has a large selection of both fiction and non-fiction books, and is home to our College Careers Library, which is stocked with books and careers information, as well as a selection of videos and CD-ROM's. The computers in the LRC also have a number of careers programmes installed on them which students are introduced to in Year 9, prior to making their choices for their GCSEs.

Students in years 8 to 11 are also employed as student librarians during morning and lunchtime breaks. Librarians are given training on the running of the college library, as well as being trained to use the computerised library system, by which
the loaning and returning of books, and the booking of computers for students use is carried out.

The LRC is widely used during the day by both students and teaching staff alike. Many lessons are held in the LRC, including GNVQ courses such as Leisure and Tourism, Health and Social Care, where students have access not only to the computers, but also resources held within the LRC.

Within the LRC area, our Special Educational Needs department is situated. Many of the staff find it more convenient to work with small groups of students with special educational needs within the LRC where there is more room, and the atmosphere is that little bit more relaxed than a normal classroom situation, which proves beneficial to both student and staff alike.