BISHOP BURTON COLLEGE

Bishop Burton, Beverley, East Yorkshire HU17 8QG
Contact: Steve Meek Tel: 01964 553000
Web Site: www.bishopburton.ac.uk

We currently teach pupils from 28 different schools on approx. 50 different courses. A list of the courses involved includes GNVQ Land and Environment, GNVQ Engineering, GCSE Rural Science and Agriculture, AQA Unit award scheme in the following areas – Agriculture/horticulture, Engineering and Construction, finally GNVQ Leisure and Tourism. The emphasis is on practical skills with the supporting theory. The facilities on offer are the Croft (a mini-farm), the college pig unit, the college dairy, the commercial horticulture unit, the amenity horticulture unit, the engineering workshops, and the estates workshops. We take local schools pupils for one week’s work experience in various departments. We organise primary school visits and take farm animals out to schools to give primary school children a taste of the rural environment and farming.