Portland College

About the College

Portland College was founded by Her Grace, Winifred, The Duchess of Portland. Her dream was to provide hope and re-employment for miners who acquired injuries down the mines and servicemen who suffered injuries whilst fighting for their country.


Today, Portland College is a national, specialist residential college for students with disabilities situated near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. It is one of the foremost colleges of its type in the United Kingdom, providing excellent learning opportunities. Students come from all parts of the United Kingdom to take advantage of the facilities and wide spectrum of programmes in an environment designed to meet their special needs. The aim of the College is to provide learning opportunities and guidance so that students can develop their potential, become more independent, gain self-esteem and prepare for employment.


Left, Right & Centre Assessment and training for serving military and veterans

The aim of the College is to provide a wide range of assessments, re-training, resettlement and independence support programmes to provide orientation to civilian life.


The vision is for injured service personnel to have the necessary support, guidance, assessment, education and training to enable them to leave the armed forces with dignity and confidence, together with the greatest chance possible of a successful return to civilian life, independence and alternative employment. The overall vision is to ‘Realise the Unimagined You’.


Realising the Unimagined You

The College deals with a broad spectrum of disabilities such as physical, learning and emotional, there is a huge range of specialist skills within the team. These include specialists in dealing with acquired brain injury (ABI), assertive and adaption technologies (AAT), and augmentative and alternative communications (AAC). Through working with military personnel,  close links have forged with:

The Royal British Legion
The Regular Forces Employment Association
The Army Welfare Services
Combat Stress
The Royal British Legion Industries Limited
Royal British Legion Caseworker facilities are available on site

Portland College holds preferred supplier status with The Career Transition Partnership, who supplies re-training for the services and Ministry of Defence through Right Management. This emphasises our credentials as one of the foremost centres for service personnel and is an accreditation we are proud to hold. We believe that our commitment to re-training service personnel is part of the Military Covenant between the Armed Forces and the Government of the day.


 “We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire... Give us the tools and we will finish the job.”

Sir Winston Churchill, BBC radio broadcast, 1941

Facilities include:

Support for Learning:
Excellent health and social care provision
Matrix accredited student information advice & guidance service
Qualified counselling service
Qualified specialist nurses
Hospitality Assured catering

Therapies & Specialism’s:
Physiotherapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech & Language
Therapy Specialist Alternative and Augmentative
Communication Support
Adaptive and Assistive Technology

Educational Facilities:
Well equipped classrooms and training facilities
Leisure Centre for sport and enrichment activities
Excellent ILT equipment
Small onsite farm
Art Zone for Performing Arts and Music

Adapted Environments:
Dining Facilities
Recreation Area and Bar


Courses available:

Administration and Customer Services
Information Communication Technology (ICT)
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Hospitality and Housekeeping
Horticulture

Studying at Portland College allows me to meet new people every day while I learn skills that will help me when I leave college”.


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 Wayne Kirkham
HMF Project Executive (HM Forces)

Portland College
Nottingham Road
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 4TJ

01623 499111 Ext 302
01623 499181

waynekirkham@portland.ac.uk
college@portland.ac.uk

www.portland.ac.uk 

Patron Her Majesty the Queen
Registered Charity No. 214339
Portland College is a Company Limited by Guarantee No. 408340

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