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5 Stars on the door for our Catering Team!

5 Star school meals!   Following an unannounced inspection by Environmental Health Officers on Monday from Worcestershire Regulatory Services, our incredible catering team has once again achieved a 5-star food hygiene rating! This is a well-deserved recognition of their hard work and dedication to

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Shaping the Future with Tactile Learning

At the end of last half term, our students participated in an engaging workshop featuring 3D-printed tactile diagrams. They explored materials designed by George Rhodes for the National Archives project in March, alongside a variety of diagrams related to Science, Maths and Mobility. Among

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Children in Need Celebrations at College

  This week, our college was buzzing with excitement as we joined together to support the wonderful cause of Children in Need. Organised by our Year 10 ASDAN students, the activities during break time were a shining example of teamwork, creativity and community spirit.

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Exciting things are happening in the Art Room!

We are thrilled to share the inspiring artwork of NCW student Zander, who is currently working on his Art GCSE project centred around Mythical Creatures. Zander is proving that his vision impairment is not a barrier to creativity and self-expression.  For his project, Zander

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Sixth Form accommodation refurbishment success!

Over the summer holidays, while students enjoyed a well-deserved break, an amazing team of tradespeople worked tirelessly to transform the ground floor of the sixth form accommodation into a stunning, bright and airy living space. Thoughtfully designed with accessibility in mind, this new space

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The image is a close-up of a sheet of Braille. The bottom part of the image includes the text "Braille 200 @ NCW" with the NCW (New College Worcester) logo, which features an orange swoosh resembling an eye. It is quite a simple logo with the text colours only being off grey.

Celebrating 200 years of brilliant Braille!

In 1824, Louis Braille, at just 15 years old, invented the Braille code—a tactile writing system designed to be read by touch. This ground-breaking development has enabled blind and partially sighted individuals to read, write and access information independently. Skip forward 200 years and Braille

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