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Welcome to the virtual tour of Henshaws Specialist College!
We hope that our virtual tour gallery and videos give you a taster into what it’s like here and if you
have any further questions afterwards our team would be more than happy to help.
We’re so proud of what all our students achieve at Henshaws Specialist College and we’d love to
work with you to achieve your goals.
Virtual Tour Gallery
Here you can have a look round our college facilities by clicking on the images in the gallery below
Here you can see the main building of the college as you approach the campus from the road. We're lucky to be surrounded by lots of green space here in Harrogate.
Here’s our reception area, the first place you’ll come to inside College. This is where you would
speak with our friendly receptionist Craig who is usually sat behind the front desk.
This is one of the corridors that you’ll pass through after you’ve left the main reception. As you can
see, the spaces are wide to ensure accessibility. There’s information boards and bespoke signs on
the doors, as well as colour coding to help you navigate around.
The sensory room at college gives a quiet space for students to explore. The room features soft
lighting and comfortable furnishings as well as a fantastic interactive floor that students can engage
with.
Here you can express your creativity. Our art room are packed with materials and resources for
students to explore, create and make. We love seeing all your different creations and displaying them in our art gallery.
This is our music room where our students experiment with sound and creativity. Students will have
a wide variety of experiences here, tailored to their needs.
Here’s our independence kitchen where you’ll gain cooking skills. There are adjustable work spaces,
as well as talking microwaves. We use recipes in lots of different formats including audio, PECs
and large print to help you build your independence skills.
You won't spend all of your time in classrooms, but we do have lots of them here at college. Here’s one in The Starting Point, which is our dedicated low- arousal setting which provides a
structural educational pathway for young people who may be diagnosed with autism, or have similar
characteristics along with wider additional needs.
There are additional quiet rooms, as well as base rooms in the Starting Point, which provide students
with the space they need to go at their own pace to develop skills that promote independence along
with their personal and social awareness.
The college is surrounded by green space, and is easy to get around with wide paths that lead from
the main college building and around to our media centre, housing and sports centre.
Here’s the front door to our media centre which is next to the main college building. It provides our
students with a flexible working environment and is home to our IT suite, work centre, commercial
print service and recording studios.
This is where you will find all the resources you need to access technology in the way which suits you
best. You can set the rise and fall desks and touch screen monitors to the height and distance that is
comfortable for you. We’ll also help you set up your own devices such as tablets.
Our Assistive Technology team will work with you and people close to you to identify and respond to your individual needs. We will also set up your own personal devices such as tablets on the College Wifi network.
In our two soundproofed recording studios, you can learn how to record audio, produce podcasts
and edit music. Our high quality recording equipment is designed to be fully accessible, with rise and
fall desks and a modified mixing desk.
The sports hall is part of our sports and fitness centre. It offers a safe and accessible environment where we will support you to
achieve your own exercise goals whilst having fun. We’ll work with you to develop your own targets,
whether it is for weight loss, building up your strength, or increasing your range of movement.
You'll find our gym in the sports and fitness centre. It has both aerobic and anaerobic equipment. Our gantry hoist systems support students with complex physical disabilities to stand and walk, allowing them to access a wide range of facilities.
You’ll also find our swimming and hydrotherapy pool in the sports and fitness centre. They are both fully
accessible through a combination of ramp access and overhead hoists so that as many students as
possible can benefit from exercise and therapy sessions.
You’ll also find our swimming and hydrotherapy pool in the sports and fitness centre. They are both fully
accessible through a combination of ramp access and overhead hoists so that as many students as
possible can benefit from exercise and therapy sessions.
This is where you’ll get the chance to grow and nurture plants. Our students work really
hard to grow all sorts of fruits, vegetables, and flowers which they share or sell around the
college campus.
This is where you’ll get the chance to grow and nurture plants. Our students work really
hard to grow all sorts of fruits, vegetables, and flowers which they share or sell around the
college campus.
Nidd, Ouse and Ribble are our three residential buildings. Living on campus provides opportunities to develop your independent living and social skills. All of
our buildings are accessible, with many rooms featuring tracking hoists for students who are
essential wheelchair users.
Nidd, Ouse and Ribble are our three residential buildings. Living on campus provides opportunities to develop your independent living and social skills. All of
our buildings are accessible, with many rooms featuring tracking hoists for students who are
essential wheelchair users.
Nidd, Ouse and Ribble are our three residential buildings. Living on campus provides opportunities to develop your independent living and social skills. All of
our buildings are accessible, with many rooms featuring tracking hoists for students who are
essential wheelchair users.
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