Re-opening of the Farm creates a unique opportunity to study Animal Care on courses run by London’s top specialist Landbased college
Capel Manor College is building on the successful range of horticultural courses it currently offers at its Crystal Palace Park centre and offering two new Animal Care courses which will use the soon to be refurbished and restocked farm at Crystal Palace Park. The courses will be at level 1 and level 2 (the equivalent to five good GCSE levels). From September 2009 a level 3 course (equivalent to three A’ levels) will be introduced.
The college is investing nearly half a million pounds in repairing and restocking the farm. It will be run by college students (supervised by experienced staff) and, thanks to generous extra support made available through the London Development Agency, will be open to the public several days a week.
Head of College, Madeline Hall, said:
“This is a very exciting time for the college. Over the last year we have established very successful horticultural courses, including an apprenticeship scheme at Crystal Palace Park. The courses build upon the strong horticultural heritage originally established in the park by Paxton and are already proving very popular.”
“Until this September, anyone in the area wanting to study Animal Care at Capel Manor College has had to travel to our Enfield campus in North London. Now we will be able to offer local access to the high quality Animal Care learning experiences that we are renowned for.”
Once the farm is up and running, students will have the opportunity to work with a very wide range of animals, ranging from rabbits, rodents and exotics, through to large animals like pigs and Shetland ponies.
Capel Manor also plans to introduce a range of arboricultural courses at Crystal Palace and elsewhere in south London.
Capel Manor has Beacon status which means it has been assessed by the government and others as being amongst the top 5% of colleges in the country.
Places on courses will be limited in the first year and all those interested are advised to apply to the college at the earliest opportunity.
For further details please contact Tel: 020 8778 5572 or our Student Registry: 08456 122 122
Pictured left is Monica Ward from Shirley, Croydon. She was studying computers but saw a Capel advertisement and decided on a change to follow her love for animals. Monica enjoys the practical days on the course.
Miguel Ferreira, (pictured right) from Streatham, plans to go on to the First Diploma and then to University and his ambition is to be a vet, possibly working with reptiles at a Zoo.
Kelly Filmer (pictured left) from Orpington loves animals and wants to learn as much as she can about them. Not sure of her career path at the moment but plans to do the First Diploma later in the year at Crystal Palace.
Pictured with Kelly is Samantha Rose from Addiscombe in Croydon. Samantha's ambition is to become a veterinary nurse and enrolled last year after seeing a Capel Animal Care course newspaper advertisement. She too plans to take the First Diploma this September.
Sam Jolley, from Mitcham, works at Holland Park and attends Crystal Palace one day a week on the college's apprenticeship scheme.
Holland Park's Head Gardener Stella Fear says the Apprentices have been a valuable addition to the team and the park. It has been so successful that they are planning to take on two more apprentices in September 2007.
Full list of courses at Crystal Palace Centre
Capel Manor College
Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, Middlesex EN1 4RQ
Tel: 08456 122 122
