Blackburn College — Attraction in Great Britain

My daughter has a disability which the college won’t accommodate to meet her needs fully. They have advised her not to do Alevels because she won’t be able to catch up if she misses lessons as they won’t give her extra support to do so which is discriminatory as it puts her at an unfair disadvantage to others who don’t need time off due to illness or medical appointments.

One of her teachers told her off for having a blood test appointment during lesson and needing time off despite this having been prearranged and agreed with the ALS team at the start of term. The teachers don’t seem to check their online portal to know what care needs are in place for individual students or accommodate them. It appears the ALS team have little or no influence over what goes on with the Alevel department and my daughter has had no communication from them since starting college.

They don’t seem to know how to handle a 16 year old which is an irony because they are in this profession. One of the management team seems to have unfairly targeted my daughter as she continuously talks down to her and treats her like a child which my daughter doesn’t like and she stands up to her which this woman doesn’t like. This person proceeded to give my daughter a hard time for having an appointment the day after her exam as she couldn’t attend an extra session that she hadn’t been informed about. Note her appointment had been prearranged for in her own time too and no it couldn’t be changed.

Communication seems particularly poor and it seems to be a blame culture from teachers. They don’t seem to treat them with the respect they deserve as young adults. They are young and impressionable and won’t learn and grow in this kind of adult environment. I must say so far I have been disappointed by this college and contrast this to when my daughter was at secondary school and had a great deal of support...

I joined Blackburn college last year in September with previous struggles with signs of dyslexia, I spoke to multiple members of staff including many English teaching staff in which they told me I would get extra support, a teacher to sit with me, extra English lessons, a computer to use during lessons, etc. And nothing has happened even now I have rung the college itself and messaged other members of staff multiple times and they have said they will try to get something sorted out but still nothing has happened. I was promised by my now English teacher that a dyslexia test would be done at the start of the year in September then again told in October then November and December and now in January and still nothing has been done No support in the slightest and I've just been told today that the college itself can't support me with any help in lessons and they can't provide a dyslexia test, so they told me I would have to pay £500 for a person to come in to do a dyslexia test. So because of all of the messing about I am going to withdraw my enrollment and find actual support from elsewhere. And If you are thinking of going or sending your child to Blackburn college just keep in mind that they don't show you any support if you have learning disabilities or if you are disabled and you will just be messed about for months until they tell you that they can't actually help you and would be better to get support...

i booked an evening course ,and i had to cancel the course because of a family member was in hospital, and i had to care for them in the evening. So i rang them to cancel the course and i was going to rebook the course further down the line. over the phone and the lady on the other side of the phone told me , i will get £20 admin fee and i will get rest of the refund, i was happy with that. few weeks have gone by and i didnt get no refund so i rang again and the lady on the other side told me i have to email to cancel the course and i will get refund in 20days time. today they took £20 + told me i will only get 30% of the total fee back .. i rang them again to explain the issue and the Receptionist was a joke and laughing at me and i told them i have proof of cancellation of the date i rang. she started to laugh at me (not very professional ) and they didnt even comply , i am not that rich , i work really hard for my money and just get by end of the month . really...