East Surrey College

I attended this college in the early 2000s and studied IT and later Electronic Media under lecturer Lucy Orr and had a fantastic time. Granted, it’s been a while since I was a student, but I recently donated some surplus art supplies to ESC and had the opportunity to see the new (to me) campus and facilities. In my opinion this is a brilliant college and its facilities are fantastic. I’d strongly recommend East Surrey College to any prospective students.

I was here only 1 year and they are so unorganised and they don't understand autism, they changed stuff last minute and it's just draining, people with autism they need to know not last minute, we need a routine and if its changed without us getting heads up that's when we flip and will get angry, I don't recommend this place! Also let me talk about my mental health, the only teachers that helped me was Sam the TA and celcse! All the others compared it to themselves I not really impressed with my experience I honestly wouldn't recommend it, it's sad really but it didn't work out for me!

I graduated in 2022. I enjoyed college a lot more than sixth form. Generally the staff were good but there is unfortunately not enough staff for what I did travel and tourism. Such a shame because it’s wonderful course.

I was due to start an evening course as a mature student this week. I received a phone call from Natalie and was told they had decided to change the start time of the course. This is unacceptable as I am now not able to get to the college on time. I made my arrangements to fit around the course . The course is not as advertised . I will be contacting the college principal LINDSAY PAMPHILON

Dear oh Dear, East Surrey college, I know you're placed in Redhill however I never knew you could be lower than the town itself, you make Croydon seem luxurious after 2 years being here, but here we are, typing a 1 star review yet, you could've possibly had maybe 3 - 4 stars; I've been attending ever since September 2022 and I've had the worst possible experience of my life, College was supposed to be a sweethaven for me however its been quite the opposite, I feel as if you don't care for the Motor Vehicle Students whatsoever, no trips to outside learning such as museums which apparently are mandatory, no support moving up, the only way you can get support is making mutual with the staff and then that can be difficult if you don't have a shining personality, you need to focus on Motor Vehicle more, not Motorsport, I understand its the college's main priority however... only including Motor Vehicle in 1 post on Instagram in the past 6 months is absolutely absurd, plus, I'm typing this from home when there's supposed to be a lesson on! Hold on, staff sickness?! I'm off and I have 3 weeks left to complete my files after Tomorrow, you are absolutely atrocious and deserve Government support which clearly coming from inside the building you do not receive, making Motor Vehicle students clean up a south workshop which is MOTORSPORT MAY I MENTION and not even learning anything practical on the vehicles on the NORTH workshop which is MOTOR VEHICLE MAY I ALSO ADD, you're one of the reasons I have to take anti-depressants and then the days I have college and forget to take them I have no motivation to even go in, the first year was bad, but the 2nd, absolutely not, I recommend to place your child into the Motor Vehicle program and to steer clear, there only 2 staff that can teach and they're using one not qualified to teach in a classroom, it's dreadful, I wouldn't have to make this review if the head of Engineering came into our class when we had zero lessons before hand and said 'you all need to attend to make sure to stay on the course' aka more money, I even know how much they make per student with no EHCP's and EHCP's, however due to my research, I could be committing a crime so I shall not mention the values. Key points from this review that need work on ASAP! (All in Order) 1. Staffing (Dreadful) 2. Lessons (Dreadful) 3. Trips to learn outside College Grounds with real manufacturers such as Audi, VW, Skoda, Vauxhall, Ect Ect. (Abysmal) 4. Modern Slavery, (As I have mentioned, using students to clean another courses workshop; Funny thing is motorsports can't even jack up a car 😂) 5. Maths and English (Times need to be reduced back to 1 hour instead of 1 hour and 15 mins to give students more free time if they fail) And last and but not least no. 6. Mental Health Help (one of my teachers on a Friday told me off for drawing when it's one of my ways on learning otherwise I daydream and don't take in any of the course work being said, 3 of my other classmates were also told off and they no longer attend the lessons regularly, maybe one out of two lessons and day) Hoped this helped you after all my research into the college and taking in everything that has been done in 2 years; the good perk of Autism is observing certain activities and researching on what they can possibly face, take care now! 🙂

Went there for a haircut cut the other day. Good prices and nice hospitality. I feel that too much was cut off. Having said that it looks alot healthier. My stylist was nice enough but abit nervous. However it would have been nice to have seen the back. It was nice to have a cup of tea while I was having my hair cut. Next time choose a sink where the water taps are not so temperamental. Oh and I don't take to being told how to sit plus the receptionist nearly over charged me