One year on – Estates update July 2025

It’s now one year since the £45m investment into our Campus began, and progress on the redevelopment has been impressive.

The investment will transform the college and help us achieve our vision to be an inclusive centre for lifelong learning and to equip our learners with the professional behaviours, skills and values that they will need for their careers.

The College community of students and staff, has embraced the changes working collaboratively to ensure that learning disruption has been minimal, and applications for September are at an all-time high!

Christine Ricketts Principal and CEO said “Our plans have always been to secure the future of Brooklands Technical College and to ensure that further education and skills-based training continue to thrive across the region. I am so impressed with the progress to date, students joining us in September will benefit from new state-of-the-art facilities, a broader curriculum offer and a vibrant College community.”

In March, the first refurbished building was handed over, The Edge building is the new area for the Education & Early Years, Health, Science, Public Services and Sport courses. The building has been completely refurbished internally, offering cutting edge science laboratories, a simulated nursery and model medical rooms for students studying the T Level qualifications in Early Years and Health.

Over the summer, two more buildings will be completed and will be ready for students joining us in September. The Barnes Wallis 1^st and 2^nd floors have been totally reconfigured internally to create areas for Hair & Beauty, Catering, Travel & Tourism and a new light and bright dining/breakout area for students. Our professional training facilities; Brooks Restaurant and Brooks Salon, both opening to the public in October, will also be located in this building.

The Tower will provide classroom space, that will be utilised by the whole college for the teaching of theory, workshops, tutorial activity, as well as English and maths. The top floor will be a dedicated space for our Pre-16 Foundation Pathways students who choose an alternative secondary education.

The next phase of the project will see a new main entrance, sports centre, gym, community space, and café created, which will be completed in the first half of 2026. The final stage includes the construction of a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) facility for specialist post-16 SEND provision across Surrey.

It’s such an exciting time to be joining the College and we look forward to welcoming our new cohort of students who will benefitting from these new facilities.