Dearne Valley College

Dearne Valley College is a part of the RNN Group, a group of education and training organisations which also includes Rotherham College and North Notts College. Our campus is based in the heart of the Dearne Valley in Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, and is also easily accessible from Barnsley and Doncaster. At Dearne Valley College we provide full and part-time courses and Apprenticeships for school leavers and adults, as well as degrees and other higher-level and professional training.

You can study from entry level through to Level 3 (which is the equivalent level to A-Levels) before choosing to progress on to degrees and university-level courses with us. We specialise in a technical and career-focused training and education, and will provide you with high quality learning combining hands-on and practical skills, valuable work experience and the technical, underpinning knowledge. Our vocational courses and Apprenticeships will help you develop essential employability skills by involving you in challenging projects, offering you opportunities for trips to places of interest related to your course, participation in guest speaker sessions with industry experts, and the chance to enter regional and national competitions, all supported by training in our industry-standard facilities from lecturers who are experts in their field.

We offer a range of career enhancing qualifications on both full-time and part-time basis, allowing you to study around those work and personal commitments. We offer a wide range of courses, all validated by top universities and national education awarding bodies, You’ll graduate with a recognised and highly valued qualification, whichever of our courses you choose. We utilise our industry links to offer you the opportunity to meet employers and businesses, and gain exposure to real work experiences to support you in your progression and career aspirations. Our courses are designed in collaboration with employers to ensure you gain the skills and knowledge needed to be successful within industry.

Our colleges and their campuses boast a huge range of facilities to complement your studies, including multiple food and beverage outlets and restaurants, hair and beauty salons, sports facilities and fitness suites, day-care and nursery facilities and many more. Our students benefit from a huge range of additional resources online, and in our libraries and learning centres to support their studies, as well as comprehensive student support services including careers guidance, counselling, learning and study skills support, and more to ensure their time with us is as enjoyable as it is valuable. Our teaching teams are fully qualified, industry experienced and experts in their field, ensuring that our students succeed, and gain the skills, knowledge and readiness for the next steps in their careers and education.