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New College Worcester
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NCW is a national residential school and college for children and young people aged 11 to 19 who are blind or vision impaired.

https://www.ncw.co.uk/
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Suits ✔️ Trainers ✔️ Team spirit ✔️

Mr Stephens and Mr Stark were match-ready to take on NCW students in a friendly football game after lunch — showing that leadership isn’t just about strategy, it’s about joining the fun and celebrating inclusion too! ⚽👏
#SightLoss #VisionImpaired
Photo of Mr Stephens and Mr Stark smiling at the camera whilst n lunch duty in the canteen. They are both smartly dressed in suits but wearing trainers.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🎉 We’ve joined TikTok! 🎥💙
Might be a little late to the party, but we’re excited to share stories, student life & more from NCW.

🙌 Follow us at @newcollegeworcester2 and help grow our community!

#NCW #StudentLife #SightLoss #InclusiveEducation

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October 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🎄Now that it’s October… can we start talking about Christmas yet? Our friends @rnib.bsky.social certainly have Christmas covered! From Braille Advent Calendars to tactile colour-your-own Christmas cards, there’s something for everyone. https://loom.ly/41LnfEs
Christmas
Make this Christmas an inclusive one! Our range of easy-to-see and tactile Christmas cards has something for everyone, including cards for colouring in. Make Advent calendars accessible with our clear braille sticker set, or treat yourself to a 24-day beauty advent calendar with the stickers already applied by RNIB's e
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October 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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🌍 WORLD LANGUAGES at NCW!

Our MFL Dept went BIG for World Languages Day – a whole week of song challenges! 🎶 Students guessed English titles & languages, with winners treated to international treats. 🌎💬

#WorldLanguagesDay #NCW
Señora Molina walks along the MFL corridor with two students. The Spanish flag hangs above them, and the French flag is visible in the background.
October 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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🐢💚 “Turtley awesome” sums up our Learning Support Assistants perfectly! Students from our ASDAN groups showed their thanks with cards & handmade gifts. Huge thanks to our LSAs for all the support, laughter & hard work every day! ✨ #TeachingAssistantAppreciationDay
Photo of a student in the LRC making up gift boxes Photo of a student delivering a gift to one of the LSA in a Science Lab. Both are smiling and happy! Photo of a student sat at a desk using a Perkins Brailler to write thank you notes Photo of a student delivering a gift to one of the LSA in the languages corridor. Both are smiling and happy!
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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🎬 What is Blindness – The World Unseen

We were thrilled to be part of this powerful film challenging misconceptions about blindness. Now, hear staff & students read poems in an inspiring podcast by Tom Walker. ✨
Listen: https://loom.ly/Uf6WYag
#Inclusion #Accessibility
What is Blindness – The World Unseen Podcast with Tom Walker @ NCW - New College Worcester
Earlier this year, we were delighted to be part of the “What is Blindness – The World Unseen” filming project.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🎉 We’re here at #VisionaryConference25! Laura and Lorna are excited to be here for the next few days – looking forward to connecting, sharing and learning.

Photo of conference attendees in the conference room looking at a screen Photo of Laura smiling whilst stood behind the NCW tabl e
September 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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🎥 Discover what makes New College Worcester so special!
Watch our film and see how we’re leading the way in vision impairment education – supporting students to thrive, achieve and reach their full potential.
#NCW #VisionImpairment #Inclusion #Education #SightLoss #VIEducation

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Welcome to NCW!
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September 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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We’re excited to be at the @BlatchingtonCourtTrust Parent & Professionals Conference 2025 in Brighton today! 🎉

If you’re here too, come and say hello 👋 — Laura, our Events & Family Liaison Officer, would love to chat!

#VisionImpairment #CommunitySupport #FamilySupport
Laura smiling at the camera whilst stood behind the NCW table which is full of promo material about NCW
September 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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👏 Excited that Mr Swainland will deliver Screen Reader training for @RNIB!

🗓 Thu 18 Sept 2025 | ⏰ 4–5:30pm | 📍 Online

Perfect for professionals new to screen readers or wanting a refresher.

👉 Book here: https://loom.ly/Nzjw9kw

#RNIB #AssistiveTech #Inclusion
Training for professionals supporting learners with vision impairment
If you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you
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September 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Say hello to the NCW 25/26 Student Council! Elected by their peers, this fantastic group represents the student body across all year groups & are ready for a busy and exciting year ahead. We can’t wait to see all the great work they’ll achieve! #StudentVoice #Leadership #SightLoss #VisionImpairment
Photo of seven students and Mr Farr and Mr Stephens sat in a Meeting Room at NCW smiling at the camera.
September 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Proud to support the Worcester Paint Festival in making art accessible for all! We helped shape 10 new QR-coded plaques with audio descriptions, bringing murals to life for people who are blind or vision impaired. https://loom.ly/-bxcDJo #AccessibleArt #WorcesterPaintFestival
NCW Proudly Supports Accessible Art with Worcester Paint Festival - New College Worcester
We are delighted to have played a small but important part in a project, helping to make this vibrant art form more accessible to everyone.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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✨ Our brilliant Ian Fell Library (LRC) has received a generous donation from its namesake – bringing over 80 new books just in time for the start of term! 📚

Read the full story here 👉 https://loom.ly/FEIFvHI

#NCW #LibraryDonation #AccessibleLearning #Braille #BrailleBooks
Ian Fell Library Benefits from £1,000 Donation from Its Namesake - New College Worcester
Students at NCW enjoy a significant boost to the library’s collection, thanks to a generous £1,000 donation from college alumnus Mr Ian Fell.
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September 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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We’ve thoroughly enjoyed welcoming our students back to NCW today. The corridors and classrooms were far too quiet over the summer – it’s wonderful to have them filled with energy, laughter and learning again!
#SightLoss #VisualImpairment
Three smiling students and two staff members sit around a table in the art room. Braille and large print materials are spread out on the table in front of them. Three smiling students and one staff member sit around a table in the English room, all smiling broadly.
September 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Professionals & parents of young people with vision impairment – get FREE CPD in your diary!
🔹 Intro to Supporting Students with VI – 24/09/25
🔹 Practical Advice for Exams – 26/11/25

Free, practical & confidence-boosting.

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#VisionImpairment
A student and a teacher are in a Braille lesson. A Perkins Brailler sits on the table. The student, wearing dark glasses, is smiling while reading Braille. The teacher is also smiling and looking at the Braille.
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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We are so proud of our incredible 6th Form students and their fantastic results from last week– huge congratulations once again! This week, it’s time to celebrate our brilliant GCSE students and all their hard work. We can’t wait to share in your success on Thursday!
#SightLoss
August 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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👏 Hats off to our Head Student, Asal! 🎉

Congrats, Asal! 🌟 You’ve grown so much over the last few years, and now you’re off to your chosen university to study Clinical Psychology. We can’t wait to see the amazing things you get up to next – we couldn’t be prouder! 🧡
Photo of Asal with the text: Congratulations, Asal! Off to her chosen university to study Clinical Psychology
August 14, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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☀️ Vika’s Summer 2025! ☀️
Our Youth & Engagement Officer has been running online NCW events & travelling across the county supporting VI activities. 🌟 Highlight? Meeting former student Samih! 💛
👉 #NCWCommunity #Summer2025 #InclusionMatters
Vika and Samih sit on a grassy bank, smiling at the camera. Both wear matching “Look” T-shirts.
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring at New College Worcester! 🚨
✨ Residential Key Workers
✨ Payroll Officer
✨ Domestic Assistants

Make a real difference in 25/26 💛
Great perks, rewarding work, stunning setting 🌄

👉 Apply now: https://loom.ly/bdK96ho
A teacher supports two students during a hands-on classroom activity. All are smiling and engaged. The NCW logo is at the top; a banner at the bottom reads “JOIN OUR TEAM!” with a colourful stripe.
August 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Phew, it’s been a hot week! After making pizza, some Lower School students relaxed on the lawn with Pete, our sports therapist, enjoying the shade and cooling down.

#SightLoss #VisionImpairment

📸: Students & staff on yoga mats in the shade, Pete leading the session.

Photo of students and staff on yoga mats on the lawn in the shade. The school building is visible in the background, with two gazebos on the lawn. Pete, the sports therapist, is talking to the group with a laptop next to him.
July 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Sometimes our students surprise us in the best way! Ruby & Aliyah wanted to play cards—but they weren’t in braille. So they brailled them themselves! Now the house has large print and braille cards. #BrailleMatters
📸: Aliyah & Ruby adding braille to cards using Perkins machines.
Photo of Aliyah and Ruby sat at a table with a Perkins each adding braille to the large print cards
July 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Madame Molina opened Chez NCW 🇫🇷 yesterday — a pop-up café in the MFL Dept!

Students used braille, large print & Euros to put their French skills to the test.

What would you order? Une glace, une crêpe or des frites? 😋

#SightLoss #VisionImpairment #MFLFun

Photo of the café menu in large print and braille, with Euro prices displayed beside the items. The picture is taken in the MFL corridor, with French and German flags visible above. The Chez NCW menu on a table with a pile of Euro money beside it. Photo of Madame Molina taking a student’s order as the student reads the menu.
July 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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🎾 It’s Wimbledon semi-final day and Year 7 have been getting in on the action too!

Huge thanks to George from Boughton Park Tennis Club, and well done to Bella and Ed who smashed it! 👏

#VITennis #SightLoss #VisionImpairment
Photo of two Year 7 students in PE kit standing in the NCW gym, smiling at the camera alongside George, the tennis coach and Mrs Price, their PE teacher. All four are holding tennis rackets in the air, celebrating after a fun tennis session.
July 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🎉 Huge congrats to Jake, winner of this year’s NCW FSA Bursary! 🏆

His proposal to launch an accessible transcription business truly impressed.

Thanks to the Former Student Association for supporting the next generation! 🧡
👉 https://loom.ly/jOUFEEQ

#AccessibilityMatters

Celebrating Connections: NCW Alumni Support the Next Generation - New College Worcester
Student Jake receives the FSA Bursary to support his transcription business, thanks to the continued support of our alumni network.
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July 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Stevie Wonder is on his UK tour! Our resident Rock Star George has been learning one of Stevie’s songs… and now we’re on a mission:
Can we get @StevieWonder to hear it? 🎤 Please share far and wide to help us reach the legend himself!

https://loom.ly/EYFLHoI

#StevieWonder

July 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM