Our Visit to Sparsholt

The estate at Sparsholt College covers 176 hectares and includes a working farm, a deer park, fishing lake, equine centre and so much more.

Campus tours for secondary school pupils who may be considering a land-based career or one of the courses offered at the College can also be arranged.  These tours are specifically related to college courses and countryside careers and are not in any way linked to the school curriculum.  The aim of these tours will be to provide pupils with an over-view of the College with a focus on areas of particular interest.

Sparsholt Schools' Centre for Environmental Education is a well resourced Hampshire County Council day use study centre, located in the grounds of Sparsholt College. The unique rural setting provides a diverse and stimulating environment with access to a working mixed farm (dairy, pigs, deer and sheep), ponds and woodland. Other resources include glasshouses, fish hatchery, aquatics, animal care and equine centres, forestry, wood yard and engineering workshops. An exciting wide range of science and geography based programmes are available to support schools curriculum and GCSE requirements (KS1 - KS4 and AS, A2). Visits by Hampshire maintained schools are subsidised.

The Centre is staffed by fully qualified, experienced teachers who liaise with school staff to plan and teach programmes that meet the needs of visiting school pupils. A wide range of resources, including teachers' packs and an interactive website are available to assist teachers in preparing and following up a visit. In this way, a visit to Sparsholt can be integrated into the teaching and learning of pupils. Well planned learning activities in the outdoor environment have been proven to raise pupils' achievement.