Loreto is now Manchester’s only purpose built college.

The college has up-to-date modern learning facilities in all subject areas, ensuring that your learning environment is of the highest quality. Facilities across the college include:

Extensive and mature gardens set across the 9 acre site
3 relaxed student cafeterias, with shop
An extensive Theatre workshop area and 2 Theatres
25 IT suites, including Apple Macs
Industry standard photography studio
Professional standard media editing suites
3 state of the art student study centres, with drop in PC and Apple Mac facilities and internet access for students
A dedicated student support suite - with careers, study skills and mentoring support
Extensive library with internet access and multi media resources
A historic nineteenth century Chapel - for quiet reflection
Networked IT facilities in all classrooms with internet access
State of the art science labs with cutting edge equipment and technologies
Sports facilities including new sports hall, eight acres of playing fields, new sports pavilion, specialist sports laboratory
2 professional standard Dance Studios
Lifts for disabled access across the campus
Specialist facilities for students with learning difficulties and disabilities including; simulated living area, health rooms, kitchen and teaching room
Dedicated Art, Textiles, Photography, 3D and Graphics studios
Future proofed Broadcasting Studio
Dedicated music technology and editing suites

Ellis & Kennedy Building

Our new ‘high tech’ Ellis and Kennedy building, is the most ‘eco friendly’ public building in the City of Manchester with solar panels, ground source heat pumps and rainwater harvesting amongst its ‘eco’ features- which was the basis of the college recently winning the UK award for the best environmental FE building in Britain this year. Students will find a new theatre and workshop area with associated dance, music, performance, sound recording and music technology areas and practice spaces housed together. Film and Media studies have a range of production and Apple Mac based editing suites all equipped to industry standards. New photography and design workshops are also incorporated into the building and English and IT have also moved into purpose built accommodation. Add to that a brand new library, another student IT drop-in centre and an additional cafeteria and you can see that Loreto’s facilities are not only ‘state of the art’ but also ‘second to none!’

I.T. Facilities

Internet
Intranet
Word Processing
Desk Top Publishing
Database and Spreadsheets
Dyslexia Support
ESOL Support
Study Skills
Careers Information
Literacy and Numeracy Support

Careers Library

Reference Books
Occupational Information
Employment and Job seeking information
Higher Education Prospectuses

Library

Books
Journals
Silent study area
Online resources
DVDs

“The college is imbued at every level with a culture of high aspirations and expectations.’’

OFSTED 2010