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Spotlight on City Campus

Updated: 10.02.26

Spotlight on City Campus

Welcome to City Campus, right in the heart of Sheffield! Just a stone’s throw from Sheffield Train Station, and easily recognisable as part of the steel city skyline, this campus is home to industry-standard facilities, incredible support staff, and a whole host of happy students, going further towards their career goals.

Take a look below to find out what’s waiting for you here, and if this sounds like the place for you, come along to our Open Day tonight!

Student Support

To make sure you can fully focus on your studies, we offer the following support to all of our students:

  • In-class support
  • Childcare
  • Mental health and well-being
  • Exams, such as revision, extra time allowances, or additional requirements
  • Support with a learning or physical disability (SEND)
  • Access to external personal, financial, and travel support

Right next to reception, and also just up our rainbow staircase, you’ll find our two Student Central locations at City Campus. Here, you’ll find the home of our Students’ Union, a drop-in for Careers and Apprenticeships, plus, you can access information, advice and guidance on the following:

  • Admissions and applications
  • Travel support and planning
  • Printing college ID cards
  • Student updates
  • Payments for Student Support Fund applications, trips, exam fees and DBS checks
  • Providing proof of student status letters
  • Collecting your NUS card

Facilities and Opportunities

Each one of our sector areas boasts incredible facilities and dedicated tutors that together allow our students to reach their full potential. Which sector are you hoping to be a part of? Take a look at what’s in store for you below.

Aviation, Tourism and Events

  • Life sized plane simulator
  • Airport security desk
  • Employer partners including British Airways, Emirates, P&O Ferries, Chatsworth House and Garden
  • Previous trips and visits include FlyMe Aviation and Bali, St Lucia, and Thailand with the Turing Scheme

Business

  • Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Business and Enterprise Academy
  • Veezu Business, Sales and Marketing Academy
  • Presentation suites
  • Employer partners including Twinkl, Aviva and Capita
  • Previous trips, visits, and opportunities include Bali with the Turing Scheme, plus volunteering and upskilling sessions

Catering and Hospitality

  • On site, award-winning restaurant, The Silver Plate
  • Specialist baking and patisserie kitchen
  • Employer partners including MSK Ingredients, Rafters, Tilda, Greene King
  • Previous trips, visits, and opportunities include Lakeland Dairies, restaurant visits, guest chef collaborations, competitions and Japan with the Turing Scheme

Childcare and Education

  • On-site nursery
  • Early years room
  • Employer partners including Sensory Spectacle, Waterthorpe Nursery Infants, Just for Kidz Nursery and Pre-school
  • Previous trips include Thailand with the Turing Scheme.

Construction and Building Trades

  • Bricklaying zone
  • Electrical workshop
  • Carpentry and Joinery workshop
  • Plastering zone
  • Painting and Decorating studio
  • Computer Facilities and CAD Studios
  • Materials testing lab
  • Kier Construction Academy
  • Employer partners including Horbury, Taylor Tuxford, Wates Group, Henry Boot Construction, and MJ

Hair and Beauty

  • Revive hair and beauty salon
  • Hairdressing salons
  • Media make-up stations
  • Beauty and massage salons
  • Employer partners including Kryolan, Elemis, Eve Taylor, and Wella
  • Previous trips, visits, and opportunities including fashion shows, charity work, workshops with industry experts, competitions and Japan with the Turing Scheme

Health and Social Care

  • State-of-the-art mock hospital ward
  • Training dummies
  • Ultrasound machine
  • Employer partners including Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kickback Recovery, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Recovery
  • Previous trips, visits and opportunities include World Skills competitions, University trips, and Bali with the Turing Scheme

IT and Computing

  • State-of-the-art computing labs
  • Robotics and Internet of Things suite
  • Employer partners including Discovery STEM, Fluid One, Reach, and University of Sheffield
  • Previous trips, visits and opportunities include guest speakers from Reach and Fluid One, Sheffield Digital Networking event and India with the Turing Scheme

Science, Dental and Pharmacy

  • Science and dental technology laboratories
  • Computer and research suites
  • Employer partners including Sheffield Hallam University and University of Sheffield
  • Previous trips with the Turing Scheme to Geneva, Switzerland

The Sheffield Sixth Form

  • Interactive classrooms
  • Exclusive common room
  • Social spaces
  • Trips, guest speakers, and competitions
  • Opportunities with organisations such as Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Department for Education, University of Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam University, and many more

Student Stories

City Campus welcomes students at all levels and stages of life. We are proud to deliver courses and qualifications to school leavers, T Level students, Sixth Form students, Apprentices, Access to HE students, University level students, and adults. Have a look below at what some of our City Campus students have to say about their experience with The Sheffield College:

Early Years

 

Health and Social Care

 

 

Hair and Beauty

 

 

Catering and Hospitality

 

 

Business

 

 

These are just some of the amazing opportunities waiting for you here at The Sheffield College. Come along to tonight’s Open Day at City Campus to find out more and apply for your ideal qualification. Book a place here.

 

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