Norland College

Norland College, founded in 1892 by Emily Ward, is a provider of childcare training and education. Norland trainees are employed world-wide as nannies, nursery nurses and in other positions in a variety of settings for childcare.

Throughout its history the college has been based at various locations throughout the UK, notably Chislehurst in Kent and Hungerford in Berkshire. It is presently based in Bath. Originally the college contained daycare and boarding facilities for infants, as well as being a training college for nannies. Now the college at Bath is purely a training facility without integral childcare facilities.

Courses offered range from a BTEC programme for 14 to 16 year olds offered in conjunction with local schools, through post-school practical vocational courses, to degree courses in association with the University of Gloucestershire.^[1]

Norland history

• In February 1999, the first male nanny trainee was accepted since the inception of the college in 1892.

• A graduate of the college can be stripped of the diploma if he/she contravenes the principles of Norland. This way the college maintains its high reputation.

• A family employing a Nanny from Norland college can pay around €30,000 per annum (rate as of 2006).

• A so-called Sky Nannies diploma was introduced, in 2006, which specializes in the care of children during airplane trips.

• In 2005/6 a documentary called Nanny School was filmed showing a year at Norland College. It consisted of 15 episodes (5 per term) and was shown on Discovery Home and Health (UK) in October 2007.

• An urban legend persists that Diana Spencer trained as a nanny at Norland, but this is not correct.

• Norland College in Bath opened a nursery in the summer 2009. Norland Nursery operates to the same high standards that are taught at Norland College.

• Norland College has its own employment agency which works exclusively with Norland College graduates at placing them in positions worldwide.

References

• Penelope Stokes, Norland: The Story of the First One Hundred Years, Publ: The Norland College, 1992.

Notes

1. ^ "Courses at Norland College". Norland College. http://www.norland.co.uk/courses-91.html. Retrieved 9 August 2010. 

External links

• Norland College Homepage
• The college in Denford Park
• Move from Denford to Bath
• List of courses at Norland
• Norland supernannies
• 1984 article on Norland
• Guardian article on Norland, 2002
• Norland nanny killed

Coordinates: 51°23′30″N 2°21′08″W / 51.3918°N 2.3523°W / 51.3918; -2.3523