Suffolk Rural College
Suffolk Rural College is an English further education college in the village of Otley, Suffolk.
The college was founded in 1970 as East Suffolk Agricultural Institute. It merged with Ipswich-based Suffolk New College in 2020, having previously been partnered with Easton College in Norfolk.
The college
The college offers full-time courses and apprenticeships in the following curriculum areas:- Agriculture
- Animal Management
- Arboriculture
- Construction
- Equine Studies
- Fisheries
- Floristry
- Foundation Learning
- Horticulture
Location
The campus has specialist vocational workshops and outdoor facilities, as well as general college buildings.The campus consists of:
- A working farm for Agriculture
- Equine facilities
- Floristry workshops
- Commercial Dog Grooming parlour
- Facilities for Arboriculture
- Horticulture greenhouses
- Land-Based Service Engineering workshop
- Construction workshops
- Engineering, Motor Vehicle and HGV workshops
- Foundation Learning areas
- Range of Sports facilities
The Farm
On the farm the College have:- Red-poll cattle.
- Sheep flock and seasonal lambs.
- Poultry and seasonal chicks.
- Goats.
- Horses and equine facilities.
- Pigs.
- Alpacas.
- Land-based engineering technology, including tractors.
- Arable crops.
- 95 acres of farmland; made up of grassland, mixed cropping, and environmental areas.