Welcome to WorkStart!
If you are looking for a way to kick start your career then this course is for you. WorkStart gives you the opportunity to gain work experience and qualifications. You will be able to work one-to-one with Job Coaches to get you on track to achieving your ambitions.
WorkStart is a package of courses from Orchard Hill College which is an Outstanding college (Ofsted 2025); we are immensely proud of as this as it recognises our students’ fantastic work and achievements.
If WorkStart sounds like it could be for you please get in touch and we will be happy to arrange a visit, we look forward to meeting you!
Kelly Phillips - Executive Principal
“I love my job; I never want to leave at the end of the day!”
– WorkStart student
Outcomes for learners are outstanding, teaching, learning and assessment are excellent and the extremely diverse programmes that meet learners’ individual needs, interests and aspirations, prepare them very well for life after College.
Ofsted Report
Learners on the DFN Project Search Supported Internship programmes in Hillingdon celebrated the successful completion of their courses at a special graduation event held at the Civic Centre. Interns were presented with a graduation certificate before receiving a special Supported …
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Our Supported Interns based at Merton Council celebrated the successful completion of their programme at a special graduation event in the Council Chamber. Nichola Headings Project Officer for Supported Internships at Merton Council, congratulated the interns, saying “We have …
The Guildhall in Kingston provided a very special setting to celebrate the 2026 cohort of Supported Interns from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The internship is run by the College in partnership with Achieving for Children, with the …