Myerscough College is a specialist further education college focusing on land-based, science, engineering and sports courses. The college’s main campus is the Bilsborrow campus in Preston. Most young people study at the Bilsborrow campus on a range of courses such as animal management, agriculture, equine, horticulture, sport, engineering and motorsports. The college has a further six centres across Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside: Croxteth Park Liverpool, Ullswater Community College, Witton Park Blackburn, Walton Hall Park Warrington and Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. At the time of the inspection, Myerscough provides education programmes for 1,771 young people who study vocational programmes from entry level to level 3. Leaders provide training for young people at Ullswater Community College in agriculture, animal management and animal care. The Croxteth, Blackburn and Warrington sites provide programmes in animal management and animal care. The Croxteth site also offers subjects in equine management, horticulture and arboriculture. Currently there are 463 adult students that are based mainly at the Croxteth site. These students study horticulture, English, mathematics multiply programmes and industry courses, such as mowing and pesticide control. A few students study access to higher education land-based science at both Croxteth and Bilsborrow sites. There are 820 apprentices following apprenticeship standards from level 2 to 5, of which 256 are aged 16 to 18. Most apprentices study courses at levels 2 and 3 with the highest enrolments in golf greenkeeping, horticulture and landscape operative, farriery, sports turf operative, veterinary nursing and land-based engineer. There are 323 students for whom the college receives high needs funding. Leaders offer courses at entry and level 1 in skills for working life, employability, public services, sport and motor vehicle. Myerscough work with four subcontractors. Three of the subcontractors provide training for students on education programmes for young people. At the time of the inspection, only one of these subcontractors, Groundworks, were providing training to seven students. The remaining subcontractor provides training on the level 3 rail technician apprenticeship.