HSDC Alton Old Odiham Road, Alton GU34 2LX

"Rubbish college don’t send your children here. Teachers are insensitive and rude. They don’t support mental health only make it worse. You can teach yourself better on YouTube than the teachers can. They don’t teach you, you have to teach yourself. Regret going and know many students that have also and have moved to other college due to this. Hygiene standards are very low. Nearly all students skip college and teach themselves in their own time. Food is all beige that they offer. I would have put zero stars but that isn’t an option. They have no optimism for change and still continue to hire uneducated staff that have no control over the class. Tutors are rude and unhelpful. You get treated like scum. Best advice from this review is to send your child to a college where the building isn’t in the middle of a dodgy council estate."

"Great collage lots of places to hang out with friends, the course I'm doing is great lots of practical work. 4 stars as the course started with a teacher missing for the first term."

"They wouldn't test me for dyslexia because I hadn't been tested at secondary school. I managed to get into uni after only getting 1 alevel because I couldn't read properly. The uni tested me straight away, confirmed I had it and gave me all the support I needed. The stress from going to alton college not only brought my childhood epilepsy back but also gave me a condition called pcos, and for the cherry on top gave me severe depression and anxiety. Don't go here."

"New teachers don't care about their students. The ones that did care have or are all leaving apart from like 2. No proper complaints system is in place, so you have to wait virtually a whole year to have a meeting in which you're just blamed and senior management say that it hasn't been an issue before even though you and other students have been complaining to teachers and senior management for the last 6+ months. Lessons seem to be watching a video because the new teachers can't be bothered to actually do their jobs. Absolutely appalling college who have ruined the university applications and career aspirations for their students."

"Attended for an interview with my son who has SEN. Every member of staff we came into contact with was so helpful and positive about the possibility of him studying at Alton. We came away with my son having chosen his studies, registered and been made to feel so welcome. It is a huge step for our son and I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity he has been given. My daughter is already studying at Alton and is thoroughly enjoying it. I would definitely recommend visiting to look around"