Take the reins for an exciting future and gallop towards a challenging and rewarding career working with horses! The equine industry offers lots of different career routes and will provide you with an opportunity to turn your hobby into a career. 

Our Kirkley hall Campus has all the state-of-the-art facilities needed for you to study equine management full-time, whilst getting the best possible learning experience possible to prepare you for a career in equine. 

Is it for me?

You will need to be physically fit, enthusiastic and determined, in addition to having organisational and time management skills and, of course, a love of horses!

Our facilities

You'll study this subject full-time at Kirkley Hall Campus and you will have access to our brand new dedicated equine centre which offers fantastic state-of-the-art facilities, stable yards with two indoor and two outdoor arenas, horse walker, weighbridge, solarium, gait analysis facilities, indoor demonstrating barns and cross-country course.

Career ready

We work with the following employers to help you get career ready and gain real work skills: Robson and Prescott, Homeside Hall, Washington Riding Centre and Murton Equestrian.

Have you seen our excellent facilities?

We have some of the best facilities for agriculture students including:

  • Stable yards with indoor and outdoor riding arenas

  • Horse walker, weighbridge, solarium, gait analysis facilities and indoor demonstrating barns and cross country course

  • Our brand new, dedicated equine centre will
    offer fantastic state-of-the-art facilities

92%

overall pass rate for vocational and technical courses*

*Northumberland College student achievement rates, 16-18 year olds, 2022-23

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