Excellent housing will be offered for UK and international students who do not reside in the Manchester area. The main goal is to guarantee that all new students who need housing have a spot reserved before they come at the college to study, while the specifics of each student's age will influence how the accommodations are set up. At the beginning of the academic year, students who are 16 years of age or older can choose to live in the Student Residence—Riverside House—or with a host family. The college is about a fifteen-minute walk from Riverside House, which provides excellent, secure lodging. Riverside House features CCTV cameras, a secure door entry system, and on-site security around-the-clock. Additionally, there is a weekly kitchen cleaning, onsite maintenance staff, laundry facilities, and safe cycle storage. Unless they reside with a parent or other blood relative (such as an aunt, uncle, grandparents, or a sibling or sister who is older than 25), students under the age of 16 at the beginning of the school year are required to live with a host family. In order to provide a welcoming and secure atmosphere where students may unwind, integrate, and learn, host families are carefully chosen. In addition to a desk and storage space, each student will enjoy a spacious bedroom. Typically, the family uses the same restrooms. Sometimes, though, the house will have two bathrooms, and sometimes a student would have a bathroom all to themselves.