Specialist facilities include:
- The Performing Arts Centre including professional studios for performing arts including a dedicated dance studio
- State of the Art Queens Road Gym centre with 2 large cardio and weights rooms, student and sports massage teaching room.
- Xtreme recording and rehearsal studio, with mixing, recording, rehearsal and sequencing facilities for sound and music production students.
- Radio studio for broadcast and audio work.
- Fully equipped photographic studio with digital SLR cameras.
- Dedicated art studios and design work spaces. Podcast and journalism newsroom.
- Public facing Academy of Hair and Beauty where students directly support paying clients.
- Industry focused dedicated areas for childcare and healthcare with nursery style environments and professional healthcare settings, including professional equipment such as resuscitation mannequins, a resuscitation trolley, blood pressure monitors and a blood taking arm
- Science labs and crime scene room
- 250 seat Performance Pod.
General facilities include:
- More than 2,000 PCs and a wide range of Apple Mac computers for everything from graphic design to film editing.
- Large learning resource centre access, including study spaces, learning resources and student network computers.
- Restaurants and coffee shops.
- A central location close to Southend High Street, shops, restaurants, transport links and local cultural venues.