[14] Archdeacon Law donated approximately £15,000 towards the cost of churches, schools and other public buildings in the Weston area.

The National School opened to 320 students on 22 September 1845 – the day George Henry Law (Bishop of Bath and Wells), the archdeacon's father, died.

[13] Following the mid-century reforms of Henry Cole and others, which promoted the creation of schools to develop a pool of skilled technicians and designers necessary to maintain the country's industrial dominance, the Hans Price-designed School of Science and Art, now known as the Weston College Conference Centre, was built in 1892 and opened the following year.

On 11 January 2016, the college announced that it had purchased the Arosfa Hotel in Weston-super-Mare to redevelop it as a Law and Professional Services Academy.

[3] In 2012, Weston College won a £10 million contract to provide education to inmates of 13 prisons in the South West of England.

[35][36] The Knightstone Campus is the college's main site, located near Weston-super-Mare's town centre, and where its leadership team and support staff are primarily based.

[37] Along with classrooms and office space, the campus contains a library, a canteen, hair and beauty salons, a gym including a sports hall, a training kitchen and restaurant, and specialist facilities for people with learning difficulties and disabilities.

The renovation moved the entrance to the ground floor and relocated it on the college's east elevation, facing Lower Church Road.

[40] In 2006, construction began on the plot adjacent to the sixth form centre to create Weston College's Loxton Campus.

[37] The facilities include performance spaces, creative arts workshops, graphic design studios, recording and rehearsal suites, a library and a canteen.

[44] The facility promotes independent living and social skills, and assist its learners by increasing their access to Higher Education and career opportunities.

[45] In January 2015, North Somerset Council agreed to sell Weston-super-Mare's Winter Gardens Pavilion to the college for the nominal fee of £1.

[46] The sale is part of the council's plan to regenerate Weston-super-Mare's town centre and the college intend to turn the building into a Law and Professional Services Academy.

It reported that the college met expectations and that the quality of student learning opportunities was 'commended', which is the highest grade the organisation can give.

[53] In 2016, Weston College re-branded its higher education provision to reflect its university centre status with UWE Bristol.

The University Centre Weston brand was debuted on the hoarding surrounding the seafront section of the Winter Gardens Pavilion in August 2016.