Luminate Education Group (formerly Leeds City College Group
) brings together a number of
secondary,
further
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and
higher education
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institutions in
Yorkshire
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,
England
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. It was renamed from Leeds City College Group in December 2018 to better reflect its growing portfolio of institutions.
[Luminate Education Group]
''Radiating Positivity. Transforming Lives''
Luminate Education Group Strategy 2019-2021
Organisation
The members of the group are:
*
Leeds City College
Leeds City College is the largest further education establishment in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England with around 26,000 students, 2,300 staff, with an annual turnover of £78 million. ,
formed from the merger in 2009 of
Park Lane College Leeds
Park Lane College Leeds was the largest further education college in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and provided further, higher and adult education to over 45,000 students. It operated out of over 40 sites across Leeds. On 1 April 2009 Park ...
,
Leeds College of Technology
Leeds College of Technology (formerly Kitson College) was a further education college in Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. With a strong technical bias, the college supported the computing, engineering, social care and transport industries. In ...
and
Leeds Thomas Danby
Leeds Thomas Danby (formerly Thomas Danby College) was a further education college in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England offering courses for 16- to 18-year-olds and adults. The college was named after the first Mayor of Leeds, Captain Thomas Danby ...
College along with
Joseph Priestley College (which joined in 2011).
*
Keighley College
*Leeds College of Music,
now
Leeds Conservatoire
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*
White Rose Academies Trust
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,
which operates
Leeds City Academy,
Leeds East Academy,
Leeds West Academy and (from 1 December 2020), Alder Tree Primary, formerly Mill Field Primary Academy.
*
Harrogate College, which joined the Group on 1 August 2019.
The group currently has around 22,300 students.
Higher education
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provision in Leeds is delivered under the name "University Centre Leeds". The business and staff development teams of the Leeds, Keighley and Harrogate Colleges were brought together on 18 January 2021 to form the Yorkshire Centre for Training and Development.
[Luminate Education Group]
Yorkshire Centre for Training and Development
accessed 19 January 2021
References
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External links
Luminate Education Group
Education companies of the United Kingdom
Education in Yorkshire