Stamford College is a

further education Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is additional education to that received at secondary school that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. It ...

college on Drift Road in Stamford,

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to th ...

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. It opened as Stamford Technical College in 1967 and was later called New College Stamford, becoming Stamford College in 2020. It is now a general further education college that provides full-time and part-time academic and vocational courses.

Courses

The curriculum is aimed at 16 to 18 year-olds, sixth-formers and those taking higher education and vocational

within full or part-time courses. It includes courses in entertaining, music, dance, drama, broadcasting, television, radio, journalism, land-based science, medicine, nursing, dentistry, fashion, textiles, crafts, traditional trowel trades, carpentry, joinery, childcare, computing, catering, sport and arts and motor vehicles. Further education qualification study is provided for

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, BTEC and

NVQ National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are practical work-based awards in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland that are achieved through training and assessment. The regulatory framework supporting NVQs was withdrawn in 2015 and replaced by th ...

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, Health and Social Care, Pre-Uniform Services
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Arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...

Construction Construction are processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design that continues until the a ...

Sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...

, Animal Care, Hair and Beauty and

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Partnerships and status

From 2006, the college has worked in association with Bishop Grosseteste which provide validation for University level courses. In February 2008 the college became the only further education college in the area to provide AS and A2 levels, when

Peterborough Regional College Peterborough College, established in 1946 as Peterborough Technical College, is a major further education college in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. History Engineering firms Peter Brotherhood and Baker Perkins relocated to Pete ...

announced that it would be focusing on becoming a non-academic vocational college. The same year, the college developed a sixth form academy for A-Level study. NCS was awarded

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status in 2009. In 2014, the college collaborated with

Stamford A.F.C. Stamford Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Stamford, Lincolnshire. They currently compete in the Southern League Premier Division Central. History The club was established in 1896 and spent a single sea ...

on the establishment of the Borderville Sports Centre on land provided by the Burghley Estate, at Borderville on Ryhall Road, north of town.

Ofsted

In 2006,

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rated NCS as Grade 2 "Good”, including effectiveness of provision, capacity to improve, achievements and standards, quality of provision and leadership as well as managementNew College Stamford Inspection Report
Ofsted Adult Learning Inspectorate, January 2007, accessed 28 December 2011. Some key areas were identified for improvement; milestones towards completion of targets were not specific enough or linked to quantifiable indicators to enable a clear and detailed view of progress. It was stated that the college needed to improve retention rates, the planning for and the development of learning and the quality of its self-assessment. Since the 2006 Ofsted inspection, the problems have been rectified, as was noted in the annual assessment visit of 2007.

Notable alumni

David Malinowski David Malinowski is a BAFTA and Oscar winning special effects make-up artist. He started his career in 1996 and spent 10 years working for Madame Tussauds in London, then left to pursue his career in film and television. At the 2018 BAFTA Film Awar ...

– BAFTA and Oscar winning special effects make-up artist.VIDEO: Oscar winner David an inspiration for pupils on return to his former Peterborough school , Peterborough Telegraph
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