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List Of Further Education Colleges In England
This is a list of current further education colleges that are publicly funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in England. The government considers colleges of the further education sector to be: "general FE (GFE) and tertiary colleges, sixth form (6F) colleges, specialist colleges (e.g. colleges of agriculture, or drama) and adult education institutes." With a substantial number of mergers, and the foundation of many new institutions, this list is inevitably going to be incomplete or include colleges that have since merged to form new institutions, such as Hackney Community College, Tower Hamlets College, and Redbridge College now being titled New City College. A * Abbeygate Sixth Form College * Abingdon and Witney College * Access Creative College * Accrington and Rossendale College * Activate Learning (see Banbury & Bicester College, Bracknell & Wokingham College, City of Oxford College, and Reading College) * Ada College * Alton College * Andover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 may be at any level in compulsory secondary education, from entry to higher level qualifications such as awards, certificates, diplomas and other vocational, competency-based qualifications (including those previously known as NVQ, NVQ/SVQs) through awarding organisations including City and Guilds, Edexcel (Business and Technology Education Council, BTEC) and Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations, OCR. FE colleges may also offer HE qualifications such as Higher National Certificate, HNC, Higher National Diploma, HND, foundation degree or Postgraduate Certificate in Education, PGCE. The colleges are also a large service provider for apprenticeships where most of the training takes place at the apprentices' workplace, supplemented with day r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reading College
Reading College is a further education college based in Reading, Berkshire, England. It has over 8,500 local learners on over 900 courses. The Kings Road site that is the principal location of Reading College has been used for further education since 1955, when the Reading Technical College was opened. This was renamed the Reading College of Technology in 1967 and the Reading College of Arts and Technology during the 1970s. Thanks to a merger with the Berkshire College of Art and Design (in Maidenhead), it became the Reading College and School of Arts and Design in 1997. It was taken over and became part of Thames Valley University in 2004. Thames Valley University continued to offer further education courses at the site, whilst also offering higher education courses more in keeping with its status as a university. In 2009, the Thames Valley University decided to concentrate on higher education. In 2010 the responsibility for further education, along with the Kings Road site, wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barton Peveril College
Barton Peveril Sixth Form College is an Ofsted 'Outstanding' sixth form college located in Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK with approximately 5,000 students, aged 16–18. It is part of the Wessex Group of Sixth Form Colleges. History Originally Barton Peveril School was a temporary school, founded in 1904 by the local County Education Authority, to meet the demands of the new railway town of Eastleigh. It had two long-serving head teachers, with Miss Annie Smith at the reins from the start until her retirement in 1936 and then Mr Harry Newnham Reed Moore (1897–1991), who again only left to retire in 1963. He was succeeded by Mr R. E. Bowyer. As the school expanded, larger premises were required, with a house named ''Barton Peveril'' purchased by 1918, which later gave its name to the institution officially recognised as Eastleigh County Secondary School, Barton Peveril. In 1932 there was another move, this time to a building in Desborough Road that had previously been used for a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnsley Sixth Form College
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider borough had a population of 244,600 in the 2021 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Barnsley is located on the M1 corridor between the cities of Sheffield to the south and Wakefield to the north. Doncaster is to the east, Huddersfield to the north-west, and Manchester lies west across the Peak District to which it is connected to via the A628 road. Barnsley's former industries include linen, coal mining, glass making and textiles. Barnsley's culture is rooted in its industrial heritage and it has a tradition of brass bands, originally created as social clubs by its mining communities. History Following the Norman invasion of 1066, many abbeys and priories were built in Yorkshire. Norman landowners increased their revenues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnsley College
Barnsley College is a further education college just outside the town centre of Barnsley, England. It has several campuses, including the SciTech Digital Innovation Centre and The Electric Theatre. The college provides A Levels, apprenticeships and vocational courses for students. Upon its last Ofsted inspection, the college was awarded the grade of ''Outstanding'', the highest grade available; further to this award the college was also deemed ''The best college in the UK'' by Ofsted officials. Campus The Old Mill Lane Campus is the main campus building and it has a variety of facilities available to students, including art and design studios, catering kitchens, a simulated nursery and classroom, hair salons, beauty therapy rooms, music recording studios, a drama studio, a dance studio, and a simulated aircraft cabin. SciTech Digital Innovation Hub Originally opened by Sir Patrick Stewart in November 2004, the SciTech Centre was home to health sciences, social care profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnfield College
Barnfield College is a further education college in Luton and is part of the West Herts College Group. In 2024 Ofstead rated the group as 'Good'. History Origin In 1958, Luton Technical School moved to a new building off Barnfield Avenue, and the name of the school was changed to ''Barnfield Secondary Technical School''. With the introduction of comprehensive schools in Luton in 1967, it became ''Barnfield High School''. The number of pupils declined; in 1968 parts of the building were taken over for teaching hairdressing and dressmaking; and in 1970 the College of Further Education took over the whole building. In 2003, Barnfield College became the first general further education college to be awarded Beacon status. Barnfield Federation Peter Birkett was appointed as principal in 2005, and the college became the first further education college in Britain to sponsor an academy school ( Barnfield South Academy and Barnfield West Academy). By 2007, the Barnfield Federation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnet And Southgate College
Barnet and Southgate College is a further education college in North London, England. The current college was established in 2011. It has three main campuses and two other learning centres in the London Borough of Barnet and the London Borough of Enfield, predominantly serving students from these areas. Over 14,000 students are enrolled as of 2018. History The college was formed on 1 November 2011 with the merger between Barnet College and Southgate College. Barnet College was established in 2000 as a merger between the old Barnet College and Hendon College. The Wood Street campus of Barnet College for Further Education had been used for vocational education since the 19th century. Apart from this the college had campuses in Whetstone and North Finchley. Hendon College for Further Education was created in 1973 when the Hendon College of Technology became part of Middlesex Polytechnic, later Middlesex University. As of 1994 the college had four sites, in Colindale, Hendon, Burnt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barking And Dagenham College
Barking & Dagenham College is a general further education college in East London, England. It has three campuses across the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham with its main campus being located in Rush Green near Romford. Their other campus are located in Barking town centre at the Technical Skills Academy and Barking Learning Centre. The College is also home to the East London Institute of Technology. History Originally known as Barking College, it became Barking & Dagenham College in 2010. In 2015 the College became a Digital & Creative Industries Career College. In February 2018, the College was awarded a £5m share of £25.7m funding by the Mayor, Sadiq Khan to complete its Centre for Advanced Technologies. In 2021, the college opened its Idris Elba Film and TV Studio, named after one of its alumni who studied performing arts at the college in the 1990s. Courses Barking & Dagenham College offers technical and professional training, from entry level to level 7. Qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askham Bryan College
Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based in Askham Bryan, York, England. Opened to students in 1948, it also has centres in Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Saltaire and Wakefield. Newton Rigg College became part of Askham Bryan College in 2011, but was closed in 2021. In 2022, Askham Bryan College was granted foundation degree awarding powers, becoming the only land-based college with those powers in the UK. University Centre Askham Bryan (UCAB), its upper education arm, had 3,850 students in 2024 studying courses in areas such as animal science, agriculture, veterinary nursing, equine science and zoo and wildlife conservation. History Askham Bryan College was built in 1936, but not opened until after World War II as the Yorkshire Agricultural Institute. It first opened to students in 1948 in Askham Bryan, York, England. 19 years later, it became the Askham Bryan College of Agriculture and Horticulture. Since its founding, the college has opened a number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashton Sixth Form College
Ashton Sixth Form College (commonly referred to as ASFC) is a sixth form college in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester. Founded in 1928 as Ashton-under-Lyne Grammar School, the college is selective with an offer rate of 28% (2021). Academic performance Ashton Sixth Form College was rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in 2020, and as 'Good' in 2025. . In 2022, 1,356 A* and A grades were rewarded to students, and 38 courses at the college achieved 100% pass rates. The college was ranked 4th fourth in Greater Manchester by the Department for Education, and 52nd in the U.K. by ''The Times'', making it the highest-performing college in Tameside since its inception. It also ranks in the top 10% of colleges nationally. Ashton Sixth Form College is increasingly oversubscribed, with an offer rate of 28% (2021). Notable alumni * Gerard Kearns Gerard Kearns (born 4 October 1984) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Ian Gallagher in the British version of the comedy-dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashford College
EKC Ashford College is a further education college located in Ashford, Kent, England, founded in August 2014. Since 2020 it has been a member of the East Kent Colleges (EKC) Group, which was established in 2018 to unite several colleges in East Kent under a single network. EKC Ashford College offers a variety of academic and vocational courses, including A-Levels, T Level, BTEC, NVQ Diplomas technical qualifications, apprenticeships, and adult education programs. The college provides education in diverse fields such as business, engineering, health and social care, digital and creative arts, and more. History Ashford College was founded in 2014 as a result of the split of K College. Prior to this, the Jemmett Road campus was part of South Kent College. Following a 2008 KPMG report that recommended a merger, South Kent College joined West Kent College in April 2010 to form South & West Kent College, which traded as K College. Ashford College relocated from its original loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquinas College, Stockport
Aquinas College is a Roman Catholic sixth form college in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The college offers a range of Level 2 and Level 3 courses including GCSEs, A-Levels, and other vocational courses such as BTECs and T-levels. The college also offers various adult education courses. History The college was established in 1980 by the Diocese of Shrewsbury and is named after St. Thomas Aquinas. The college was opened on the site of St. Michael's Secondary School. Ambrose Smith was the college principal from 1989 to 2011. During his tenure the college was so popular among school leavers in the Stockport area that it received twice as many applications as there were places. During this time the college expanded from 400 to 2000 students. In 2010 a new main building was opened. In 2011 Danny Pearson succeeded Ambrose Smith as principal. The College was rated as "Good" at its most recent Ofsted inspection, which was carried out in 2023. Notable alumni * Arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
