Leicester and Leicestershire Area Review: College Annex
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Leicester and Leicestershire Area Review College annex August 2017 Contents1 Brooksby Melton College 3 Gateway Sixth Form College 4 Leicester College 5 Loughborough College 7 North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College 8 Regent Sixth Form College 10 Stephenson College 12 Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College 13 1 Please note that the information on the colleges included in this annex relates to the point at which the review was undertaken. No updates have been made to reflect subsequent developments or appointments since the completion of the review. 2 Brooksby Melton College Type: Specialist further and higher education college Location: The college is based in Melton Mowbray and operates from 2 main campuses – Brooksby (rural, Landex provision) and Melton Mowbray (creative and service industry) Local Enterprise Partnership: Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Principal: Chris Ball Corporation Chair: Andrew Wolfe Main offer includes: Brooksby Melton is a full member of LANDEX and in addition to its land based specialism it delivers sport at its recently completed new purpose built facility on the Brooksby campus, performing arts media from its Melton campus which includes a theatre and rural hospitality and catering. Details about the college offer can be reviewed on the Brooksby Melton College website Specialisms: Land based, sport, performing arts, media, and rural hospitality and catering Partnerships: The college has a number of key strategic partners including a sports academy with Mansfield Town Football Club, an academy with Leicester Tigers and bespoke national apprentice models with Grimme UK and SAME Deutz-Fahr The college receives funding from: Education Funding Agency Skills Funding Agency Higher Education Funding Council For the 2014 to 2015 academic year, the college’s total income was: £10,516,000 Ofsted inspections: The college was inspected in November 2016 and was assessed as good 3 Gateway Sixth Form College Type: Sixth-form college Location: The college is based on a new campus situated to the north east of the city of Leicester Local Enterprise Partnership: Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Principal: Suzanne Overton-Edwards Corporation Chair: John Kirk Main offer includes: The college offers technical and academic A level provision for 16 to 18 year olds across a wide range of subject areas Details about the college offer can be reviewed on the Gateway Sixth Form College website Specialisms: Learning for life and work, traineeships and supported internships The college receives funding from: Education Funding Agency Skills Funding Agency For the 2014 to 2015 academic year, the college’s total income was: £7,936,000 Ofsted inspections: The college was inspected in October 2016 and was assessed as inadequate. Notice of concern: The college is subject to Sixth Form College Commissioner intervention 4 Leicester College Type: General further education college Location: The college is based in Leicester and is one of the largest colleges nationally. It operates from 3 main campuses: Freemen’s Park campus, St Margaret’s campus and Abbey Park campus and an Engineering Technology Centre Local Enterprise Partnership: Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Principal: Verity Hancock Corporation Chair: Jill Wells Main offer includes: The college offers provision for 16 to 18 year olds and adults across a range of subject sector areas and delivers apprenticeships, employer led learning and higher education Details about the college offer can be reviewed on the Leicester College website Specialisms: Footwear software, design and construction training, including learners from different countries on the foundation degree Fashion design computer aided design (CAD) suite sponsored by Vetigraph, one of three in the UK and the only one outside the London area Print facilities which have been sponsored by Canon Motor vehicle engineering The Peter Jones Enterprise Academy delivering specialist courses in enterprise and entrepreneurship Sports at their community sport arena jointly funded by the college, Sport England and the city council Supporting learners with profound and multiple learning difficulties at their specialist facility at Freemen’s Park campus Travel and tourism Performing arts at the Sue Townsend Theatre The college receives funding from: Education Funding Agency 5 Skills Funding Agency Higher Education Funding Council For the 2014 to 2015 academic year, the college’s total income was: £48,893,000 Ofsted inspections: The college was inspected in February 2016 and was assessed as requires improvement 6 Loughborough College Type: General further education college Location: The college has a single large campus close to the town centre of Loughborough on the same site as Loughborough University. It has recently completed a new build sixth-form centre on the same site Local Enterprise Partnership: Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Principal: Heather Macdonald Corporation Chair: Audrey Traynor Main offer includes: The college offers provision for 16 to 18 year olds and adults across a range of subject sector areas, including apprenticeships, employer led learning and higher education Details about the college offer can be reviewed on the Loughborough College website Specialisms: Sports delivered at elite level and space engineering Partnerships: The college has a strong partnership with Loughborough University, and shares a range of facilities. The college also has a partnership with the National Space Academy in Leicester, delivering programmes and apprenticeships in space engineering The college receives funding from: Education Funding Agency Skills Funding Agency Higher Education Funding Council For the 2014 to 2015 academic year, the college’s total income was: £26,891,000 Ofsted inspections: The college was inspected in February 2013 and was assessed as good 7 North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College Type: General further education college Location: The college has 3 main campuses in Nuneaton, Hinckley and Wigston and two smaller centres at Atherstone and Harrowbrook North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College has been a single institution since the merger of North Warwickshire and Hinckley College and South Leicestershire College in August 2016 Local Enterprise Partnership: Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Principal: Marion Plant Corporation Chair: Toni Fazaeli Main offer includes: The college offers academic and technical provision for 16 to 18 year olds and adults across a range of subject areas Details about the college offer can be reviewed on the North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College website Specialisms: Fork lift truck and logistics and distribution, delivered out of a specialist Harrowbrook construction and transport facility in Hinckley Creative industries programmes, delivered via specialist facilities in Hinckley Clinical practice within the National Health Service (NHS) up to level 5 Provision for learners with special educational needs and disabilities Provision to re-engage learners at risk via the Inspire 14-16 offer Higher education– including IT, leisure management, interior design, fashion and working with children and young people Partnerships: The college sponsors and leads a multi-academy trust which includes four secondary academies The college receives funding from: Education Funding Agency 8 Skills Funding Agency Higher Education Funding Council For the 2014 to 2015 academic year, North Warwickshire and Hinckley college’s total income was: £25,333,000 For the 2014 to 2015 academic year, South Leicestershire college’s total income was: £14,092,000 Ofsted inspections: North Warwickshire College was inspected in March 2012 and was assessed as good South Leicestershire College was inspected in November 2014 and was assessed as good Notice of concern: The college is subject to a notice of concern issued by the Skills Funding Agency 9 Regent Sixth Form College Type: Sixth-form college Location: The college is based in the centre of Leicester opposite Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College and the University of Leicester city centre campus Local Enterprise Partnership: Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership Principal: Paul Wilson Corporation Chair: Joyce Black Main offer includes: The college offers academic and technical provision for 16 to 18 year olds and a small number of adults across a range of subject areas. The college has a small 16-18 apprenticeship provision largely focused on the health sector Details about the college offer can be reviewed on the Regent Sixth Form College website Specialisms: Level 2 provision and GCSE English and maths Emerging specialisms include business, ICT, performing arts, health and sport Partnerships: The college has a partnership with Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College, which is underpinned by a collaboration agreement and has been in place since 2009 The college has subcontracting partnerships with two specialist performing arts providers, offering specialist dance and musical theatre provision The college has a relationship with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust delivering apprenticeships The college receives funding from: Education Funding Agency Skills Funding Agency For the 2014 to 2015 academic year, the college’s total income was: £5,711,000 10 Ofsted inspections: The college was inspected in March 2016 and was assessed as requires improvement 11 Stephenson College Type: General further