Leicester and Leicestershire Area Review College annex
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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
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
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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 education college
Location: The college is based in Coalville and has a centre in Nottingham
Local Enterprise Partnership: Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership
Principal: Nigel Leigh
Corporation Chair: Gordon Tacey
Main offer includes:
The college offers technical provision for 16 to 18 year olds and adults across a range of subject areas, along with delivering apprenticeships, employer led learning and higher education
The college offer can be reviewed on the Stephenson College website
Specialisms:
Construction management, motor vehicle (heavy) and engineering apprenticeships
Provision for learners with special educational needs and disabilities
Partnerships:
The college has partnerships with a number of national employers currently including BAM Nuttall, Volvo (truck and bus), Vinci, Interserve, Ryder, Petit Forestier, Aggregate Industries, Pullman and A Plant Higher and Renault in their specialist areas
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: £13,775,000
Ofsted inspections:
The college was inspected in November 2013 and was assessed as good
12 Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College
Type: Sixth-form college
Location: The college is based in the centre of Leicester on the same campus as the University of Leicester and opposite Regent Sixth Form College
Local Enterprise Partnership: Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership
Principal: Sandra Hamilton-Fox
Corporation Chair: Professor David Asch
Main offer includes:
The college offers provision for 16 to 18 year olds providing mainly academic A level programmes across a wide range of subject areas
Details about the college offer can be reviewed on the Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College website
Specialisms:
A levels and subjects with high numbers include mathematics, the sciences, business and economics
Partnerships:
Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College have a partnership with Regent College, which is underpinned by a collaboration agreement that has been in place since 2009
The college receives funding from:
Education Funding Agency
Skills Funding Agency
For the 2014 to 2015 academic year, the college’s total income was: £11,050,000
Ofsted inspections:
The college was inspected in March 2016 and was assessed as requires improvement
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