Colleges mergers 1993 to date This spreadsheet contains details of colleges that were established under the 1992 Further and Higher Education Act and subsequently merged Sources: Learning and Skills Council, Government Education Departments, Association of Colleges

College mergers under the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) (1993-2001) Colleges Name of merged institution Local LSC area Type of merger Operative date 1 St Austell Sixth Form College and Mid-Cornwall College St Austell College Cornwall Double dissolution 02-Apr-93 Cleveland College of Further Education and Sir William Turner's Sixth 2 Cleveland Tertiary College Tees Valley Double dissolution 01-Sep-93 Form College 3 The Ridge College and Margaret Danyers College, Stockport Ridge Danyers College Greater Manchester Double dissolution 15-Aug-95 4 Acklam Sixth Form College and Kirby College of Further Education Middlesbrough College Tees Valley Double dissolution 01-Aug-95 5 Longlands College of Further Education and Marton Sixth Form College Teesside Tertiary College Tees Valley Double dissolution 01-Aug-95 St Philip's Roman Catholic Sixth Form College and South 6 South Birmingham College Birmingham & Single dissolution (St Philips) 01-Aug-95 College Hinckley College and North Warwickshire College for Technology and North Warwickshire and Hinckley 7 & Warwickshire Double dissolution 01-Mar-96 Art College Mid-Warwickshire College and Warwickshire College for Agriculture, Warwickshire College, Royal 8 Coventry & Warwickshire Single dissolution (WCAHES) 01-Aug-96 Horticulture and Equine Studies Leamington Spa and Moreton Morrell 9 Monkwearmouth College and Wearside College City of Sunderland College Tyne & Wear Double dissolution 01-Aug-96 10 South Bristol College and Brunel College of Arts and Technology City of Bristol College West of Double dissolution 01-Sep-96 The National Sea Training College and North West Kent College of North West Kent College of 11 Kent Single dissolution (NSTC) 25-Oct-96 Technology Technology Reading College of Arts and Technology and Berkshire College of Art Reading College of Arts and 12 Berkshire Single dissolution (BCAD) 06-Jan-97 and Design Technology Single dissolution (De La 13 De La Salle College and Pendleton College Pendleton College Greater Manchester 07-Feb-97 Salle) 14 Prior Pursglove College and South Park Sixth Form College Prior Pursglove College Tees Valley Single dissolution (SPSFC) 01-Aug-97 College of Agriculture of Horticulture and Pershore 15 Pershore and Hindlip College Hereford & Worcester Single dissolution (WCA) 10-May-97 College of Horticulture 16 Hyde Clarendon College and Tameside College Tameside College Greater Manchester Single dissolution (HCC) 18-Feb-98 17 Airedale and Wharfedale College and Park Lane College Park Lane College Leeds Single dissolution (A&WC) 01-Aug-98 Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture and Norfolk 18 College of West Anglia Norfolk Single dissolution (CCAH) 01-Aug-98 College of Arts and Technology 19 Clarendon College and Basford Hall College New College, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Single dissolution (BHC) 01-Aug-98 20 East Birmingham College and Handsworth College City College, Birmingham Birmingham & Solihull Single dissolution (EBC) 01-Aug-98 21 North Bolton College and South College, Bolton (both SFCs) Bolton Sixth Form College Greater Manchester Double dissolution 01-Aug-98

Page 1 of 9 York College of Further and Higher Education and York Sixth Form 22 York College North Yorkshire Single dissolution (YSFC) 01-Apr-99 College Durham College of Agriculture and Horticulture and East Durham East Durham and Houghall 23 County Durham Double dissolution 01-Jun-99 Community College Community College Charles Keene College of Further Education and Leicester South Fields 24 Leicester College Leicestershire Double dissolution 01-Aug-99 College 25 New College, Nottingham and High Pavement Sixth Form College New College, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Single dissolution (HPSFC) 01-Apr-99 26 Greenhill College, Harrow and Weald College Harrow College London North Double dissolution 01-Jun-99 Single dissolution (Holme 27 Holme Lacey College and Pershore and Hindlip College The Pershore Group of Colleges Hereford & Worcester 01-Aug-99 Lacey) Single dissolution (Arnold & 28 New College, Nottingham and Arnold and Carlton College New College, Nottingham Nottinghamshire 01-Sep-99 Carlton) 29 Community College and Wulfrun College College Single dissolution (Bilston) 01-Oct-99 Single dissolution (Kirkley 30 Kirkley Hall College and Northumberland College Northumberland College Norhthumberland 01-Jan-00 Hall) Single dissolution (Phoenix 31 Phoenix College and Merton College Merton College London South 01-Apr-00 College) Single dissolution (The 32 The Rutland College and Tresham Institute Tresham Institute Northamprtonshire 01-Aug-00 Rutland College) Single dissolution (Hendon 33 Barnet College and Hendon College Barnet College London North 01-Aug-00 College) 34 College of Care and Early Education and City of Bristol College City of Bristol College West of England Single dissolution (CCEE) 01-Aug-00 35 Brooksby College and Melton Mowbray College Brooksby Melton College Leicestershire Single dissolution (MMC) 01-Sep-00 36 Kingsway College and Westminster College Westminster Kingsway College London Central Single dissolution (KC) 01-Sep-00 37 Trowbridge College, Chippenham College and Lackham College Wiltshire College Wiltshire Triple dissolution 01-Nov-00 Walford and North 38 Walford College and , Walford Shropshire Single dissolution (WC) 01-Jan-01 College Milton Keynes, Oxon and 39 Abingdon College and West Oxfordshire College Abingdon and Witney College Single dissolution (WOC) 31-Mar-01 Bucks

College mergers under the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) (2001-2010) Colleges Name of merged institution Local LSC Type of merger Operative date 40 St Austell College and Cornwall College Cornwall College Devon & Cornwall Single dissolution (St Austell) 01-Aug-01 41 Basildon College and Thurrock College Thurrock and Basildon College Essex Double dissolution 01-Aug-01 42 College of Technology and College of Technology Black Country Single dissolution (RRC) 01-Aug-01 43 Shena Simon College and City College, Manchester City College, Manchester Greater Manchester Single dissolution (SSC) 01-Sep-01 44 Lewes Tertiary College and Eastbourne College Sussex Downs College Sussex Double dissolution 01-Sep-01 Broomfield College, Derby Tertiary College, Wilmorton and Mackworth 45 Derby College Derbyshire Triple dissolution 01-Jan-02 College 46 Soundwell College and City of Bristol College City of Bristol College West of England Single dissolution (SC) 01-Jan-02 47 Ealing Tertiary College and Hammersmith and West London College Ealing, Hammersmith & W.London West London Single dissolution (ETC) 01-Jan-02 48 Coventry Technical College and Tile Hill College City College, Coventry Coventry & Warwickshire Single dissolution (CTC) 01-Feb-02 49 East Yorkshire College and Beverley College East Riding College Humberside Single dissolution (EYC) 01-Mar-02 Brinsbury College and Chichester College of Arts, Science and 50 Chichester College Sussex Single dissolution (BC) 01-Aug-02 Technology

Page 2 of 9 51 Teesside Tertiary College and Middlesbrough College Middlesbrough College Tees Valley Single dissolution (TTC) 01-Aug-02 52 North Birmingham College and College Sutton Coldfield College Birmingham Single dissolution (TTC) 01-Apr-03 Warwickshire College, Royal Warwickshire College, Royal Leamington Spa & Moreton Morrell and Leamington Spa & Moreton Morrell 53 Coventry & Warwickshire Single Dissolution 01-Aug-03 Rugby College of Further Education and Rugby College of Further Education. Milton Keynes, Oxford & 54 Oxford College, North Oxfordshire College and Rycotewood College Oxford & Cherwell College Triple dissolution 01-Aug-03 Bucks Guildford College of Further and Higher Education and Merrist Wood Guildford College of Further and 55 Surrey Single Dissolution 01-Aug-03 College Higher Education 56 Park College and Sussex Downs College Sussex Downs College Sussex Single Dissolution 01-Nov-03 57 Daventry Tertiary College and Northampton College Northampton College Northamptonshire Single Dissolution 01-Aug-04 Rotherham College of Arts and 58 Rother Valley College and Rotherham College of Arts and Technology South Yorkshire Single Dissolution 01-Aug-04 Technology 59 Cannington College and Bridgwater College Bridgwater College Somerset Single Dissolution 01-Sep-04 Incorporation 01-Jan-05, 60 Tynemouth College and North Tyneside College Tyne Metropolitan College Tyne and Wear Double dissolution Dissolution 01-March-05 Incorporation 01-Apr-05, 61 Haywards Heath College and Crawley College Central Sussex College Sussex Double dissolution Dissolution 01-Aug-05 Stockport College of Further and Higher Education and North Area 62 Stockport College Greater Manchester Single Dissolution 01-Jan-06 College 63 Isle College and College of West Anglia College of West Anglia Cambridgeshire / Norfolk Single Dissolution 01-Apr-06 64 The People’s College, Nottingham and Broxtowe College Castle College Nottinghamshire Single Dissolution 01-Jun-06 65 Josiah Mason Sixth Form College and Sutton Coldfield College Sutton Coldfield College Birmingham and Solihull Single Dissolution 01-Aug-06 66 Widnes and Runcorn Sixth form College and Halton College Riverside College Halton Greater Merseyside Single Dissolution 01-Aug-06 Lincolnshire and Rutland / 67 Lincoln College and Newark and Sherwood College Lincoln College Single Dissolution 01-Jan-07 Nottingham 68 Spelthorne 6th Form College and Brooklands College Brooklands College Surrey Single Dissolution 01-Aug-07 69 Keighley College and Park Lane College Park Lane College Keighley West Yorkshire Single Dissolution 01-Aug-07 Herefordshire and Herefordshire College of Technology and Pershore Group of Colleges Worcestershire (Holme Lacey Campus) Herefordshire College Coventry and 70 Single Dissolution 01-Aug-07 Warwickshire College and Pershore Group of Colleges (Pershore Warwickshire College Warwickshire / Campus) Herefordshire and Worcestershire Tyne and Wear / 71 and Skelmersdale & Ormskirk College Newcastle College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-07 Lancashire Hampshire and Isle of 72 Cricklade College and Sparsholt College Sparsholt College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-07 Wight 73 Farnham College and Guildford College Guildford College Surrey Single Dissolution 01-Aug-07 74 North Trafford College and South Trafford College Trafford College Greater Manchester Single Dissolution 01-Sep-07 75 Wiltshire College and Salisbury College Wiltshire College Single Dissolution 01-Jan-08 76 Truro College and Penwith College Truro and Penwith College Devon & Cornwall Single Dissolution 01-Apr-08 77 Stockton Riverside College and Bede College Stockton Riverside College Tees Valley Single Dissolution 01-Apr-08 78 North Devon College and East Devon College Petroc Devon & Cornwall Single Dissolution 01-Aug-08 79 Huddersfield Technical College and Dewsbury College Kirklees College West Yorkshire Single Dissolution 01-Aug-08

Page 3 of 9 Manchester College of Arts and Technology (Mancat) and City College 80 Manchester College Greater Manchester Double dissolution 01-Aug-08 Manchester Rodbaston College, Cannock Chase Technical College and Tamworth Incorporation 01-08-08 81 South College Staffordshire Triple dissolution and Lichfield College Dissolution 01-01-09 82 Eccles College, Pendleton College and Salford College Salford City College Greater Manchester Triple dissolution 01-Jan-09 Leeds College of Technology, Park Lane College and Leeds Thomas 83 Leeds City College West Yorkshire Triple dissolution 01-Apr-09 Danby The College of Haringey, Enfield and 84 College of North East London and Enfield College London North Single Dissolution 01-Aug-09 North East London London Central, London 85 South Thames College and Merton College South Thames College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-09 South 86 Sutton Coldfield College and Matthew Boulton College Birmingham Metropolitan College Birmingham and Solihull Single Dissolution 01-Aug-09 Grimsby Institute of Further and Humberside, North 87 Grimsby Institute and Yorkshire Coast College Single Dissolution 01-Jan-10 Higher Education Yorkshire 88 Colchester Institute and Braintree College Colchester Institute Essex Single Dissolution 01-Jan-10 South Essex College of Further and 89 South East Essex College and Thurrock and Basildon College Essex Single Dissolution 01-Jan-10 Higher Education 90 Derby College and South East Derbyshire College Derby College Derbyshire Single Dissolution 15-Feb-10 K College (South and West Kent 91 West Kent College and South Kent College Kent and Medway Single Dissolution 31-Mar-10 College)

College mergers under the Skills Funding Agency (SFA)/Young People's Learning Authority (YPLA)/Education Funding Agency (EFA) (2010-) Colleges Name of merged institution Local LSC Type of merger Operative date Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology and Royal Forest of 92 Gloucestershire College Single Dissolution 01-Feb-11 Dean College 93 South Nottingham College and Castle College South Nottingham College Single Dissolution 01-Jul-11 Bromley College of Further and 94 Bromley College and Orpington College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-11 Higher Education 95 Leeds City College and Joseph Priestley College Leeds City College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-11 96 Barnet College and Southgate College Barnet and Southgate College Single Dissolution 01-Nov-11 South Gloucestershire and Stroud Incorporation 04-01-12, 97 Stroud College and Filton College Double Dissolution College Dissolution 01-02-12 98 Easton College and Otley College Easton and Otley College Double Dissolution 31-Jul-12 99 Lewisham College and Southwark College LeSoCo Single Dissolution 01-Aug-12 100 South Birmingham College and City College Birmingham South and City College Birmingham Single Dissolution 01-Aug-12 101 Birmingham Metropolitan College and College Birmingham Metropolitan College 31-May-13 102 Herefordshire College of Technology and Herefordshire and Ludlow College 31-Jul-13 103 (WM region) and Newcastle College Group (NCG) NCG 01-Aug-14

104 North East Worcestershire College & Worcester College of Technology Heart of Worcestershire College 31-Jul-14

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Hadlow College will run the Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford West Kent and Ashord College (but 105 campuses – these will be individually branded (West Kent College and part of the Hadlow College Group) 01-Aug-14 Ashford College) but be part of the new Hadlow College Group

East Kent College will take over the Dover and Folkestone sites East Kent College 106 Cornwall College Group and Bicton College Cornwall College Group Single Dissolution 31-Mar-15 107 City of Bath College and Norton Radstock College Bath College 01-Apr-15 Rotherham College of Arts and Technology and North Nottinghamshire YH and EM regions 108 RNN Group Single Dissolution 01-Feb-16 College respectively Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth 109 Prior Pursglove College and Stockton Sixth Form College Double Dissolution 01-Apr-16 Form College 110 Bridgwater College and Somerset College Bridgwater and Taunton College Single Dissolution 15-Jun-16 111 Westminster Kingsway College and City and Islington College WKCIC Group Single Dissolution 01-Aug-16 112 Tower Hamlets College and Hackney Community College Name TBC Single Dissolution 01-Aug-16 Bromley College of Further and Higher Education, Greenwich 113 London South East Colleges (LSEC) Single Dissolution x2 01-Aug-16 Community College and Bexley College 114 Warwickshire College Group and South Worcestershire College Warwickshire College Group Single Dissolution 01-Aug-16 North Warwickshire and Hinckley College and South Leicestershire North Warwickshire and South 115 WM and EM regions Single Dissolution 01-Aug-16 College Leicestershire College 116 Furness College and Barrow Sixth Form College Furness College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-16 Sixth Form College and of Arts and 117 Shrewsbury Colleges Group Single Dissolution 01-Aug-16 Technology (remain designated as Sixth Form College) Newcastle and Stafford Colleges 118 Newcastle-under-Lyme College and Single Dissolution 01-Nov-16 Group 119 RNN Group and Dearne Valley College RNN Group Single Dissolution 01-Feb-17 South and West Cheshire College, but 120 South Cheshire and West Cheshire College Single Dissolution 31-Mar-17 with a planned name change. 121 NCG and Carlisle College NCG Single Dissolution 31-Mar-17 Greater Brighton Metropolitan 122 Northbrook College and City College Brighton Single Dissolution 31-Mar-17 College 'Tower Hamlets College and Hackney Community College' and 123 New City College Single Dissolution 01-Apr-17 Redbridge College 124 East Berkshire College and Strode’s College Egham (SFC) The Windsor Forest Colleges Group Single Dissolution 09-May-17 125 New College Nottingham and Central College Nottingham Nottingham College Single Dissolution 08-Jun-17 126 Bedford College and Tresham College of Further and Higher Education The Bedford College Group Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 127 Cambridge Regional College and Huntingdonshire Regional College Cambridge Regional College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 128 Chichester College and Central Sussex College Chichester College Group Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 129 City of Westminster College and The College of North West London United Colleges Group Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 130 Henley College and Coventry College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 131 Kingston College, Carshalton College and South Thames College The South Thames Colleges Group Single Dissolution x2 01-Aug-17 132 Lowestoft College and Great Yarmouth College East Coast College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 133 NCG and Lewisham and Southwark College NCG Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 134 Seevic College and Palmer’s Sixth Form College Seevic and Palmer’s Colleges Group Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 135 South and City College Birmingham and College South and City College Birmingham Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17

Page 5 of 9 136 South Downs College and Havant College Havant and South Downs College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 137 South Tyneside College and Tyne Metropolitan College Tyne Coast College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 138 Sunderland College and Hartlepool Sixth Form College Sunderland College Group Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 139 Uxbridge College and Harrow College Western Metropolitan College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 140 Warrington Collegiate and Mid Cheshire College Warrington and Vale Royal College Single Dissolution 01-Aug-17 141 142 143

Sixth Form College conversions to Academy status (2017 onwards) College Details Region / local authority Operative date WM / Herefordshire, 1 Hereford Sixth Form College 01-Mar-17 County of joined Altus Education Partnership 2 Rochdale Sixth Form College NW / Rochdale 01-Apr-17 which it set up joined The Challenge Academy Trust 3 Priestly College NW / Warrington 01-May-17 which it set up 4 New College Pontefract YH / Wakefield 01-Jun-17 joined Wirral Academy Trust which it 5 Birkenhead Sixth Form College NW / Wirral 01-Aug-17 set up 6 Longley Park Sixth Form College joined Brigantia Learning Trust YH / Sheffield 01-Aug-17 7 Sixth Form College, Solihull (The) joined Ninestiles Academy Trust WM / Solihull 01-Aug-17

HE/FE mergers in the LSC period (2001-2010) College Assets transferred to Region / Local LSC Operative date Harrogate College 1 (part of Leeds Met - number 5 in FE/HE mergers in the FEFC period 1993- Hull College YH / Humberside 01-Aug-08 2001)

HE/FE partnerships/mergers in the SFA/YPLA/EFA period (2010-) College Details Region / Local LSC Operative date new partnership between Oxford & Reading College (previously HEI - no. 10 in FE/HE mergers in the LSC 1 Cherwell Valley College and LSN SE 01-Aug-10 period 2001-2010) (Learning and Skills Network) Leeds College of Music (previously HEI - no. 7 in FE colleges transferred wholly owned subsidiary of Leeds City 2 to the HE sector in the LSC period 2001-2010) is now Leeds College of YH 01-Aug-11 College Music Limited

FE/HE mergers in the FEFC period (1993-2001) College Assets transferred to Region Operative date Lincolnshire College of Art and Design and Lincolnshire College of 1 De Montfort University, Leicester EM 01-Aug-94 Agriculture and Horticulture

Page 6 of 9 2 Epsom School of Art and Design West Surrey College of Art and Design SE 01-Aug-94 3 Portsmouth College of Art and Design and Further Education Portsmouth University SE 01-Aug-94 4 Bedford College of Higher Education De Montfort University, Leicester EM 01-Aug-94 5 Harrogate College Leeds Metropolitan University YH 01-Aug-98 6 High Peak College University of Derby EM 01-Aug-98 7 Newton Rigg College University of Central Lancashire NW 01-Aug-98 8 Brackenhurst College Nottingham Trent University EM 01-Apr-99 9 Cordwainers College (SDI) The London Institute GL 01-Aug-00

FE/HE mergers in the LSC period (2001-2010) College Assets transferred to Region / Local LSC Operative date 10 Reading College and School of Art and Design Thames Valley University SE / Berkshire 31-Dec-03 11 Harrogate College (part of Leeds Met - number 5 above) Hull College YH / Humberside 01-Aug-08

FE/HE mergers in the SFA/EFA period (2010-) College Assets transferred to Region / Local LSC Operative date 12 Leek College University of Derby WM 01-Aug-12

FE colleges transferred to the HE sector in the FEFC period (1993-2001) College Local LSC area Operative date 1 Writtle College Essex 01-Aug-94 Norfolk Institute of Art and Design (now Norfolk School of Art and 2 Norfolk 01-Oct-94 Design) 3 Northern School of Contemporary Dance West Yorkshire 01-Oct-94 4 Cumbria College of Art and Design Cumbria 01-Aug-97

FE colleges transferred to the HE sector in the LSC period (2001-2010) College Local LSC Operative date 5 Arts Institute at Bournemouth Bournemouth Dorset and Poole 01-Aug-01 6 Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies Birmingham and Solihull 01-Aug-02 7 Leeds College of Music West Yorkshire 01-Aug-05

FE colleges transferred to the HE sector in the SFA/YPLA/EFA period (2010-) College Local LSC Operative date 8 Leeds College of Art 01-Aug-11 9 Plymouth College of Art 01-Aug-14

FE colleges transferred to the School sector in the SFA/YPLA period (2010-) College Local LSC Operative date

Page 7 of 9 St Mary’s College, Middlesbrough merged into Trinity Catholic College, 1 31-Jul-11 Middlesbrough

Colleges incorporated into the FE Sector in the FEFC period (1993-2001) College Local LSC area Date of incorporation 1 The Ridge College, Stockport Greater Manchester 01-Sep-93 2 Margaret Danyers College, Stockport Greater Manchester 01-Aug-95 3 Richmond Adult and Community College London South 01-Aug-96

Colleges incorporated into the FE Sector in the LSC period (2001-2010) College Local LSC Date of incorporation 4 Brooke House Sixth Form College East London 01-Oct-01 5 Longley Park Sixth Form College South Yorkshire 01-Nov-02 01/08/2008 6 Rochdale Sixth Form College opened Sept 2010 23/03/2010 7 Lowestoft Sixth Form College due to open Sept 2011

Colleges incorporated into the FE Sector in the SFA/EFA period (2010-) College Local LSC Date of incorporation 8 Prospects College of Advanced Technology 01-Sep-14 9 Ada, National College for Digital Skills Greater London 08-Aug-16 10 National College for Creative and Cultural Industries Eastern region 01-Sep-16 incorporated 1 August 2015 and Yorkshire and the due to open in 11 National College for High Speed Rail Humber September 2017 (not included in college list yet)

Dissolution of Further Education Colleges in the LSC period (2001-2010) College Local LSC Assets transferred to Dissolution date Derbyshire County Council, the further education corporations of 1 North Derbyshire Tertiary College Derbyshire 31-Dec-02 Chesterfield College and North Nottinghamshire College.

Page 8 of 9 Dissolution of Further Education Colleges in the SFA/EFA period (2010-) College Local LSC Assets transferred to Dissolution date Education Funding Agency (EFA) or to the 2 Totton College 09-Nov-15 charitable organisation Nacro.

Other changes in the LSC period (2001-2010) - Specialist Designated Colleges College Local LSC Notes Stopped receiving LSC 1 The Co-operative College Greater Manchester funding as of 2003-04 2 Plater College Milton Keynes, Oxford & Bucks Closed on 31-Jul-05 Stopped receiving LSC 3 Hilderstone College Kent and Medway funding as of 2006-07

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