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 Birmingham 6 South Birmingham College Birmingham & Solihull Single dissolution (St Philips) 01-Aug-95 College Hinckley College and North Warwickshire College for Technology and North Warwickshire and Hinckley 7 Coventry & 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 England 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 Worcestershire 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 Page 1 of 11 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 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 Bilston Community College and Wulfrun College Wolverhampton College Black Country 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 Shropshire 38 Walford College and North Shropshire College, 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 Dudley College of Technology and Rowley Regis College Dudley 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 Page 2 of 11 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 51 Teesside Tertiary College and Middlesbrough College Middlesbrough College Tees Valley Single dissolution (TTC) 01-Aug-02 52 North Birmingham College and Sutton Coldfield 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