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College Road ,, PO7 8AA | |
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Type | Further education college |
Motto | Build your confidence, individuality and maximise your potential |
Established | 2017 |
Local authority | Hampshire |
Ofsted | Reports |
Chief Executive and Principal | Mike Gaston[1] |
Gender | Mixed Education |
Website | www |
HSDC is aFurther education college located inWaterlooville,Hampshire,England.[2] The college was formed on 1 August 2017 following a merger ofSouth Downs College andHavant Sixth Form College.[3][4]
The College subsequently merged withAlton College on 1 March 2019, to become HSDC, composed of three campuses; HSDC Alton, HSDC Havant and HSDC South Downs. The College provision includes nearly 40 A Level subjects across the three campuses as well asvocational courses includingT Levels (from September 2020), UAL andBTEC qualifications and apprenticeships delivered in partnership with leading local and national businesses.
The college has just under 7,500 students, with nearly 4,200 of these being full-time students, and 380 apprentices.
HSDC has three main campuses all located within Hampshire:
In addition to the full-time A Level and Vocational courses taught at HSDC, there are also a range of part-time and Higher Education courses on offer. A number of the HSDC Higher Education courses are taught in partnership with local universities including theUniversity of Chichester and theUniversity of Portsmouth.
In 2018 the A Level pass rate was 99%.[5]
At the time of the original merger in 2016 there were 1,200 students at Havant College and 4,000 at South Downs College.[6]
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