| Southwark College | |
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25, The Cut, London , SE1 8LF England | |
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| Type | Further education college |
| Established | 1990 – Southwark College 2012 – constituent college of Lewisham Southwark College 2017 – constituent college ofNewcastle College Group |
| Local authority | London Borough of Southwark |
| Department for Education URN | 130417Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Age | 14+ |
| Website | www |
Southwark College is afurther education college located in theLondon Borough of Southwark. The college at one time had seven sites; it is now based at a building on The Cut, oppositeSouthwark tube station. The college has been part ofNewcastle College Group since 2017.
The college offersGCSE,ESOL,Access,City & Guilds andBTEC courses in many subjects. It also offershigher education courses including an MBA.
The college was formed in the early 1990s by a merger between asixth form college, a further education college, and the local adult education centre. Its main site for a long time was a purpose-built 1960s centre nearLondon Waterloo station.[1]
In 2006 the college had a total of 10,093 students enrolled. 2515 of the total students enrolled at the college were on a full-time program and 7578 students were enrolled onto a part-time program. The college also had 200 14- to 16-year-old students enrolled. 62% of the students werefemale and 38% weremale.[2]
Southwark College merged withLewisham College in 2012, having previously existed as separate institutions.[3] Between 2013 and 2014 the college was branded asLeSoCo, before this was dropped.[4] It was then known asLewisham Southwark College between 2014 and 2018, becoming part ofNewcastle College Group in 2017.[5] In October 2018 it was announced by Newcastle College Group (NCG) that Lewisham Southwark College would return to being two separate institutions: Lewisham College and Southwark College.[6]
In 2017 Southwark College (along with Lewisham College) was placed in the top ten percent of FE Colleges (based on the national achievement rate tables) at 89%.[citation needed] In 2018 this rose to 90%.[citation needed]
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