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South Thames College Havering College
City and Islington College Westminster Kingsway College
Association of Colleges T: 020 7034 9900
London Region F: 020 7034 9950
2 - 5 Stedham Place W: www.aoc.co.uk
London WC1A 1HU E: Rebecca.Breen@aoc.co.uk
3. General Further Education & Southwark College
Tertiary Colleges (33) Stanmore College
Barking and Dagenham College Tower Hamlets College
Barnet College Uxbridge College
Bexley College Waltham Forest College
Bromley College of Further & Higher Westminster Kingsway College
Education West Thames College
Carshalton College
City & Islington College Sixth Form Colleges (13)
City of Westminster College B6 Sixth Form College – Brooke House
College of Haringey, Enfield and Christ the King Sixth Form College
North East London Crossways Sixth Form
College of North West London Haringey Sixth Form Centre
Croydon College Havering Sixth Form College
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London John Ruskin College
College Leyton Sixth Form College
Greenwich Community College Newham Sixth Form College
Hackney Community College St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College
Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute St Dominic’s Sixth Form College
Harrow College St Francis Xavier College
Havering College of Further & Higher Sir George Monoux College
Education Woodhouse College
Kensington & Chelsea College
Kingston College Specialist Designated Institutions (5)
Lambeth College City Lit
Lewisham College Hillcroft College
Newham College of Further Education Mary Ward Centre
Redbridge College Morley College
Richmond Adult & Community Working Men’s College
College
Richmond upon Thames College Agriculture & Horticulture (1)
Southgate College Capel Manor College
South Thames College
4. Sound investment
• The total College income
in London in 2008/09 was
£1.1 billion
• London Colleges employ
34,000 people; 20,000 of
whom are teachers and
lecturers
• Staff costs (excluding
restructuring) total
£753 million in London
Colleges, accounting
for 65% of total London
Colleges spending
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City and Islington College
5. Strength
• There are 430,000 learners • Colleges in England
on Further Education provide 38% of entrants to
provision in London higher education
Colleges
• Nationally, half of all
• 74,000 16 and 17 year-olds Foundation Degree
choose to study in London students are taught in FE
Colleges (compared with Colleges
61,000 in maintained
schools) • Nationally, 63% of
Colleges teach Foundation
• Over 7,000 14 to 16-year Degrees
olds are enrolled at a
London College • Nationally, Colleges
deliver 78% of HNCs and
• 70% of Colleges in London 59% of HNDs
provide higher education
• 168,000 students study
• London Colleges educate higher education in a
over 5,000 students from College in England
outside the EU
6. Success
• FE Success Rates for • The three most popular
London Colleges are 80% qualifications taught in
London Colleges at Level
• The average A-level or 4 and above are: NVQ in
equivalent point score Accounting; Certificate
for Sixth Form Colleges in Teaching English
in England is 800.1 to Speakers of Other
(compared with 761.6 for Languages; Award in
school sixth forms) Preparing to Teach in the
LifeLong Learning Sector
• Nationally, nearly one-
third of A-level students • 33% of Colleges in London
study at a College have Beacon Status
• Nationally, 44% of those
achieving a Level 3
qualification by age 19 do
so at a College
• 34% of vocational
qualifications in London
in 2008/09 were awarded
via Colleges; 9% were
awarded through employers
7. Satisfaction/standards
• 92% of London Colleges • 90% of students are
inspected in 2008/09 were fairly, very or extremely
judged satisfactory or satisfied with the quality
better by Ofsted for the of teaching in Colleges
quality of their provision;
in 54% of London Colleges • Nearly two-thirds of large
it was good or outstanding employers that train their
staff do so through a
• 92% of London Colleges College
were judged satisfactory
or better for their overall • 85% of employers training
effectiveness; with through a College are
almost half being good or satisfied with the service
outstanding provided
• Nearly two-thirds of • Of the 75 best public sector
people say their local employers listed by the
College has a good Sunday Times, 20 are
reputation for the quality Colleges
and range of courses it
provides
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South Thames College
8. Social mobility
• Ethnic minority students • Nationally, 16% of 16 to
make up 45% of learners in 18-year-olds in Further
London Colleges compared Education Colleges are from
with 31% of the population a deprived background
of London compared with 7% in
maintained school sixth
• 81% of English for Speakers forms
of Other Languages (ESOL)
students in London study at
a College
• 45,000 London College
students are aged over 60
• 55% of those in receipt of
an Education Maintenance
Allowance in London study
in a College
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Lambeth College
