Further Education College

This page covers England and Wales. For Scotland see Institution in receipt of SFC funding. For Northern Ireland see Institution of further education.

FOIA Schedule 1 Part IV includes:

• 53 - (1) The governing body of—

• (a) an institution within the further education sector,

• (2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

• (a) “governing body” is to be interpreted in accordance with subsection (1) of section 90 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 but without regard to subsection (2) of that section,
• (b) in paragraph (a), the reference to an institution within the further education sector is to be construed in accordance with section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992,

The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (as amended by the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009) defines:

91.— (3) References to institutions within the further education sector are to—

(a) institutions conducted by further education corporations, and

(b) designated institutions for the purposes of Part I of this Act (defined in section 28(4) of this Act), and

(c) sixth form colleges,

and references to institutions outside the further education sector are to be read accordingly.

(3A) References to sixth form colleges are to institutions conducted by sixth form college corporations.

Further education corporations are established under sections 15 and 16 of that Act, in either case by statutory instrument. They can also be created by conversion of a sixth form college corporation under section 33D. The governing body of an institution conducted by a further education corporation is the corporation itself. Relevant orders include SI 1992/2097, SI 1992/2315, SI 1993/97, SI 1993/269 and SI 1994/1449.

Designated institutions are those institutions designated by an order under section 28 of that Act. For these institutions, "governing body" means roughly what it says (but see s90 of the 1992 Act for details). Relevant orders include SI 1993/215, SI 1993/435, and SI 1993/562. Designated institutions can have their governing bodies incorporated by an order under under s143(4) Learning and Skills Act 2000. The only such order is SI 2001/1119.

Sixth form college corporations can be created by various mechanisms:

• By designation under s33A of an existing further education corporation or the incorporated governing body of a designated institution. This can only be done once, and has been done by SI 2010/624.
• By designation under s33B of either of the same categories of corporation.
• By establishment of a new body under s33C.

The governing body of a sixth form college is the corporation.

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England

List taken from Wikipedia 22nd May 2014. Entries marked C are further education corporations (established by SI 1992/2097 unless otherwise noted). Entries marked D are designated institutions (designated by SI 1993/435 unless otherwise noted). Entries marked S are sixth form college corporations (designated by SI 2010/624 unless otherwise noted). Entries in italics have been established but don't yet appear on Wikipedia's list.

A

• Abingdon and Witney College (C, as Abingdon College)
• Accrington and Rossendale College (C)
• Alton College (S)
• Amersham & Wycombe College (C, as Amersham and Wycombe College)
• Aquinas College (S)
• Ashton Sixth Form College (S, as Ashton-under-Lyne Sixth Form College)
• Askham Bryan College (C, as Askham Bryan College of Agriculture and Horticulture)
• Aylesbury College (C)

B

• Banbury and Bicester College (C, as Oxford and Cherwell College, by SI 2003/510)
• Barking and Dagenham College (C)
• Barnet College (C)
• Barnfield College (C)
• Barnsley College (C)
• Barrow-In-Furness Sixth Form College (S)
• Barton Peveril College (S)
• Basingstoke College of Technology (C)
• Bedford College (C, as Bedford College of Higher Education)
  • Shuttleworth College
  • The Bedford Sixth Form
• Berkshire College of Agriculture (C)
• Bexhill College (S)
• Bexley College (C, as Erith College of Technology)
• Bicton College (C, as Bicton College of Agriculture, Devon)
• Bilborough College (S)
• Birkenhead Sixth Form College (S)
• Birmingham Metropolitan College (C, as Sutton Coldfield College of Further Education)
• Bishop Auckland College (C)
• Bishop Burton College (C, as Bishop Burton College of Agriculture)
• Blackburn College (C)
• Blackpool and The Fylde College (C)
• Blackpool Sixth Form College (S)
• Bolton College (C, as Bolton Metropolitan College)
• Bolton Sixth Form College (S)
• Boston College (C)
• Bournemouth and Poole College
• Bournville College (C, as Bournville College of Further Education)
• Bracknell and Wokingham College (C, as Bracknell College)
• Bradford College (C, as Bradford and Ilkley Community College)
• Braintree Sixth Form College (part of a school)
• Bridgwater College (C)
• Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College (S)
• Brockenhurst College (C)
• Bromley College of Further and Higher Education (C)
• Brooklands College (C, as Brooklands Technical College)
• Brooksby Melton College (C, as Brooksby College, Melton Mowbray)
• BSix Sixth Form College (S, as Brooke House Sixth Form College)
• Burnley College (C)
• Burton College (C, as Burton upon Trent Technical College)
• Bury College (C, as Bury Metropolitan College)

C

• Cadbury Sixth Form College (S)
• Calderdale College (C)
• Cambridge Regional College (C)
• Canterbury College (C)
• Capel Manor College (C, as Capel Manor Horticultural and Environmental Centre, Enfield)
• Cardinal Newman College (S)
• Carlisle College (C)
• Carmel College (S)
• Carshalton College (C)
• Central Bedfordshire College (C, as Dunstable College)
• Central College Nottingham (C, as South Nottinghamshire College of Further Educaton, West Bridgford)
• Central Sussex College (C, by SI 2005/396)
• Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College (S)
• Chelmsford College (C)
• Chesterfield College (C, as Chesterfield College of Technology and Arts)
• Chichester College (C, as Chichester College of Technology)
• Christ The King Sixth Form College (S)
• Cirencester College (S, as Cirencester Tertiary College by SI 2011/2487)
• City and Islington College (is this Islington Federal College C by SI 1992/2315?)
• City College Birmingham (C, as Handsworth College)
• City College Brighton And Hove (C, as Brighton College of Technology)
• City College Coventry (C, as Tile Hill College of Further Education, Coventry)
• City College Norwich (C, as Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education)
• City College Plymouth (C, as Plymouth College of Further Education)
• City Literary Institute (D)
• City of Bath College (C)
• City of Bristol College (C, by SI 1996/1762)
• City of Oxford College (C, as Oxford and Cherwell College, by SI 2003/510)
• City of Sunderland College (C, by SI 1995/3203)
• City of Westminster College (C)
• City of Wolverhampton College (C, as Wulfrun College, Wolverhampton)
• Cleveland College of Art And Design (C)
• Colchester Institute (C)
  • Braintree College
• Colchester Sixth Form College (S, as The Sixth Form College, Colchester)
• College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, The (C, as The College of North East London)
• College of North West London (C)
• College of Richard Collyer, The (S)
• College of West Anglia, The (C, as Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, King’s Lynn)
• Co-operative College (D, as The International Co-operative College, Loughborough)
• Connell Sixth Form College (Academy?)
• Cornwall College (C)
• Coulsdon College (S)
• Craven College (C)
• Croydon College (C)

D

• Darlington College (C, as Darlington College of Technology)
• Dearne Valley College (C, as Rockingham College of Further Education, Rotherham)
• Derby College (C, by SI 2001/3808)
• Dereham Sixth Form College
• Derwentside College (C)
• Dilston College (run by Mencap[1], hence probably private)
• Doncaster College (C)
• Dudley College (C, as Dudley College of Technology)

E

• Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College (C, as Hammersmith and West London College)
• East Berkshire College (C)
• East Devon College (dissolved by SI 2008/1771)
• East Durham College (C, as East Durham and Houghall Community College, by SI 1999/706)
• East Norfolk Sixth Form College (S)
• East Riding College (C, as Beverley College of Further Education)
• East Surrey College (C)
• Eastleigh College (C)
• Easton College (C)
• Epping Forest College (C)
• Esher College (S)
• Exeter College (C)

F

• Fareham College (C)
• Farnborough College of Technology (C)
• Fircroft College (D)
• Franklin College (S)
• Furness College (C)

G

• Gateshead College (C)
• Gateway Sixth Form College (S)
• Gloucestershire College (C, as Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology)
• Godalming College (S)
• Grantham College (C)
• Great Yarmouth College (C, as Great Yarmouth College of Further Education)
• Greenhead College (S)
• Greenwich Community College (C, as Woolwich College)
• Grimsby Institute of Further And Higher Education, The (C, as Grimsby College of Technology and Arts)
  • Yorkshire Coast College
• Guildford College (C, as Guildford College of Technology)
  • Farnham College

H

• Hackney Community College (C)
• Hadlow College (C, as Hadlow College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent)
• Halesowen College (C)
• Harlow College (C)
• Harrow College (C, by SI 1999/1327)
• Hartlepool College of Further Education (C)
• Hartlepool Sixth Form College (S)
• Hartpury College (C)
• Hastings College of Arts and Technology (see Sussex Coast College Hastings)
• Havant College (S)
• Havering College of Further and Higher Education (C)
• Havering Sixth Form College (S)
• Henley College, Coventry (C)
• Henley College, Henley-on-Thames (S, by SI 2010/1911)
• Hereford College of Arts (C, as Herefordshire College of Art and Design, by SI 1992/3001)
• Herefordshire College of Technology (C)
• Hereford Sixth Form College (S)
• Hereward College (C, as Hereward College of Further Education, Coventry)
• Hertford Regional College (C)
• Highbury College (C)
• Hillcroft College (D)
• Hills Road Sixth Form College (S)
• Holy Cross College (S)
• Hopwood Hall College (C)
• Huddersfield New College (S)
• Huddersfield Technical College (see Kirklees College)
• Hugh Baird College (C)
• Hull College (C, as Hull College of Further Education)
• Huntingdonshire Regional College

I

• Isle of Wight College (C, as Isle of Wight College of Arts and Technology)
• Itchen College (S)

J

• John Leggott College (S)
• John Ruskin College (S)
• Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College (S)

K

• K College (C, as West Kent College, Tonbridge, Kent)
• Kendal College (C)
• Kensington and Chelsea College (C, by SI 1992/3001)
• Kidderminster College (C)
• King Edward VI College, Nuneaton (S)
• King Edward VI College, Stourbridge (S)
• King George V College (S)
• Kingston College (C, as Kingston College of Further Education)
• Kingston Maurward College (C, as Kingston Maurward College, the Dorset College of Agriculture and Horticulture)
• Kirklees College (C, as Huddersfield Technical College)
• Knowsley Community College (C)
  • Roby Sixth Form College

L

• Lakes College West Cumbria (C, as West Cumbria College, Workington)
• Lambeth College (C)
• Lancaster and Morecambe College (C)
• Leeds College of Art (C, as Jacob Kramer College, Leeds; now a higher education corporation)
• Leeds College of Building (C)
• Leeds City College (C by SI 2008/3083)
  • Leeds College of Music (now a higher education corporation)
• Leek College (C, as Leek College of Further Education and School of Art)
• Leicester College (C, by SI 1999/708)
• Lewisham College (C)
• Leyton Sixth Form College (S)
• Lincoln College (C, as North Lincolnshire College)
• Liverpool Community College (C, as City of Liverpool Community College)
• Long Road Sixth Form College (S)
• Longley Park Sixth Form College (S)
• Loreto College (S, as Loreto Sixth Form College, Manchester)
• Loughborough College (C)
• Lowestoft College (C)
• Lowestoft Sixth Form College (S, by SI 2010/504)
• Ludlow College (S)
• Luton Sixth Form College (S)

M

• Macclesfield College (C, as Macclesfield College of Further Education)
• Manchester College, The (C, by SI 2008/49)
• Marine Society College of the Sea, The (D)
• Mary Ward Centre (D)
• Mid Cheshire College (C, as Mid Cheshire College of Further Education, Northwich)
• Middlesbrough College (C, by SI 1995/1341)
• MidKent College (C, as Mid Kent College of Higher and Further Education, Chatham)
• Milton Keynes College (C)
• Moorlands Sixth Form College (part of Cheadle High School?)
• Morley College (D)
• Moulton College (C)
• Myerscough College (C, as Lancashire College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Preston)

N

• Nelson and Colne College (C)
• NEW College (S)
• New College, Durham (C)
• New College, Nottingham (C, as Clarendon College, Nottingham)
• New College, Telford (S)
• New College Stamford (C, as Stamford College)
• New College, Swindon (C)
• Newbury College (C)
• Newcastle College (C)
• Newcastle-under-Lyme College (C)
• Newham College of Further Education (C, as Newham Community College)
• Newham Sixth Form College (S)
• North East Surrey College of Technology (C)
• North East Worcestershire College (C)
• North Hertfordshire College (C)
• North Lindsey College (C)
• North Nottinghamshire College (C, as North Nottinghamshire College of Further Education, Worksop)
• North Warwickshire and Hinckley College (C, as North Warwickshire College of Technology and Art, Nuneaton)
• North West Kent College (C, as North West Kent College of Technology, Dartford)
• Northampton College (C)
• Northbrook College (C, as Northbrook College of Design and Technology, Worthing)
• Northern College for Residential and Non-Residential Adult Education (D, as Northern College, Barnsley, by SI 1993/562)
• Northumberland College (C, as Northumberland College of Arts and Technology)
• Norton Radstock College (C)
• Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College (S, as Notre Dame Sixth-Form College)

O

• Oaklands College (C)
• Oldham College, The (C)
• Oldham Sixth Form College (S)
• Orpington College (C, as Orpington College of Further Education; dissolved by SI 2011/1496)
• Otley College of Agriculture and Horticulture (C)
• Oxford and Cherwell Valley College (C, as Oxford and Cherwell College, by SI 2003/510)
  • Reading College (company number 07253475, jointly owned by Oxford and Cherwell Valley College and Learning and Skills Network)

P

• Palmer's College (S)
• Paston College (S)
• Peter Symonds College (S)
• Peterborough Regional College (C)
• Petroc College (C, as North Devon College, Barnstaple)
• Plumpton College (C)
• Plymouth College of Art and Design (C)
• Portsmouth College (S)
• Preston College (C)
• Priestley College (S)
• Prior Pursglove College (S)

Q

• Queen Alexandra College
• Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College (S)
• Queen Mary's College (S)

R

• Reaseheath College (C)
• Redbridge College (C, as Redbridge College of Further Education)
• Redcar and Cleveland College (C, as Cleveland Tertiary College, by SI 1994/1434)
• Regent College (S)
• Reigate College (S)
• Richard Huish College (S)
• Richmond Adult Community College (C, as Richmond Adult and Community College, by SI 1996/735)
• Richmond Upon Thames College (C)
• Riseholme College (part of the University of Lincoln)
• Riverside College, Halton (C, as Halton College of Further Education, Widnes)
• Rochdale Sixth Form College (S)
• Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (C)
• Royal Forest of Dean College (C)
• Runshaw College (C)
• Ruskin College (D)

S

• Salford City College (C, as Pendleton College)
• Sandwell College (C, as Sandwell College of Further and Higher Education)
• Scarborough Sixth Form College (S)
• SEEVIC College (C, as South East Essex Sixth Form College, Benfleet)
• Selby College (C)
• Sheffield College (C)
• Shipley College (C)
• Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology (C)
• Shrewsbury Sixth Form College (S)
• Sir George Monoux College (S, as Sir George Monoux Sixth Form College)
• Sir John Deane's College (S)
• Sixth Form College Farnborough, The (S)
• Sixth Form College Solihull, The (S)
• Solihull College (C, as Solihull College of Technology)
• Somerset College of Arts and Technology (C)
• South Birmingham College (C, as Hall Green College, Birmingham)
• South Cheshire College (C)
• South Devon College (C, as South Devon College of Arts and Technology, Torquay)
• South Downs College (C)
• South Essex College (C, as The South East Essex College of Arts and Technology, Southend-on-Sea)
• South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (C, by SI 2011/2974)
• South Leicestershire College (C, as Wigston College of Further Education, Leicester)
• South Nottingham College (C, as South Nottinghamshire College of Further Educaton, West Bridgford)
• South Staffordshire College (C, by SI 2008/1733)
• South Thames College (C)
• South Tyneside College (C)
• South Worcestershire College (C, as Evesham College of Further Education)
• Southampton City College (C, as Southampton Technical College)
• Southgate College (C)
• Southport College (C)
• Southwark College (C)
• Sparsholt College (C)
  • Andover College
• St Brendan's Sixth Form College (S)
• St Charles Catholic Sixth Form College (S)
• St Dominic's Sixth Form College (S, as St Dominic's Catholic Sixth Form College)
• St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College (S)
• St Helens College (C, as St Helens Community College)
• St John Rigby College (S, as St John Rigby Catholic Sixth Form College)
• St Mary's College Blackburn (S)
• St Mary's College, Middlesbrough (S)
• St Vincent College (S)
• Stafford College (C)
• Stanmore College
• Stockport College (C, as Stockport College of Further and Higher Education)
• Stockton Riverside College (C, as Stockton—Billingham Technical College)
  • Bede College
• Stockton Sixth Form College (S)
• Stoke-on-Trent College (C)
• Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College (S, as City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College)
• Stourbridge College (C)
• Stratford-Upon-Avon College (C, as South Warwickshire College, Stratford Upon Avon)
• Strode College (C)
• Strode's College (S)
• Suffolk New College (C, as Suffolk College, Ipswich)
• Suffolk One (listed as a foundation school on EduBase)
• Sussex Coast College Hastings (C, as Hastings College of Arts and Technology)
• Sussex Downs College (C, by SI 2001/2798)
• Swindon College (C)

T

• Tameside College (C, as Tameside College of Technology)
  • Hyde Clarendon Sixth Form College
• Tauntons College (S)
• Telford College of Arts and Technology (C)
• Thanet College (C, as Thanet Technical College, Broadstairs)
• Thomas Rotherham College (S)
• Totton College (S)
• Tower Hamlets College (C)
• Trafford College (C, as South Trafford College)
• Tresham College of Further and Higher Education (C, as Tresham Institute, Kettering)
• Truro and Penwith College (C, as Truro College, by SI 1992/3001)
  • Penwith College
  • Truro College
• Tyne Metropolitan College (C, by SI 2004/3108)

U

• Uxbridge College (C)

V

• Varndean College (S)

W

• Wakefield College (C, as Wakefield District College)
• Walford and North Shropshire College (C, as Walford College of Agriculture, Shrewsbury)
• Walsall College of Arts and Technology (C, as Walsall College of Art and Technology)
• Waltham Forest College (C)
• Warrington Collegiate (C, as North Cheshire College, Warrington)
• Warwickshire College (C, as Warwickshire College for Agriculture, Horticulture and Equine Studies)
• West Cheshire College (C)
• West Herts College (C)
• West Lancashire College (part of Newcastle College)
• West Nottinghamshire College (C, as West Nottinghamshire College of Further Education, Mansfield)
• West Suffolk College (C)
• West Thames College (C, as Hounslow Borough College)
• Westminster College, City of (C)
• Westminster Kingsway College (C, as Westminster College, London SW11)
• Weston College (C, as Weston-super-Mare College of Further Education)
• Weymouth College (C)
• Wigan and Leigh College (C)
• Wilberforce College (S, as Wilberforce Sixth Form College)
• Wiltshire College (C, by SI 2000/2145)
• Winstanley College (S)
• Wirral Metropolitan College (C)
• Woking College (S)
• Working Men's College (D)
• Woodhouse College (S)
• Worcester College of Technology (C)
• Worcester Sixth Form College (S)
• Workers' Educational Association (D, by SI 2006/409)
• Worthing College (C, as Worthing Sixth Form College)
• Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College (S)
• Wyke Sixth Form College (S)

X

• Xaverian College (S)

Y

• Yeovil College (C)
• York College (C, as York College of Further and Higher Education)

Wales

List taken from Wikipedia 31st December 2010. Entries marked C are further education corporations (established by SI 1992/2097 unless otherwise noted). Entries marked D are designated institutions (designated by SI 1993/215 unless otherwise noted). Entries in italics have been established but don't yet appear on Wikipedia's list.

B

• Barry College (C; dissolved by SI 2011/1504)
• Bridgend College (C, as Bridgend College of Technology)

C

• Cardiff and Vale College (C, by SI 2011/659)
• Coleg Ceredigion (D, by SI 2013/3045^{({{#formlink:form=Legislation|link text=add|query string=Legislation[Type]=uksi&Legislation[Year]=2013&Legislation[Number]=3045}})})
• Coleg Glan Hafren (C; dissolved by SI 2011/1504)
• Coleg Gwent (C, as Gwent Tertiary College)
• Coleg Harlech (merged into WEA Cymru)
• Coleg Llandrillo Cymru (C, as Llandrillo Technical College)
• Coleg Menai (C, by SI 1994/1449)
• Coleg Morgannwg (C, as either Aberdare College or Pontypridd Technical College)
• Coleg Powys (C)
• Coleg Sir Gâr (D, by SI 2013/1663^{({{#formlink:form=Legislation|link text=add|query string=Legislation[Type]=uksi&Legislation[Year]=2013&Legislation[Number]=1663}})})

D

• Deeside College (C, by SI 1993/97)

G

• Gower College Swansea (C, by SI 2010/1368)

L

• Llysfasi College (C, as Coleg Llysfasi College; dissolved by SI 2010/1761)

M

• Merthyr Tydfil College (C)

N

• Neath Port Talbot College (C, as Neath College)

P

• Pembrokeshire College (C)

S

• St David's Catholic College (D, as St David’s Roman Catholic Sixth Form College, Cardiff)

W

• WEA YMCA CC Cymru (D, as Workers' Educational Association—South Wales District)

Y

• Yale College Wrexham (C, as Yale Sixth Form College)
• Ystrad Mynach College (C)

External resources

• http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/furthereducation/uploads/documents/FSF%202008%20Instrument%20and%20Articles%20of%20Government.doc