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Motto | "Creating brighter futures" |
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Established | 1845 |
Principal | Jacqui Ford |
Founder | Sir Henry Cole |
Students | 30,000 (approx.)[1] |
Undergraduates | 862[2][1] |
Location | , , England 51°21′03″N 2°58′53″W / 51.350896°N 2.981486°W |
Website | weston |
Weston College of Further and Higher Education is a general college of further and higher education in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.[3] It provides education and vocational training from age 14 to adult. The college provided education to approximately 30,000 enrolled learners.[1] It is regarded as one of the top FE colleges in the UK, often winning high profile national awards.[4][5] The college is part of the 9th largest college group in the UK.[6]
In an Ofsted inspection in January 2014 it received an overall grade of "outstanding".[7] In 2017, the college was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.[8] On 27 February 2015, the college was named "College of the Year" and "Overall FE Provider of the Year" at the Times Educational Supplement Further Education awards.[9] It is a major employer in Weston-super-Mare, employing over 500 members of staff, receiving Employer of the Year Award at the annual Lloyds Bank National Business Awards.[10][11] On 25 November 2015, the college announced that it was to become a university centre in partnership with the University of the West of England.[1]
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