Croydon College | |
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College Road , CR9 1DX England | |
Coordinates | 51°22′23″N 0°05′42″W / 51.373°N 0.095°W |
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Type | Further education and higher education |
Established | 1868–1888 – founding institutions 1955 – Croydon Technical College[1] |
Local authority | London Borough of Croydon |
Department for Education URN | 130432 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Principal | Caireen Mitchell |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 14+ |
Enrolment | 10,000+[2] |
Website | www |
Croydon College is a large further and higher education college located in Croydon, within the London Borough of Croydon. Its origins can be traced to a School of Art that was established in 1868, which subsequently merged with Croydon Polytechnic to create the college shortly after the Second World War. The college provides study programmes, apprenticeships and higher education courses at Croydon University Centre to over 10,000 enrolled students as of 2014, of which 3,400 are full-time.[2] The college is the only Further Education College to have been awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS).[3]