Exeter College, Devon

Exeter College
Location
Map
Hele Road EX4 4JS

Exeter
,
Devon

England
Information
TypeTertiary college
Established1893 (1893); 1970 (1970) (as F.E. College)
Department for Education URN130645 Tables
OfstedReports
GenderMixed
Age16+
Enrolment7,520 (as of January 2022)[1]
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttps://exe-coll.ac.uk/

Exeter College is a general further education college in Exeter, Devon;[2][3] it was first such college in England,[4][5] and was the highest-ranked in the country in 2017.[6] The college has its origins in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, founded in 1869, and first became an independent institution in 1893 as the Exeter Technical and University Extension College. After using various different sites, the college's preceding institution moved into its present main campus in 1959, and was established in its present form as the first English further education college in 1970.[4] The majority of its present buildings were constructed from 2005 onward.

The college is based around a campus at Hele Road, though owns several other sites around the city, and educates approximately twelve thousand students,[5] including both sixteen to eighteen-year-olds and mature (adult) students. In addition, Exeter College jointly runs the specialist Exeter Mathematics School with the University of Exeter, with the college providing extra-curricular activities and pastoral support, and with students at the Maths School able to study one A.-level at the college.[7] The tower block at the Hele Road campus, completed in 1963, is the third-tallest building in Exeter.[8]

  1. ^ "Further Education and Skills inspection report: Exeter College". Ofsted. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Find an inspection report and registered childcare". 8 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Exeter College - GOV.UK".
  4. ^ a b "Exeter Memories - Exeter College".
  5. ^ a b "Exeter College tower block set to be demolished".
  6. ^ "Exeter College top in NICDEX league table". 17 November 2017.
  7. ^ "New specialist maths free school to be regional centre of excellence".
  8. ^ "Exeter College tower, Exeter | 1171609". Emporis. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)