| Leeds City College | |
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| Address | |
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Park Lane Leeds , West Yorkshire , LS3 1AA England | |
| Coordinates | 53°48′04″N 1°33′29″W / 53.801°N 1.558°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Further Education college |
| Established | 1 April 2009 (merged) |
| Department for Education URN | 135771 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal & CEO | Colin Booth |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 14+ |
| Number of students | c26,000 |
| Campuses | Printworks Campus Quarry Hill Campus Park Lane Campus and community provision |
| Website | leedscitycollege |
Leeds City College is the largest further education establishment in the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England with around 26,000 students, 2,300 staff, with an annual turnover of £78 million.[1] It officially opened on 1 April 2009.[2][3] The College was granted official status in January 2009 and was formed from three large colleges, Park Lane College, Leeds Thomas Danby College and Leeds College of Technology.[1]
On 1 August 2011 the college expanded further with the merger of the three sites of Joseph Priestley College in Rothwell, Beeston and Morley.[4] On the same day it also became the owner of a newly re-constituted Leeds College of Music (now Leeds Conservatoire), which operates with a level of independence as a wholly owned company of the Leeds City College Group.[5] The College offers a wide range of qualifications including A Levels, BTECs and other vocational qualifications. It offers industry standard qualifications in sectors such as Health and Social Care, Food and Catering and Hair and Beauty, amongst others.
In early 2019 the overarching body, Leeds City College Group, was renamed to Luminate Education Group to better reflect its increasing portfolio of institutions with Leeds City College becoming one of the members along with Leeds College of Music, Keighley College and the White Rose Academies.[6]
- ^ a b Ofsted report March 2010[permanent dead link] Retrieved 29 June 2010
- ^ 'Keeping you in touch with merger news' [dead link]
- ^ "Leeds City College open for business". The Leeds college merger. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2009. [dead link]
- ^ 'Merger News' Archived 1 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 'Strategic Alliance receives approval' Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today
- ^ "Troubled Hull College Group to de-merge one of three colleges". FE Week.