| WCG | |
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| Address | |
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Warwick New Road Leamington Spa , Warwickshire , CV32 5JE England | |
| Coordinates | 52°17′17″N 1°32′56″W / 52.2880°N 1.5490°W |
| Information | |
| Type | General Further Education College |
| Established | 1996 |
| Department for Education URN | 130835 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 14 to 99 |
| Enrolment | approx. 15,000 students (full and part-time)[1] |
| Website | wcg |
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WCG (formerly Warwickshire College Group and Warwickshire College) is the managing body that administers several colleges of further education in the English West Midlands, namely in the counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Its most recent acquisition concerned its August 2016 merger with South Worcestershire College of which the two campuses then reverted to their historical names of Evesham College in Evesham and Malvern Hills College in Great Malvern.[2] The merger makes it the largest group of further and adult education institutions in the country and one of the five colleges in the United Kingdom empowered by the Privy Council with the authority to award Foundation Degrees[3] [4] [5]
As of June 2018 the group manages seven colleges with a faculty of around 1,500 staff for approximately 15,000 students. The group offers more than 1,000 courses over 20 areas of discipline with an A-Level pass rate of 98%.[6]
- ^ Ofsted report March 2008 Retrieved 29 July 2009 Archived 8 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "South Worcestershire College merges with Warwickshire College Group". Midlands Business News. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Kelly, Alicia (18 November 2015). "South Worcestershire College agrees to merge with Warwickshire College Group". Worcestershire News. Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Warwickshire College Group and South Worcestershire College merger to bring improved services to local community". Cotswold Life. Archant Community Media Limited. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Witts, Preston (1 August 2016). "Colleges announce merger". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. Stratford-upon-Avon Herald Ltd. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Facts and figures". WCG 2018. 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.