Callywith College
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| Type | Further Education college |
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| Principal | Mark Wardle |
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Bodmin Cornwall PL31 2GT England 50°28′34″N 4°42′25″W / 50.476°N 4.70683°WCoordinates: 50°28′34″N 4°42′25″W / 50.476°N 4.70683°W |
| Associated with | Truro and Penwith College |
| Opened | September 2017 |
| Tagline | New College. New Courses. New Choice. |
| Website | www |
Callywith College is a Further Education college in Bodmin, Cornwall, opened in September 2017 to students.
It was created with the assistance of Truro and Penwith College to serve students aged 16–19 from Bodmin, North Cornwall and East Cornwall. It received the go-ahead in February 2016, funded as a Free School.
Situated just north of Bodmin town centre, close to the Bodmin Asda supermarket, the new college will eventually cater for 1,820 students, with 197 staff employed. A total of 660 places were available in its first year.
Its aim is to “provide the outstanding Truro and Penwith College experience for young people in Bodmin and North and East Cornwall." The Principal-designate is Mark Wardle.
The first Callywith College prospectus was launched in September 2016. In its first year the College will be offering 25 A Levels, 11 vocational Level 3 Extended Diplomas and five Level 2 Progression courses.
League tables of educational results for 16-19-year olds in Cornwall have indicated that where students do not have easy access to either of Truro and Penwith College’s major campuses then outcomes for those students suffered. This led to the proposal that a new campus or college should be built in mid-to-north Cornwall to cater for this demand for a top-quality 16-19 education. At Truro and Penwith College 89% of pupils gained three A Levels, compared to 65% in the ten sixth forms in north and east Cornwall, and 78% on average in England, in 2015 league tables. As Truro and Penwith College already attracts 1500 students from mid and north Cornwall, who spend between an hour and two hours each way on a bus every day to reach its Truro campus, the desire by students to go to a high-achieving FE college had already been proven, and the building of a new campus or college further north in Cornwall would reduce the time these students needed to spend traveling every day to get a top-quality post-16 education.
This led to a consultation period, where Truro and Penwith College sought the views of the local community in Bodmin and elsewhere, and received feedback and input from students and the parents of students who might be hoping to go to the new development.
It was announced in February 2016 that Callywith College would be a Free School under the EFA national funding formula, and supported by Truro and Penwith College.
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