Leeds City College
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| Established | 1 April 2009 (merged) |
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| Type | Further Education college |
| Principal & CEO | Colin Booth |
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Cookridge Street Leeds West Yorkshire LS2 8BL England Coordinates: 53°48′04″N 1°33′29″W / 53.801°N 1.558°W |
| DfE URN | 135771 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 14+ |
| Website | www |
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 and an annual turnover of £78 million. It officially opened on 1 April 2009. 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. The college is a member of the Collab Group (formerly the 157 Group) of 35 high performing state sixth form colleges and colleges of further education.
On 1 August 2011 the college expanded further with the merger of the three sites of Joseph Priestley College in Rothwell, Beeston and Morley. On the same day it also became the owner of a newly re-constituted Leeds College of Music which will maintain a level of independence as a wholly owned company of the City College.
The existing five sites of the three forming colleges continued in use, and were named as follows:
In September 2011 a new site was opened after a college merger:
In September 2013 a new site was opened:
The college also operates from 12 other centres in Leeds.
The decision to merge the three colleges was agreed by the three institutions involved with the joint aim being:
"...to raise achievement levels in Leeds and Keighley, offer more courses to suit the needs of everyone from school leavers to employers, and enhance our facilities to be amongst the best in the country".
With the three colleges offering many similar courses, one of the major advantages of having a unified education institution in the city is that duplication of courses is eliminated and the provision of centralised services to learners.
According to the Leeds College Merger website, the Secretary of State gave official approval of the merger in January 2009 with the three colleges being dissolved on 31 March 2009. From 1 April 2009, Leeds City College would come into force with a new identity and from then on, publicity campaigns would run to extend the awareness of the new college. New students will be enrolled to the new Leeds City College from September 2009.
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