South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
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This article is about the newly formed South Gloucestershire and Stroud College made up of the former Filton and Stroud colleges.
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| Established | 2012 |
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| Type | Further education college |
| Principal | Kevin Hamblin |
| Chair of Governors | John Huggett |
| Location | Filton Avenue Bristol BS34 7AT England |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| DfE number | 803/8012 |
| DfE URN | 130565 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 15,521 |
| Ages | 14–Adult |
| Website | www.sgscol.ac.uk |
Coordinates: 51°30′49″N 2°34′22″W / 51.5136°N 2.57276°W
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, is a further education college based in South Gloucestershire and Stroud, England. It was established in February 2012 following the merger of Filton College and Stroud College. The college is made up of five campuses located in and around Filton, Bristol and Stroud.
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[edit] Courses
The college offers a range of foundation degree and HNC courses in conjunction with University of the West of England. It provides for a number of qualifications, including GCSE and A-level, as well as a number of vocational courses leading to BTEC First and National Diplomas and other similar qualifications, and some higher education courses leading to HND and foundation degrees. It also runs EFL programmes for non-native speakers of English.
The College is a Centre of Vocational Excellence in gas engineering in partnership with Centrica and is a partner in a CoVE in aeronautical engineering led by City of Bristol College.
[edit] Campus locations
The new college is currently made up of five main campuses: four from the former Filton College and one from Stroud College.
[edit] Stroud
The Stroud campus is located in Stratford Road, Stroud. The campus has a remote education centre located in Dursley, Gloucestershire, and a co-operative sixth form site at Downfield Sixth Form with Marling School, Stroud High School and Archway School. The Stroud campus has a learning resource centre, construction workshops, learn IT centre, Envy hair and beauty salon, refectory, conference facilities as well as sports and leisure facilities.
[edit] Filton
The Filton campus is located in Filton Avenue, Filton. A-level Students attend classes at the main A-level Block (A-Block), adjacent to the main campus or in classrooms within the main site. At the A-level Block there is a small cafe selling hot drinks and a few hot meals. BTEC/National Diploma students attend classes in the main block or in the Arts block (F-Block). Media/Photography Students attend classes in F-Block, which is across the car park from the main site or at WISE. Sports/academy Students attend classes at WISE campus The main site has a refectory where hot food is served, a small sweet shop, and a Student Centre. CIC painted a mural in the canteen of the Filton campus, where Inkie and Felix Braun were students.
[edit] WISE
The WISE (West of England Institute of Specialist Education) campus is located in New Road, Stoke Gifford adjacent to Abbeywood Community School and opened in 2005 at a cost of £17.5 million. It is the main site for sports activities and performing arts courses at the college.
[edit] Bristol Academy of Sport
The Bristol Academy of Sport is based at the colleges WISE campus, and provides sports coaching and college-level education to potential elite-level athletes.
The academy has partnerships with Bristol Rovers, Bristol Rugby and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, and the women's football team, Bristol Academy W.F.C., plays at the highest level in England, the FA WSL. The academy also owns and operates a professional basketball team, the Bristol Flyers, who compete in the English Basketball League Division 1, the second-tier of competition.
Teams based at the academy include:
- Men's football
- Cricket
- Women's football
- Rugby union
- Golf
- Netball
- Table tennis
- Men's basketball (See Bristol Flyers)
- Women's basketball
[edit] South West Academy of Dramatic Arts (SWADA)
The WISE campus also home to SWADA which is the South West Academy of Dramatic Arts, he academy offers BTEC Introductory, First, National and Higher National Diplomas (HND), and Professional Diploma courses in Performing Arts. Disciplines available for study include Music, Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre, Acting, and Dance.
SWADA is also home to the Olympus Theatre that exhibits work from courses throughout the year, as well as being available for bookings to external theatre companies.
[edit] Bristol (RWA)
The Bristol RWA campus is located at Royal West of England Academy in Queens Road, Clifton and is home to The Bristol School of Art.
[edit] Clifton
The Clifon campus is located at Bristol Zoo Gardens, Clifton and is used for Animal care and management courses, courses can be split between the Zoo and the Filton campus.
[edit] History
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College was formed when Filton College and Stroud College merged in 2012. The two previous colleges had a rich history.
Filton College was founded in 1960 as Filton Technical College. By 1965 the college had over 2000 students, many of whom were part time. In 1990 the college officially changed its name to Filton College. The next major development for the college was in 2005 when the WISE Campus (West of England Institute of Specialised Education) was opened, at a cost of £17.5 million. It is dedicated to performing arts, fine art and sport. [1]
Stroud College started in the School of Art in 1860. This was later renamed The Technical College, and was located in various buildings in Stroud. Only in the 1950s, after the town council was gifted Stratford Park, did the college relocate to the present campus on Stratford Road.[2] The Art Department remained for many years in the Art College in Stroud, until it too moved to the new campus.
[edit] Ofsted reports
Filton College was inspected by Ofsted and the Adult Learning Inspectorate in November 2003. They found that "The overall quality of the provision is satisfactory: of the eleven areas of learning inspected, eight were judged to be satisfactory and three, good. The work-based learning in childcare was judged to be good, as was the professional management provision in business administration, management and professional."[3] Key strengths identified by the report were strong and effective leadership by the principal, clear strategic direction provided by governors, high pass rates on most courses, a responsive range of provision for the wider community, effective strategies to promote social inclusion, and very good relationships. Areas identified for improvement were the consistency of course management, the monitoring of teaching and learning, the rigour of course reviews and self-assessment reports, students' attendance, the monitoring of student support services, and the use of information and learning technology (ILT) in teaching and learning.
A further inspection of Filton College in February 2008 found that "the quality of provision is good overall and outstanding in sports, leisure, travel and tourism. Four of the six learning areas inspected improved their grade from the last inspection."[4] Key strengths identified by the report were outstanding provision and resources in sport, leisure, travel and tourism; good teaching and learning enhanced by ILT; strong and flexible response to employers’ training needs; effective links with the community to promote inclusiveness; a wide range of effective personal and specialist support; clear strategic direction shared by staff and governors; highly effective action to address areas for improvement from the last inspection; robust lesson observation and development process bringing about significant improvements in teaching and learning. Areas identified for improvement were success rates for adult learners, the progress made by students on BTEC national courses, insufficient opportunities for work-based learning, and the inconsistent implementation of strategies to raise key skills success rates.
[edit] Alumni
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- Toby Faletau, Professional rugby player representing Newport Gwent Dragons and Wales
- Justin Lee Collins, BTEC Performing Arts
- Precious Lara Quigaman, Miss International 2005
- Mitch Hewer, Actor from the TV series Skins
- Craig Miles, English cricketer who currently plays for Gloucestershire
- Lamar Powell, Professional association footballer, who plays for Bristol Rovers
- Michael Green, English footballer who plays for Gloucester City A.F.C.
- Sajid Javid, English Conservative Party politician and is Member of Parliament (MP) for the Bromsgrove constituency
- Dan Watchurst, Welsh rugby union player for Newport RFC and the Newport Gwent Dragons
- Ben Swallow, Welsh footballer who plays for York City
- Stephen Gill, photographer and artist
- Darren Dawidiuk, English rugby union footballer who plays for Gloucester Rugby
- Chris Lines, English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sheffield Wednesday[5]
- Sean Rigg, English footballer who plays for Port Vale[6]
- Darren Mullings, English footballer who plays for Gloucester City A.F.C.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.filton.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155&Itemid=356
- ^ "Stroud College beginnings". Digital Stroud. http://digitalstroud.com/living.php?pageid=253&pid=207&topid=3. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/manreports/1514.htm#P93_1756 Ofsted/ALI report, November 2003
- ^ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/130565 Ofsted report, 2008
- ^ http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~2417758,00.html
- ^ http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/sport/8166561.Football__Rigg_poised_to_join_Port_Vale_after_leaving_Rovers/
- ^ http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10328~720408,00.html
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