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 |
| Students | 15,521 |
| Ages | 14–Adult |
| Website | South Gloucestershire and Stroud College website |
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 located in Gloucestershire and Bristol, England.
The college is made up of five campuses, three large campuses and two smaller ones. One of the main campuses is located on the A38 at Filton just south of Filton Aerodrome. The second major campus is dedicated to performing arts, fine art and sport, and is known as WISE (West of England Institute of Specialist Education) campus, and is located near Bristol Parkway station. The college also runs the Bristol School of Art in Clifton, and teaches courses at other sites around Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
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[edit] Courses
The college offers a range of Foundation Degrees and HNC's in conjunction with University of the West of England.
The college provides for a number of qualifications, including GCSEs and A-levels, 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 HNDs 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 plc and is a partner in a CoVE in aeronautical engineering led by City of Bristol College.
[edit] Campuses
The new college is currently made up of five main campuses four from the former Filton college and one from Stroud college.
[edit] Stroud campus
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 campus
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 campus
The WISE (West of England Institute of Specialist Education) campus is located in New Road, Stoke Gifford adjacent to Filton High School and opened in 2005 at a cost of £17.5 million. It is the main site for sports activities and preforming 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.
[edit] Teams
- Men's football
- Cricket
- Women's football
- Rugby union
- Golf
- Netball
- Table tennis
- Men's basketball (See Bristol Flyers)
- Women's basketball
[edit] Stoke Gifford Stadium
[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) campus
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 campus
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] Previous colleges
South Gloucestershire and Stroud college was created when Filton College and Stroud College merged in 2012. Although 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 which 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 they opened the college’s WISE Campus (West of England Institute of Specialised Education) at a cost of £17.5 million which is dedicated to performing arts, fine art and sport. [1]
Stroud College started in the School of Art in 1860, which then renamed to The Technical College and located itself in various buildings in the town of Stroud. Only in the 1950s, after the town council was gifted Stratford Park, did the college relocate to the present day campus located on Stratford Road.[2] The Art Department remained for many more years in the Art College in Stroud until it too moved to the new campus.
[edit] Ofsted reports
[edit] 2003 report (Filton college)
The College was previously inspected by Ofsted and the Adult Learning Inspectorate in November 2003. They found that[3]:
- "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."
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
- 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
- the use of information and learning technology (ILT) in teaching and learning.
[edit] 2008 report (Filton college)
The college was last inspected by Ofsted in February 2008. They 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."
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
- the inconsistent implementation of strategies to raise key skills success rates.
[edit] 2005 report (Stroud college)
[edit] 2009 report (Stroud college)
[edit] Alumni
- 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
- 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
- Toby Faletau, Welsh rugby union player for 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
- Sean Rigg, English footballer who plays for Port Vale
- Darren Mullings, English footballer who plays for Gloucester City
[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
[edit] External links
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