Excellence

Excellence is at the heart of everything we do and is firmly embedded in our college values.  Our recent achievements and successes include:

• Being awarded the highly prestigious Beacon Award by the Association of Colleges for outstanding performance in staff development
• In a recent Ofsted good practice survey, our engineering and hair and beauty provision was identified as being outstanding - the highest level possible
• Named top Apprenticeship provider in the region
• Investors in People Award retained on three occasions
• College being used as an example of best practice following an extremely successful HEFC inspection

• Information Advice and Guidance Matrix award retained on three occasions
• Charter Mark retained since 1998
• Legal Services Quality Mark for Student Advice
• High success rates put us in the top quartile of colleges nationally, exceeding national targets
• Strong partnerships including, Nissan, Ford, the FA, Newcastle Falcons, Dance City, Northumbria University, Sunderland University, University of Teesside, Motor Industry Skills Consortium, and a Coaching Centre of Excellence developed with Northumbria University
• Regional pre-eminence in sport and leisure
• North East lead provider for the National Skills Academy: Manufacturing.