Warwickshire College Group

Warwickshire College Group is the managing body that administers several colleges of further education in the English West Midlands, namely in the counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Its most recent acquisition concerned its August 2016 merger with South Worcestershire College of which the two campuses then revered to their historical names of Evesham College in Evesham and Malvern Hills College in Great Malvern.^[1] The merger makes it the largest group of further and adult education institutions in the country and one of the five colleges in the United Kingdom empowered by the Privy Council with the authority to award Foundation Degrees ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

As of August 2016 the group manages seven colleges with a faculty of around 1,000 staff for approximately 17,000 students. The group offers more than 1,000 courses over 20 areas of discipline with an A-Level pass rate of 98.6%. ^[5]

Colleges

Royal Leamington Spa College

Moreton Morrell was the first equine college in Britain

The Power Industry Academy at Rugby College

Pershore College

Warwick Trident College

Evesham College

Malvern Hills College

References

↑ "South Worcestershire College merges with Warwickshire College Group". Midlands Business News. Midlands Business News. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
↑ Kelly, Alicia (18 November 2015). "South Worcestershire College agrees to merge with Warwickshire College Group". Worcestershire News. Newsquest (Midlands South) Ltd,. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
↑ "Warwickshire College Group and South Worcestershire College merger to bring improved services to local community". Cotswold Life. Archant Community Media Limited. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
↑ Witts, Preston (1 August 2016). "Colleges announce merger". Stratford-upon-Avon Herald. Stratford-upon-Avon Herald Ltd. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
↑ "Facts and figures". Warwickshire College Group 2016. 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

External links

Warwickshire College Group website

Schools in Warwickshire

Primary	Clifton-upon-Dunsmore C of E Primary School Coten End Primary School St Mary Immaculate RC Primary School

Secondary	Alcester Academy Ash Green School Avon Valley School Aylesford School Bilton School Campion School The Coleshill School Etone College The George Eliot School Harris Church of England Academy Hartshill School Henley-in-Arden School Higham Lane School Kenilworth School Kineton High School Kingsbury School Myton School Nicholas Chamberlaine School North Leamington School The Nuneaton Academy The Polesworth School Queen Elizabeth Academy St Benedict's Catholic High School St Thomas More Catholic School Shipston High School Stratford-upon-Avon High School Studley High School Trinity Catholic School

Sixth Form Colleges	King Edward VI College Trinity Catholic School

Further Education Colleges	Stratford-upon-Avon College Warwickshire College North Warwickshire and Hinckley College

Grammar	Alcester Grammar School King Edward VI School Lawrence Sheriff School Rugby High School for Girls Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls

Partially selective	Ashlawn School

Independent	Arnold Lodge School The Crescent School Bilton Grange The King's High School For Girls Kingsley School Princethorpe College Rugby School Warwick School

Special	Exhall Grange School River House School RNIB Pears Centre

Former	Bishop Wulstan School Dunchurch-Winton Hall

Schools in Worcestershire

Primary	Holy Trinity School

Middle	Alvechurch CE Middle School Aston Fields Middle School Bredon Hill Middle School Ridgeway Middle School St John's CE Middle School Academy

Secondary	Baxter College The Bewdley School Bishop Perowne CE College Blessed Edward Oldcorne RC College The Chantry School The Chase School Christopher Whitehead Language College The De Montfort School Droitwich Spa High School Dyson Perrins CE Academy Elgar Technology College Hagley RC High School Hanley Castle High School Haybridge High School Holy Trinity School King Charles I School North Bromsgrove High School Nunnery Wood High School Pershore High School Prince Henry's High School RSA Academy Arrow Vale St Augustine's High School South Bromsgrove High School The Stourport High School Tenbury High Ormiston Academy Trinity High School Tudor Grange Redditch Tudor Grange Worcester Waseley Hills High School Wolverley CE Secondary School Woodrush High School

Special	New College Worcester Sunfield Children's Home Vale of Evesham School Wyre Forest School

Independent	Abberley Hall School Abbey College Bowbrook House School Bredon School Bromsgrove School Dodderhill School Heathfield School The King's School Malvern College Malvern St James River School Royal Grammar School Worcester St Michael's College

Further education colleges	Heart of Worcestershire College South Worcestershire College

Former	Elgar Technology College Greyfriars, Worcester Hillside School St Mary's School

Universities and colleges in the West Midlands

Universities	Aston Birmingham Birmingham City BPP Coventry Harper Adams Keele Law Newman Staffordshire UCB Warwick Wolverhampton Worcester

Further Education colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan Bournville Burton Buxton & Leek City College, Coventry Dudley Evesham Fircroft Halesowen Heart of Worcestershire Henley Hereford College of Arts Herefordshire College of Technology Hereward Kidderminster Malvern Hills Newcastle-under-Lyme North Shropshire North Warwickshire and Hinckley Queen Alexandra Royal National College for the Blind Sandwell Shrewsbury Solihull South & City Birmingham South Staffordshire Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Telford Walsall Warwickshire Wolverhampton

Sixth form colleges	Cadbury Hereford Joseph Chamberlain King Edward VI College, Nuneaton King Edward VI College, Stourbridge Ludlow Moorlands New College, Telford Shrewsbury Solihull Stoke-on-Trent Worcester

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