About Us
“Our mission is to be an outstanding College at the heart of our city: nurturing ambition and delivering success.”

Key Statistics

  •  Our College is one of the fastest growing in the UK, increasing its turnover in the last ten years from £15m to £40m
  • Over the past five years we have recorded a 26 percentage point improvement in overall success rates, now standing at 82%
  • We work with over 3,200 16-18 year old full-time students, equating to a 50% market share of the local cohort
  • The College has taken the lead in the development of the University Centre Milton Keynes (UCMK), the first steps towards a university for the new city
  • We deliver the largest employer responsive provision in Milton Keynes and have achieved the Training Quality Standard for outstanding employer engagement
  • The College provides Skills for Life qualifications to over 1,500 adult learners on campus, in local community learning centres and in the workplace
  • We deliver a broad range of employability programmes, engaging with over 1,700 learners in the current year
  • Our College is a lead provider in Offender Learning with approximately 11% of the national market share, delivering 393,000 hours across 13 prisons
  • Our vibrant College community is drawn from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds with 26% of full-time students being from BME groups
  • This year we achieved the Investors in Diversity Standard, one of the first Colleges and the first major employer in the city to do so
  • Over 1,200 staff work for the College, making us one of the largest employers in Milton Keynes
  • An innovative refurbishment /new build project is underway to enable us to meet our future capacity needs through a 3-campus strategy (due for completion April 2011).

Ofsted Quote

Our last full Ofsted inspection was in 2007: "Leadership and Management are good. The College has improved success rates significantly and rapidly. Students are well supported. Managers promptly provide effective and incisive support for improvement. There is a shared vision of raising achievement through improving the quality of teaching and learning."

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Workability

Workability

Are you over 25 and been claiming Job Seeker's Allowance for six months or more?

Would you like the opportunity to access short courses specifically designed around your needs, without losing your benefits?

In partnership with Jobcentre Plus, we have identified key sectors with skills gaps so that we can offer you the chance to prepare for real employment opportunities within Milton Keynes.

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