Size and scope

Liverpool Community College is one of the largest general further education colleges in the country. It is the only further education sector institution in Liverpool, formed in 1991 by an amalgamation of four former colleges.

On average the college has over 17,000 students. Nearly 5,000 of this group are aged 16-18 years old.

Since 1999 the college has developed five purpose-built centres and one completely refurbished centre, which represents investment of around £47 million. The college has a network of 12 Community Learning Centres serving all parts of the city.

Quality

The college was inspected by Ofsted and the Adult Learning Inspectorate in February 2009. Of the six areas inspected, five were judged 'outstanding', one was graded good. This ranks the college amongst the best General & Further Education Colleges in the country.

In December 2005 the college was awarded Beacon College Status in recognition of its outstanding performance.

The College and the City

The college is at the heart of the education and training provision for Liverpool, with extensive strategic links and partnerships with local and regional employers, the Local Authority, LEA, schools, universities and local communities.

Examples include:

• Extensive work related training for the health sector, the City Council and the creative media industries.
• Partnerships in the leisure and tourism initiatives for Capital of Culture.
• Partnership with the Merseyside Construction Initiative to provide local people with the skills and training needed to gain employment in the local construction industry.
• Partnership with a major supermarket to provide pre recruitment training to local residents.
• The partnership with all school collaboratives, providing an extended vocational curriculum for 14-16 year olds.
• Partnership with RNIB to support blind and partially sighted learners.
• The college is represented at senior management level on all of the City’s Strategic Partnership Groups.