Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College
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Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College (also formally known as "Ealing Tertiary College") is a college of further education
based across four campuses located in Acton
, Ealing
, Hammersmith
and Southall
districts of London, England. The college provides education for over 25,000 students, and it is a member of the 157 Group
of high performing schools. The main campus of the college is situated on the north side of the busy A4 dual-carriageway, between Hammersmith and Earls Court
.
a learning organisation committed to providing all our learners with rich and stimulating learning environments, delivered through personalised learning pathways
a people-centred organisation that attracts, values and develops staff and students, seeks out talent and provides a stimulating environment within which their potential may be realised
an innovative organisation that values, encourages and facilitates the use of technology and the application of knowledge to create an exciting approach to the delivery of education
a socially responsible and ethical organisation committed to engaging the wider community, providing opportunities for all, underpinned by the principle of sustainability
a financially strong organisation able to invest in the creative delivery of teaching, training and learning to protect our learners
an employer focused organisation that consults with, listens and responds appropriately to the needs of business.
rated the college as "satisfactory" for overall effectiveness.
The college is part of the 157 group and London Colleges Group. It is also the only college to sit on the steering group for VQ Day – the national campaign to raise the parity of esteem between vocational or "work-related" courses and academic qualifications. The college has developed its own MIS System called Centime
. 2010 A-level results show that the pass rate stands at 95%.
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College has been awarded the Buttle UK Quality Mark for Looked After Children (LAC) and Care Leavers in Further Education. The college is one of six in England to have received the award which recognises outstanding commitment in enabling Looked After Children and Care Leavers to achieve their goals.
Director-General Greg Dyke
, The Ealing Institute of Media is a Centre of Vocational Excellence in Media. It is also part of the Skillset Screen Academy group. It was established to provide tailor made courses that offer both vocational experience and education along with the adequate amount of theory to provide students with what they needed to have a successful career within the media industry.
Courses include the new Actor Prepares Bollywood acting school,standalone subjects such as Animation, Photography, and other areas at GCSE or Advanced Level (UK), but the college also offers BTEC
qualifications that allow students to learn a wide variety of industry specific skills rather than just a small area.
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...
based across four campuses located in Acton
Acton, London
Acton is a district of west London, England, located in the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated west of Charing Cross.At the time of the 2001 census, Acton, comprising the wards of East Acton, Acton Central, South Acton and Southfield, had a population of 53,689 people...
, Ealing
Ealing
Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...
, Hammersmith
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...
and Southall
Southall
Southall is a large suburban district of west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Ealing. It is situated west of Charing Cross. Neighbouring places include Yeading, Hayes, Hanwell, Heston, Hounslow, Greenford and Northolt...
districts of London, England. The college provides education for over 25,000 students, and it is a member of the 157 Group
157 Group
The 157 Group is a group of 28 colleges of further education in England. The group was established in 2006 with an aim of promoting and maintaining high standards of education and management for this type of college...
of high performing schools. The main campus of the college is situated on the north side of the busy A4 dual-carriageway, between Hammersmith and Earls Court
Earls Court
Earls Court is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It is an inner-city district centred on Earl's Court Road and surrounding streets, located 3.1 miles west south-west of Charing Cross. It borders the sub-districts of South Kensington to the East, West...
.
The Learner First Pledge
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College are:a learning organisation committed to providing all our learners with rich and stimulating learning environments, delivered through personalised learning pathways
a people-centred organisation that attracts, values and develops staff and students, seeks out talent and provides a stimulating environment within which their potential may be realised
an innovative organisation that values, encourages and facilitates the use of technology and the application of knowledge to create an exciting approach to the delivery of education
a socially responsible and ethical organisation committed to engaging the wider community, providing opportunities for all, underpinned by the principle of sustainability
a financially strong organisation able to invest in the creative delivery of teaching, training and learning to protect our learners
an employer focused organisation that consults with, listens and responds appropriately to the needs of business.
Achievements & Awards
In its most recent inspection, OfstedOfsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
rated the college as "satisfactory" for overall effectiveness.
The college is part of the 157 group and London Colleges Group. It is also the only college to sit on the steering group for VQ Day – the national campaign to raise the parity of esteem between vocational or "work-related" courses and academic qualifications. The college has developed its own MIS System called Centime
Centime
Centime is French for "cent", and is used in English as the name of the fraction currency in several Francophone countries ....
. 2010 A-level results show that the pass rate stands at 95%.
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College has been awarded the Buttle UK Quality Mark for Looked After Children (LAC) and Care Leavers in Further Education. The college is one of six in England to have received the award which recognises outstanding commitment in enabling Looked After Children and Care Leavers to achieve their goals.
Enrichment Activities
The College has a wide range of different enrichment activities which are aimed at all students and are free to all college students. These include:- Nintendo Club
- Film Club
- Cont@ct2 (Sexual health Services)
- Youth Projects International (Chlamydia Screening)
- DAAP (Drug & Alcohol Aareness)
- Kick But (Quit Smoking Sessions)
- Guitar Club
- EIM Productions
- Music club
- Magic Club
- NHS (Stop Smoking Clinic)
- Sexual health Clinic
- Don’t Panic (Sexual Health)
- Chess Club
- NHS Healthy Living (Health Testing)
- Sexual Health Clinic
- Chess Club
- Music and Guitar Club
History
In 1881 Hammersmith School of Art was established in Brook Green. Ealing Grammar School for Boys was opened in 1913 as Ealing County School and expanded in 1936, also known as Ealing County Grammar School. It had the Ealonian Hall. In 1974, Ealing borough adopted the comprehensive education system and the school became Ealing Green High School, a boys' school. In 1992, the school was taken over by the new Ealing Tertiary College. In January 2002, Hammersmith and West London College merged with Ealing Tertiary College to form Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College.Acton Campus
The Acton campus specialises in Construction Crafts and offers an extensive choice of construction courses which are taught in purpose-built workshops. The College also offers Engineering, Electronics, Motor Vehicle, English for Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL), Skills for Life and Supported Learning courses to students of all ages.Ealing Campus
Offers a range of full-time post-GCSE, academic and vocational courses, as well as tuition in ESOL and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Recent refurbishments have significantly improved the Sixth Form Centre and a new £11.5m specialist centre, the Ealing Institute of Media, was officially launched in December 2005. It is situated in the former Ealing Green High School.Hammersmith Campus
Hammersmith is the largest campus, with over 10,000 students. The College offers a large number of full-time and part-time courses across a broad range of subjects for students of different ages, abilities and needs.Southall Campus
The Southall campus incorporates the latest technology. Students also have access to the Southall Sports Centre run by the London Borough of Ealing, the Sixth Form Centre, and separate facilities for adult learning and a vocational centre.The institute of Media at Ealing Campus
Opened in 2006 by former BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Director-General Greg Dyke
Greg Dyke
Gregory "Greg" Dyke is a British media executive, journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast journalism. He is credited with introducing 'tabloid' television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of TV-am...
, The Ealing Institute of Media is a Centre of Vocational Excellence in Media. It is also part of the Skillset Screen Academy group. It was established to provide tailor made courses that offer both vocational experience and education along with the adequate amount of theory to provide students with what they needed to have a successful career within the media industry.
Courses include the new Actor Prepares Bollywood acting school,standalone subjects such as Animation, Photography, and other areas at GCSE or Advanced Level (UK), but the college also offers BTEC
Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC)
The Business and Technology Education Council is the British body which awards vocational qualifications. Such qualifications are commonly referred to as "BTECs"....
qualifications that allow students to learn a wide variety of industry specific skills rather than just a small area.
Former teachers
- Prof David BlakeDavid Blake (composer)David Blake is a British composer born in London in 1936. Following National Service Blake learnt Mandarin Chinese and spent one year in Hong Kong. He went on to read music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where his teachers were Patrick Hadley, Peter Tranchell and Raymond Leppard...
, composer (taught music at the boys' grammar school from 1961-2)
Alumni
- Prof Dianne WillcocksDianne WillcocksDianne Marie Willcocks CBE was the Vice-Chancellor of York St John University until retirement in April 2010 and is a former Deputy Principal of Sheffield Hallam University....
CBE, Vice-Chancellor since 1999 of York St John UniversityYork St John UniversityYork St John University York St John University York St John University (formerly known variously as York St John University College (2004), York St John College (2001), Ripon and York St John: a College of the University of Leeds (c. 1996), University College of Ripon and York St John... - Laurence BroderickLaurence BroderickLaurence Broderick, ARBS, FRSA, is a British sculptor. His best known work is The Bull, a public sculpture in Birmingham, erected in 2003. His work consists largely of direct carvings in stone and editions in bronze, mostly figurative, wildlife and the female form...
ARBS FRSA Sculptor
Former Students of The Ealing Grammar School for Boys
- Graham BarlowGraham BarlowGraham Derek Barlow is a former cricketer and was a middle-order batsman for Middlesex and, briefly, for England. He was also an England under-23 Rugby Union cap,...
, cricketer - Ken BatesKen BatesKenneth William Bates is a British businessman and football executive. The current chairman and now owner of Leeds United AFC, Bates was previously chairman and majority shareholder of Chelsea FC from 1982 until 2003....
- Wilfred Beckerman, economist, Professor of Political Economy from 1969-75 at University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
- Prof Peter Bromley, Professor of Law from 1965-85 at the University of ManchesterUniversity of ManchesterThe University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
- Alan Cook CBE, Managing Director from 2006-10 of the Post Office Ltd.Post Office Ltd.Post Office Ltd is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches.-Structure:Post Office Ltd...
, and Chief Executive from 2002-6 of National Savings and InvestmentsNational Savings and InvestmentsNational Savings and Investments , formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings, is a state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. It is an executive agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer... - Dr Richard ForteyRichard ForteyRichard A. Fortey FRS is a British palaeontologist and writer.-Career:Richard Fortey studied geology at the University of Cambridge and had a long career as a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in London. Prof. Fortey’s research interests include, above all, trilobites...
, palaeontologistPaleontologyPaleontology "old, ancient", ὄν, ὀντ- "being, creature", and λόγος "speech, thought") is the study of prehistoric life. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments...
and President from 2007-8 of the Geological Society of LondonGeological Society of LondonThe Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of "investigating the mineral structure of the Earth"... - Air MarshalAir MarshalAir marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Sir Michael GiddingsMichael GiddingsAir Marshal Sir Kenneth Charles Michael Giddings KCB, OBE, DFC, AFC & Bar was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as a fighter pilot during the Second World War...
OBE DFC AFC, later chaired the public enquiries of four sections of the M25M25 motorwayThe M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...
in the 1970s, the A1/M1M1 motorwayThe M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...
KirkhamgateKirkhamgateKirkhamgate is a village, north-west of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.It originated as a hamlet in the Alverthorpe township in the parish of Wakefield in the West Riding of Yorkshire.-Geography:...
-DishforthDishforthDishforth is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. It is near RAF Dishforth, a local Army Air Corps helicopter base. The village is close to the A1 and the A168. The original route of the Great North Road runs through the village but an airbase was built...
scheme in 1982, and the controversial Archway extension in 1984 - Harold Gearing, computer scientist who helped found the British Computer Society (since September 2009 the BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITBCS, The Chartered Institute for ITThe British Computer Society, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in Information Technology in the United Kingdom and internationally...
) in 1957, when working with Metal BoxNovar plcNovar plc was an international group based in the United Kingdom with core activities in Security Systems, Aluminium Extrusion and Cheque Printing. It was bought by Honeywell in 2005, and its activities merged... - Anthony Gorard, Chief Executive from 1972-4 of HTV Group Ltd (now called ITV Wales & West)
- Sir Richard GreenburyRichard GreenburySir Richard Greenbury was chairman and chief executive of the British retailer Marks and Spencer from 1988 to 1999. During his tenure the company continued to grow until its profits peaked in 1997 and 1998, when it was the second most profitable retailer in the world after Wal-Mart, and the ninth...
, Chief Executive from 1988-99 of Marks & SpencerMarks & SpencerMarks and Spencer plc is a British retailer headquartered in the City of Westminster, London, with over 700 stores in the United Kingdom and over 300 stores spread across more than 40 countries. It specialises in the selling of clothing and luxury food products... - Allen Jones (sculptor)Allen Jones (sculptor)Allen Jones RA is a British pop artist, best known for his sculptures. He lives and works in London.Jones was born in Southampton and from 1955 to 1961 studied at the Hornsey College of Art...
- Brian Jones (poet)Brian Jones (poet)Brian Jones was a British poet.Jones' first major collection, Poems , was published in 1966, and proved to be successful...
- Prof Derek Keene, Leverhulme Professor of Comparative Metropolitan History from 2001-8 at the Institute of Historical ResearchInstitute of Historical ResearchThe Institute of Historical Research is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate House. The Institute was founded in 1921 by A. F...
- Richard LeonardRichard LeonardRichard Lawrence Leonard is a British writer and journalist, writing as Dick Leonard, and also a former British Labour politician. He is a pro-European social democrat and a disciple of the late Anthony Crosland...
, journalist and Labour MP from 1970-4 for RomfordRomford (UK Parliament constituency)Romford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :... - David Lloyd MeredithDavid Lloyd MeredithDavid Lloyd Meredith was a British actor. He came from a Welsh family background, but was born in London....
, actor - Very Rev John Moses (dean)John Moses (dean)John Moses KCVO was the Dean of St Paul's from November 1996 until his retirement on 31 August 2006.Moses' last service as dean was a Sung Eucharist on 12 July 2006...
, Dean of St Paul’s from 1996-2006 - Prof Ian Percival, Professor of Theoretical Physics from 1991-6 at Queen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
- Fred PerryFred PerryFrederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row...
, tennis player - Dr Richard Pettifer MBE, former Executive Director from 1998-2006 of the Royal Meteorological SocietyRoyal Meteorological SocietyThe Royal Meteorological Society traces its origins back to 3 April 1850 when the British Meteorological Society was formed as a society the objects of which should be the advancement and extension of meteorological science by determining the laws of climate and of meteorological phenomena in general...
, and General Secretary since 2007 of the Association of Private Meteorological Services (PRIMET) - Kenneth Robinson, broadcaster and former presenter of Start the WeekStart the WeekStart the Week is a discussion programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 which began in April 1970. The current presenter is the former BBC political editor Andrew Marr...
and Points of ViewPoints of ViewPoints of View is a long-running television show shown in the United Kingdom on BBC One, featuring the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and purportedly witty observations on the television of recent weeks...
from 1965-9 - Don Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings, helped create the Ryder ReportRyder Report (British Leyland)The Ryder Report was the official report produced for the Government of the United Kingdom in 1975 by Sir Don Ryder, newly appointed head of the UK's National Enterprise Board who was given the task of reporting on the British Leyland Motor Corporation and listing recommendations for its future.The...
- Very Rev Colin SleeColin SleeThe Very Rev Colin Slee was a clergyman in the Church of England, most notable for his final post as Dean of Southwark Cathedral, a post he held from 1994 until his death...
OBE, Dean of Southwark from 1994-2010 and Chaplain of King's College LondonChaplain of King's College LondonThe Chaplain of King's College London is a Church of England minister based at the College's main Strand campus.-Chaplains of King's College:* Henry Moseley * John Allen * Edward Hayes Plumptre...
from 1976-82 - Geoffrey Stephenson MBE, electrical engineer, made the first glider crossing of the English Channel on 23 April 1939, and later project engineer for the Green Archer (radar)Green Archer (radar)Green Archer, also called Radar, Field Artillery, No 8 was a widely used British mortar locating radar operating in the X band using a Foster scanner. Developed by EMI after an experimental model by the Royal Radar Establishment, it was in British service from 1962 until 1975 with the Royal...
and did early work on Cymbeline (radar)Cymbeline (radar)Radar, Field Artillery, No 15, better known as Cymbeline, was a widely-used British mortar locating radar operating in the I band using a Foster scanner... - Prof George Frederick James TempleGeorge Frederick James TempleDom George Frederick James Temple FRS OSB was an English mathematician, recipient of the Sylvester Medal in 1969...
CBE, Sedleian Professor of Natural PhilosophySedleian professor of natural philosophyThe Sedleian professor of natural philosophy is the name of a chair at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford.The Sedleian Chair was founded by Sir William Sedley who, by his will dated October 20, 1618, left the sum of ₤2,000 to the University of Oxford for purchase of lands for...
from 1953-68 at the University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, Professor of Mathematics from 1932-53 at King's College LondonKing's College LondonKing's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
, and Chairman from 1961-4 of the Aeronautical Research CouncilAdvisory Committee for AeronauticsThe Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was a United Kingdom agency founded on April 30, 1909 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research... - John WarrJohn WarrJohn James Warr is an English former cricketer. He played in two Test matches for England.His Test bowling average remains the worst of any English player, but Warr turned it into comic relief in his highly humorous after dinner speeches.-Life and career:He played for Middlesex as a right-arm...
, cricketer - George Whitby MBE, architect
- Mark Whitby, President from 2001-2 of the Institution of Civil EngineersInstitution of Civil EngineersFounded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineering. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150...