Southgate College
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Southgate College campus is located in the London Borough of Enfield
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...

, and situated beside the Southgate
Southgate, London
Southgate is an area of north London, England, primarily within the London Borough of Enfield, although parts of its western fringes lie within the London Borough of Barnet. It is located around north of Charing Cross. The name is derived from being the south gate to Enfield Chase...

's main shopping centre and within a 200m walk of the Southgate tube station
Southgate tube station
Southgate is a London Underground Piccadilly Line station in Southgate. It is located between Arnos Grove and Oakwood stations and is in Travelcard Zone 4.-History:...

 on the Piccadilly Line
Piccadilly Line
The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the fifth busiest line on the Underground network judged by the number of passengers transported per year. It is mainly a deep-level line, running from the north to the west of London via Zone 1, with...

. It is a cosmopolitan college with over 11,000 students of all ages studying on full- and part-time courses ranging from basic skills through to A levels, GCSEs, Access to HE, HNC/HND and foundation degrees.

Southgate College has out centres in Edmonton Green and is in partnership with organisations like learndirect
Learndirect
learndirect is the public-facing brand of Ufi Ltd, a not-for-profit organisation created in 1998 to take forward the UK Government's stated vision of a University for Industry in England, Wales and Northern Ireland....

 and Middlesex University
Middlesex University
Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...

.

In its most recent inspection, Ofsted
Ofsted
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. name="ofstedgrade">http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/113267/(as)/130436_342263.pdf The College is a CoVE (Centre of Vocational Excellence) in ICT
Information and communication technologies
Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology , but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of...

 and Business Network Support, and a CISCO Network Academy. Its wide range of EFL
EFL
EFL most commonly refers to English as a Foreign Language, see English as a Foreign or Second LanguageEFL may also refer to:In sports:* Eastern Football League , a defunct Scottish football competition...

 courses are accredited by the British Council
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...

.

The College has football and Rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

teams. Within the last two years the College has substantially invested in new facilities to many areas including fully re-equipped Motor Vehicle workshops opened by the Chief Executive of the Institute of the Motor Industry in May 2006 and its public restaurant..

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