West Nottinghamshire College
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Vision West Notts formerly known as 'West Nottinghamshire College' is a further education
college with the main campus situated in Mansfield
, and Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
, England
. The college was formed in the 1970s from an arts and technology college dating back to 1904.
The college offers further education to approximately 19,000 students in full and part-time education including courses for 14 - 16 year olds in collaboration with local schools. The programmes include the majority of GCSE and A Level courses, access to higher education, and vocational apprenticeships that include bricklaying, plumbing, carpentry, gas fitting, painting and decorating, construction management, driving passenger vehicles, forklift truck driving and railway engineering. A variety of community and adult courses is also provided across the local area. The college is a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status for engineering specialised in construction, logistics and care. A 2008 Ofsted report accorded the school a Grade 1 (outstanding) on all inspection points. The college is a member of the 157 Group
of high performing further education colleges.
venues in the Mansfield and Ashfield
area and the largely urban corridor along the M1 motorway route between the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
and Skills Logistics Academy was visited by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
who unveiled a commemorative plaque to mark his visit to the new Construction and Logistics Skills Academy..
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...
college with the main campus situated in Mansfield
Mansfield
Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area....
, and Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The college was formed in the 1970s from an arts and technology college dating back to 1904.
The college offers further education to approximately 19,000 students in full and part-time education including courses for 14 - 16 year olds in collaboration with local schools. The programmes include the majority of GCSE and A Level courses, access to higher education, and vocational apprenticeships that include bricklaying, plumbing, carpentry, gas fitting, painting and decorating, construction management, driving passenger vehicles, forklift truck driving and railway engineering. A variety of community and adult courses is also provided across the local area. The college is a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status for engineering specialised in construction, logistics and care. A 2008 Ofsted report accorded the school a Grade 1 (outstanding) on all inspection points. The college 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 further education colleges.
Name
The College was originally originally called West Nottinghamshire College but on September 1st 2011 it was re-branded Vision West Notts but however the Vision is often omitted and it is also often still referred to as West Nottinghamshire College.Campuses and sites
The college operates two campuses in Mansfield, several smaller sites including a logistics and construction academy in Kirkby-in-Ashfield for 600 students, and around 100 further affiliated outreachEducation outreach
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venues in the Mansfield and Ashfield
Mansfield Urban Area
The Mansfield Urban Area is an area of west Nottinghamshire that comprises the towns of Mansfield, Sutton in Ashfield, Kirkby in Ashfield and Mansfield Woodhouse. The 2001 census gives the total population of the area as 158,114, making it the 37th most populated urban area in England.-External...
area and the largely urban corridor along the M1 motorway route between the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Royal visit
On 20 February 2009, the college's ConstructionConstruction
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and Skills Logistics Academy was visited by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
who unveiled a commemorative plaque to mark his visit to the new Construction and Logistics Skills Academy..