Walsall College

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Walsall College
Motto	Bringing Talent To Life
Type	Further education college
Principal & Chief Executive	Jatinder Sharma
Chair	Brian Lowe
Location	Littleton Street West Walsall West Midlands WS2 8ES England Coordinates: 52°35′14″N 1°59′00″W / 52.5871°N 1.98324°W / 52.5871; -1.98324
Local authority	Walsall
DfE URN	130483 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	16+
Website	www.walsallcollege.ac.uk

Walsall College is a further education college in Walsall, West Midlands, England.

The college is the largest provider of qualifications for 14-19 year olds in the Borough of Walsall. In addition, Walsall College provides education and training for adults, delivered both at the college campuses and on-site at workplaces and community centres. Campuses of the college include the main Wisemore Campus, and the Green Lane campus which offers engineering and construction courses.

Courses offered by the college include GCSEs, NVQs, BTECs, Diplomas, Apprenticeships and Access courses. Walsall College's sixth form department, V6 is a vocational sixth form for young people focussing on vocational skills and qualification; however it does not offer A Levels or academic study.

Walsall College also offers its vocational courses through a series of academies, in partnership with businesses including Microsoft, Apple, Francesco Group and Roland DG. The academies include a gym, hair and beauty salon and restaurant. All facilities are staffed by students.

In addition to its own courses, the college also works in partnership with local secondary schools, supporting them to develop vocational learning for their own students. Walsall College is a lead partner in the Black Country University Technical College, one of the first University Technical Colleges in England.^[1] The college is also the sponsor of The Mirus Academy.

In March 2013 Walsall College achieved an overall Outstanding grade in an OFSTED inspection, in doing so became the first College of its size in the UK to achieve this grading under the new OFSTED framework.

Walsall College also offers a provision of higher education courses in conjunction with the University of Birmingham (through University College Birmingham) and the University of Wolverhampton.

References

↑ "Black Country UTC opens for learning". Utcolleges.org. Retrieved 2012-05-29.

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Universities	Aston Birmingham Birmingham City BPP Coventry Harper Adams Keele Law Newman Staffordshire UCB Warwick Wolverhampton Worcester

Further Education colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan Burton Bournville City College, Coventry Dudley Fircroft Halesowen Henley Hereford College of Arts Herefordshire College of Technology Hereward Kidderminster Leek Newcastle-under-Lyme North Warwickshire and Hinckley North East Worcestershire Queen Alexandra Royal National College for the Blind Sandwell Shrewsbury Solihull South & City Birmingham South Staffordshire South Worcestershire Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Telford Walford and North Shropshire Walsall Warwickshire Wolverhampton Worcester

Sixth form colleges	Cadbury Hereford Joseph Chamberlain King Edward VI College, Nuneaton King Edward VI College, Stourbridge Ludlow Moorlands New College, Telford Shrewsbury Solihull Stoke-on-Trent Worcester

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