Lewisham Southwark College
Lewisham College is a further education college in Lewisham and Deptford, south-east London. It was established in 1990, having previously been known as SELTEC (South East London College of Technology[1]) since the early 1970s, which had campuses at Lewisham Way, Deptford and was run by the Inner London Education Authority.
Lewisham College | |
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Address | |
Lewisham Way London , SE4 1UT | |
Coordinates | 51.4681°N 0.0260°W |
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Type | Further education |
Established | 1990 |
Local authority | London Borough of Lewisham |
Department for Education URN | 130415 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Gender | Mixed |
Age | 14+ |
Enrolment | 13,600 students |
Website | http://www.Lewisham.ac.uk/ |
Lewisham College and Southwark College merged in 2012, having previously existed as separate institutions.[2] Between 2013 and 2014 the college was branded as LeSoCo, before this was dropped.[3] It was then known as Lewisham Southwark College between 2014 and 2018, becoming part of Newcastle College Group in 2017.[4]
In October 2018 it was announced by Newcastle College Group (NCG) that Lewisham Southwark College would return to being branded as two institutions: Lewisham College and Southwark College.[5]
Campus
Lewisham College is located in the London Borough of Lewisham in south-east London. The college has campuses in Lewisham Way and Deptford Church Street. The college mainly serves students living in the local communities of Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark,[6]
Students
The college has 16,000 student enrolments and 36,000 course enrolments. The college was a member of the 157 Group (now the Collab Group) of high performing schools.[7]
- 39% study full-time
- 61% part-time
- Average age 29
- 57% from ethnic minorities
- 41% from Lewisham
- 13% from Southwark
- 11% from Greenwich
- 59% male 41% female
- 644 full-time equivalent staff
- 2 campuses
Notable alumni
Lewisham College
- Daniel Bedingfield, musician
- Duwayne Brooks, Liberal Democrat politician
- Thomas Caterer, pioneer schoolteacher
- Max Gradel, footballer
- Keeley Hazell, model and actress
- Leon Lai, Hong Kong actor and singer
- Shakira Martin, President of NUS
- Suzanne May, actress
- Novelist, grime MC
- Shaun Parkes, actor
- Georgia South, musician/bassist of Nova Twins
References
- South East London College of Technology
- team, London SE1 website. "Southwark College takeover by Lewisham College takes effect". London SE1. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- Banks, Tom (1 October 2014). "LeSoCo identity dropped by Lewisham Southwark College". Design Week. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- "NCG Welcomes Lewisham Southwark College into the Group | News". NCG. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- "NCG Announces Changes to Lewisham Southwark College". NCG. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- Ofsted report 2006 Archived 2011-01-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 July 2010
- 157 Group Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 July 2010