Hopwood Hall College (Hopwood) is a large general further education college in Greater Manchester. It is situated across two campuses, one in Rochdale town centre and one in a 70-acre woodland site in Middleton. Hopwood provides education and training in a wide range of curriculum areas, including construction, engineering, automotive, health and social care, animal management, creative and digital media, business and accounting, education and childcare, digital, information technology and computing, and hospitality and catering. At the time of the inspection, there were 3,331 learners enrolled at the college aged 16 to 18 years, studying across a range of level 1 to 3 vocational programmes. There were 133 learners for whom the college receives high-needs funding. Thirty high-needs learners studied a foundation learning programme, and the remainder studied programmes in all vocational areas. There were 621 apprentices enrolled on apprenticeship standards at levels 2, 3 and 4, mainly in construction, engineering, business, and hospitality. There were 4,020 adult learners enrolled on a variety of short courses, such as English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), and longer programmes, such as access to higher education. The college subcontracts to five other providers, all for adult learning programmes.