West Suffolk College
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Secondary
Post 16
PUPILS
Not Available
AGES
16 - 99
GENDER
Mixed
TYPE
Further education
SCHOOL GUIDE RATING
Not Rated

How Does The School Perform?

Good
NATIONAL AVG. 2.09
Ofsted Inspection
(01/03/2022)
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Bury St Edmunds
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School Description

West Suffolk College (WSC) is a general further education college based in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The college teaches a range of vocational courses, apprenticeships and adult learning programmes across 15 sector-subject areas. The college forms part of the Eastern Colleges Group, which includes two sixth-form colleges that teach A-level programmes that complement the courses taught at WSC. At the time of the inspection, there were 3,204 students on education programmes for young people, with most young people studying level 2 and level 3 courses. A smaller proportion study level 1 programmes. The largest subject areas include health and social care, art and design, and building and construction. Of the 1,477 adult students, the majority study English, mathematics and English for speakers of other languages. There were 661 intermediate apprentices, 1,049 advanced apprentices and 198 higher apprentices. There were 126 apprentices on frameworkbased apprenticeships and 1,782 apprentices on apprenticeship standards. There were 185 students with high needs. Approximately half of these students are taught discretely on supported learning programmes and half are taught in vocational curriculum areas.

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