About Middlesbrough College

Our Mission Statement:

"Driving Ambition, Inspiring Success"

Middlesbrough College is the largest provider of post-16 education and training in the Tees Valley, In August 2008, the College relocated from four sites across Middlesbrough to a new campus close to the town centre. The College offers further education courses in 14 of the 15 subject areas in further education, apprenticeships and employer training, and higher education.

The College is located in an area of considerable deprivation. According to the English Indices of Deprivation 2004, Middlesbrough was ranked as the 9th most deprived local authority area, with 25% of people of working age claiming a key benefit. The overall level of unemployment in Middlesbrough remains high, and is increasing in the light of the recession 7.2% compared with 6% in Tees Valley and 5.3% in the North East region. 56% of the residents of Middlesbrough live in the most deprived areas of England; and 4% live in the least deprived areas. 67% of the College’s 16-18 year old full-time learners are in receipt of Educational Maintenance Allowances (EMAs), of which 84% claim the maximum amount.

Performance at age 16 in the local authority area has been an area for development, and is on an upward trend although remains below the national average. In 2009, 65.2% of young people in Middlesbrough achieved 5 A*s to Cs, moving from 49.1% in 2006. Performance including English and Maths was 36.9% in 2008, but has also moved up from 30.3.4% in 2006. 5% of young people leave key stage 4 with no GCSE passes (nationally 2.3%).

Middlesbrough was formed as a unitary authority in 1996 and is one of five Local Authorities that make up the Tees Valley conurbation. Across the area there are five general FE Colleges, five sixth form Colleges, one specialist College and four schools with sixth forms. In addition there are 3 schools with Trust status, all of them in Middlesbrough and two of which have post 16 provision.

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"Over 10,000 students learn with Middlesbrough College every year."

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