Gloucestershire College (SW)

Gloucestershire College is a successful college of further and higher education, offering a wide range of education and training programmes, including A Levels and GCSEs, vocational qualifications, work-based learning, higher education and short courses for business. The Gloucester based Engineering department is one of the largest providers of engineering training in the Southwest. Offering an extensive range of subjects and a broad range of vocational programmes designed to meet the need of local industry through specialist training and customised facilities. These include Welding, CAD/CAM and NVQs in Performing Engineering Operations and Engineering Technical Support. We also offer Higher Education options in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, and Operations Engineering Ofsted overall grade is 'Good'  with 'Outstanding' grades for the College's partnerships with employers and for the College's accommodation and industry standard resources. Gloucestershire College was commended for a number of key strengths, in particular the high levels of practical and vocational skills acquired by our students and for our well qualified and experienced staff. The College has large fully equipped engineering workshops, complemented by state-of-the-art CAD facilities with CNC links, robotics equipment and a rapid prototyper. The College's Health and Safety practice has been commended by RoSPA and is rated by the Learning & Skills Council as Excellent.