s mergers 1993 to date This spreadsheet contains details of colleges that were established under the 1992 Further and Higher Education Act and subsequently merged Sources: Learning and Skills Council Government Education Departments, Association of s mergers under the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) (1993-2001) s Name of merged institution Local LSC area Type of merger Operative date 1 St Austell Sixth Form and Mid-Cornwall St Austell Cornwall Double dissolution 02-Apr-93 2 Cleveland of Further Education and Sir William Turner's Sixth Form Cleveland Tertiary Tees Valley Double dissolution 01-Sep-93 3 The Ridge and Margaret Danyers, Stockport Ridge Danyers Greater Manchester Double dissolution 15-Aug-95 4 Acklam Sixth Form and Kirby of Further Education Middlesbrough Tees Valley Double dissolution 01-Aug-95 5 Longlands of Further Education and Marton Sixth Form Teesside Tertiary Tees Valley Double dissolution 01-Aug-95 6 St Philip's Roman Catholic Sixth Form and South Birmingham South Birmingham Birmingham & Solihull Single dissolution (St Philips) 01-Aug-95 7 Hinckley and North Warwickshire for and North Warwickshire and Hinckley Art Coventry & Warwickshire Double dissolution 01-Mar-96 8 Mid-Warwickshire and Warwickshire for Agriculture, Horticulture and Equine Studies Warwickshire, Royal Leamington Spa and Moreton Morrell Coventry & Warwickshire Single dissolution (WCAHES) 01-Aug-96 9 Monkwearmouth and Wearside City of Sunderland Tyne & Wear Double dissolution 01-Aug-96 10 South Bristol and Brunel of Arts and City of Bristol West of England Double dissolution 01-Sep-96 11 The National Sea Training and North West Kent of North West Kent of Kent Single dissolution (NSTC) 25-Oct-96 12 Reading of Arts and and Berkshire of Art Reading of Arts and and Design Berkshire Single dissolution (BCAD) 06-Jan-97 13 De La Salle and Pendleton Pendleton Greater Manchester Single dissolution (De La Salle) 07-Feb-97 14 Prior Pursglove and South Park Sixth Form Prior Pursglove Tees Valley Single dissolution (SPSFC) 01-Aug-97 15 Worcestershire of Agriculture of Horticulture and Pershore of Horticulture Pershore and Hindlip Hereford & Worcester Single dissolution (WCA) 10-May-97 16 Hyde Clarendon and Tameside Tameside Greater Manchester Single dissolution (HCC) 18-Feb-98 17 Airedale and Wharfedale and Park Lane Park Lane Leeds Single dissolution (A&WC) 01-Aug-98 Page 1 of 8
18 Cambridgeshire of Agriculture and Horticulture and Norfolk of Arts and of West Anglia Norfolk Single dissolution (CCAH) 01-Aug-98 19 Clarendon and Basford Hall New, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Single dissolution (BHC) 01-Aug-98 20 East Birmingham and Handsworth City, Birmingham Birmingham & Solihull Single dissolution (EBC) 01-Aug-98 21 North Bolton and South, Bolton (both SFCs) Bolton Sixth Form Greater Manchester Double dissolution 01-Aug-98 22 York of Further and Higher Education and York Sixth Form York North Yorkshire Single dissolution (YSFC) 01-Apr-99 23 Durham of Agriculture and Horticulture and East Durham East Durham and Houghall Community Community County Durham Double dissolution 01-Jun-99 24 Charles Keene of Further Education and Leicester South Fields Leicester Leicestershire Double dissolution 01-Aug-99 25 New, Nottingham and High Pavement Sixth Form New, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Single dissolution (HPSFC) 01-Apr-99 26 Greenhill, Harrow and Weald Harrow London North Double dissolution 01-Jun-99 27 Holme Lacey and Pershore and Hindlip The Pershore Group of s Hereford & Worcester Single dissolution (Holme Lacey) 01-Aug-99 28 New, Nottingham and Arnold and Carlton New, Nottingham Nottinghamshire Single dissolution (Arnold & Carlton) 01-Sep-99 29 Bilston Community and Wulfrun Wolverhampton Black Country Single dissolution (Bilston) 01-Oct-99 30 Kirkley Hall and Northumberland Northumberland Norhthumberland Single dissolution (Kirkley Hall) 01-Jan-00 31 Phoenix and Merton Merton London South Single dissolution (Phoenix ) 01-Apr-00 32 The Rutland and Tresham Institute Tresham Institute Northamprtonshire Single dissolution (The Rutland ) 01-Aug-00 33 Barnet and Hendon Barnet London North Single dissolution (Hendon ) 01-Aug-00 34 of Care and Early Education and City of Bristol City of Bristol West of England Single dissolution (CCEE) 01-Aug-00 35 Brooksby and Melton Mowbray Brooksby Melton Leicestershire Single dissolution (MMC) 01-Sep-00 36 Kingsway and Westminster Westminster Kingsway London Central Single dissolution (KC) 01-Sep-00 37 Trowbridge, Chippenham and Lackham Wiltshire Wiltshire Triple dissolution 01-Nov-00 38 Walford and North Shropshire, Walford Walford and North Shropshire Shropshire Single dissolution (WC) 01-Jan-01 39 Abingdon and West Oxfordshire Abingdon and Witney Milton Keynes, Oxon and Bucks Single dissolution (WOC) 31-Mar-01 mergers under the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) (2001-2010) s Name of merged institution Local LSC Type of merger Operative date 40 St Austell and Cornwall Cornwall Devon & Cornwall Single dissolution (St Austell) 01-Aug-01 41 Basildon and Thurrock Thurrock and Basildon Essex Double dissolution 01-Aug-01 42 Dudley of and Rowley Regis Dudley of Black Country Single dissolution (RRC) 01-Aug-01 43 Shena Simon and City, Manchester City, Manchester Greater Manchester Single dissolution (SSC) 01-Sep-01 Page 2 of 8
44 Lewes Tertiary and Eastbourne Sussex Downs Sussex Double dissolution 01-Sep-01 45 Broomfield, Derby Tertiary, Wilmorton and Mackworth Derby Derbyshire Triple dissolution 01-Jan-02 46 Soundwell and City of Bristol City of Bristol West of England Single dissolution (SC) 01-Jan-02 47 Ealing Tertiary and Hammersmith and West London Ealing, Hammersmith & W.London West London Single dissolution (ETC) 01-Jan-02 48 Coventry Technical and Tile Hill City, Coventry Coventry & Warwickshire Single dissolution (CTC) 01-Feb-02 49 East Yorkshire and Beverley East Riding Humberside Single dissolution (EYC) 01-Mar-02 50 Brinsbury and Chichester of Arts, Science and Chichester Sussex Single dissolution (BC) 01-Aug-02 51 Teesside Tertiary and Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Tees Valley Single dissolution (TTC) 01-Aug-02 52 North Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield Birmingham Single dissolution (TTC) 01-Apr-03 Warwickshire, Royal 53 Warwickshire, Royal Leamington Spa & Moreton Morrell and Leamington Spa & Moreton Morrell Rugby of Further Education and Rugby of Further Coventry & Warwickshire 01-Aug-03 Education. 54 Oxford, North Oxfordshire and Rycotewood Oxford & Cherwell Milton Keynes, Oxford & Bucks Triple dissolution 01-Aug-03 55 Guildford of Further and Higher Education and Merrist Wood Guildford of Further and Higher Education Surrey 01-Aug-03 56 Park and Sussex Downs Sussex Downs Sussex 01-Nov-03 57 Daventry Tertiary and Northampton Northampton Northamptonshire 01-Aug-04 58 Rother Valley and Rotherham of Arts and Rotherham of Arts and South Yorkshire 01-Aug-04 59 Cannington and Bridgwater Bridgwater Somerset 01-Sep-04 60 Tynemouth and North Tyneside Tyne Metropolitan Tyne and Wear Double dissolution Incorporation 01- Jan-05, Dissolution 01-March-05 61 Haywards Heath and Crawley Central Sussex Sussex Double dissolution Incorporation 01- Apr-05, Dissolution 01-Aug-05 62 Stockport of Further and Higher Education and North Area CollegStockport Greater Manchester 01-Jan-06 63 Isle and of West Anglia of West Anglia Cambridgeshire / Norfolk 01-Apr-06 64 The People s, Nottingham and Broxtowe Castle Nottinghamshire 01-Jun-06 65 Josiah Mason Sixth Form and Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield Birmingham and Solihull 01-Aug-06 66 Widnes and Runcorn Sixth form and Halton Riverside Halton Greater Merseyside 01-Aug-06 67 Lincoln and Newark and Sherwood Lincoln Lincolnshire and Rutland / Nottingham 01-Jan-07 68 Spelthorne 6th Form and Brooklands Brooklands Surrey 01-Aug-07 69 Keighley and Park Lane Park Lane Keighley West Yorkshire 01-Aug-07 Page 3 of 8
Herefordshire and Herefordshire of and Pershore Group of s Worcestershire 70 (Holme Lacey Campus) Herefordshire Coventry and Warwickshire and Pershore Group of s (Pershore Warwickshire Warwickshire / 01-Aug-07 Campus) Herefordshire and Worcestershire 71 Newcastle and Skelmersdale & Ormskirk Newcastle Tyne and Wear / Lancashire 01-Aug-07 72 Cricklade and Sparsholt Sparsholt Hampshire and Isle of Wight 01-Aug-07 73 Farnham and Guildford Guildford Surrey 01-Aug-07 74 North Trafford and South Trafford Trafford Greater Manchester 01-Sep-07 75 Wiltshire and Salisbury Wiltshire 01-Jan-08 76 Truro and Penwith Truro and Penwith Devon & Cornwall 01-Apr-08 77 Stockton Riverside and Bede Stockton Riverside Tees Valley 01-Apr-08 78 North Devon and East Devon Petroc Devon & Cornwall 01-Aug-08 79 Huddersfield Technical and Dewsbury Kirklees West Yorkshire 01-Aug-08 80 Manchester of Arts and (Mancat) and City MaManchester Greater Manchester Double dissolution 01-Aug-08 Incorporation 01-08- 81 Rodbaston, Cannock Chase Technical and Tamworth 08 South Staffordshire Staffordshire Triple dissolution and Lichfield Dissolution 01-01- 09 82 Eccles, Pendleton and Salford Salford City Greater Manchester Triple dissolution 01-Jan-09 83 Leeds of, Park Lane and Leeds Thomas DanbLeeds City West Yorkshire Triple dissolution 01-Apr-09 84 of North East London and Enfield The of Haringey, Enfield and North East London London North 01-Aug-09 85 South Thames and Merton South Thames London Central, London South 01-Aug-09 86 Sutton Coldfield and Matthew Boulton Birmingham Metropolitan Birmingham and Solihull 01-Aug-09 87 Grimsby Institute and Yorkshire Coast Grimsby Institute of Further and Humberside, North Higher Education Yorkshire 01-Jan-10 88 Colchester Institute and Braintree Colchester Institute Essex 01-Jan-10 89 South East Essex and Thurrock and Basildon South Essex of Further and Higher Education Essex 01-Jan-10 90 Derby and South East Derbyshire Derby Derbyshire 15-Feb-10 91 West Kent and South Kent K (South and West Kent ) Kent and Medway 31-Mar-10 Page 4 of 8
mergers under the Skills Funding Agency (SFA)/Young People's Learning Authority (YPLA)/Education Funding Agency (EFA) (2010-) 92 Gloucestershire of Arts and and Royal Forest of Dean Gloucestershire 01-Feb-11 93 South Nottingham and Castle South Nottingham 01-Jul-11 94 Bromley and Orpington Bromley of Further and Higher Education 01-Aug-11 95 Leeds City and Joseph Priestley Leeds City 01-Aug-11 96 Barnet and Southgate Barnet and Southgate 01-Nov-11 Incorporation 04-01- 97 Stroud and Filton South Gloucestershire and Stroud 12, Double Dissolution Dissolution 01-02- 12 98 Easton and Otley Easton and Otley Double Dissolution 31-Jul-12 99 Lewisham and Southwark LeSoCo 01-Aug-12 100 South Birmingham and City Birmingham South and City Birmingham 01-Aug-12 101 Birmingham Metropolitan and Stourbridge Birmingham Metropolitan 31-May-13 102 Herefordshire of and Ludlow Herefordshire and Ludlow 31-Jul-13 103 Kidderminster (WM region) and Newcastle Group (NCG) NCG 01-Aug-14 104 North East Worcestershire & Worcester of Heart of Worcestershire 31-Jul-14 K has been dissolved: 105 Hadlow will run the Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford campuses these will be individually branded (West Kent and Ashford ) but be part of the new Hadlow Group West Kent and Ashord (but part of the Hadlow Group) 01-Aug-14 East Kent will take over the Dover and Folkestone sites East Kent 106 Cornwall Group and Bicton Cornwall Group 31-Mar-15 107 City of Bath and Norton Radstock Bath 01-Apr-15 Rotherham of Arts and and North Nottinghamshire YH and EM regions 108 RNN Group respectively 01-Feb-16 109 Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form Double Dissolution 01-Apr-16 HE/FE mergers in the LSC period (2001-2010) Assets transferred to Region / Local LSC Operative date Harrogate 1 (part of Leeds Met - number 5 in FE/HE mergers in the FEFC period 1993- Hull YH / Humberside 01-Aug-08 2001) Page 5 of 8
HE/FE partnerships/mergers in the SFA/YPLA/EFA period (2010-) 1 2 Details Region / Local LSC Operative date new partnership between Oxford & Reading (previously HEI - no. 10 in FE/HE mergers in the LSC Cherwell Valley and LSN SE 01-Aug-10 period 2001-2010) (Learning and Skills Network) Leeds of Music (previously HEI - no. 7 in FE colleges transferred wholly owned subsidiary of Leeds City to the HE sector in the LSC period 2001-2010) is now Leeds of YH 01-Aug-11 Music Limited FE/HE mergers in the FEFC period (1993-2001) Assets transferred to Region Operative date 1 Lincolnshire of Art and Design and Lincolnshire of Agriculture and Horticulture De Montfort University, Leicester EM 01-Aug-94 2 Epsom School of Art and Design West Surrey of Art and Design SE 01-Aug-94 3 Portsmouth of Art and Design and Further Education Portsmouth University SE 01-Aug-94 4 Bedford of Higher Education De Montfort University, Leicester EM 01-Aug-94 5 Harrogate Leeds Metropolitan University YH 01-Aug-98 6 High Peak University of Derby EM 01-Aug-98 7 Newton Rigg University of Central Lancashire NW 01-Aug-98 8 Brackenhurst Nottingham Trent University EM 01-Apr-99 9 Cordwainers (SDI) The London Institute GL 01-Aug-00 FE/HE mergers in the LSC period (2001-2010) Assets transferred to Region / Local LSC Operative date 10 Reading and School of Art and Design Thames Valley University SE / Berkshire 31-Dec-03 11 Harrogate (part of Leeds Met - number 5 above) Hull YH / Humberside 01-Aug-08 FE/HE mergers in the SFA/EFA period (2010-) Assets transferred to Region / Local LSC Operative date 12 Leek University of Derby WM 01-Aug-12 Page 6 of 8
FE colleges transferred to the HE sector in the FEFC period (1993-2001) Local LSC area Operative date 1 Writtle Essex 01-Aug-94 2 Norfolk Institute of Art and Design (now Norfolk School of Art and Design) Norfolk 01-Oct-94 3 Northern School of Contemporary Dance West Yorkshire 01-Oct-94 4 Cumbria of Art and Design Cumbria 01-Aug-97 FE colleges transferred to the HE sector in the LSC period (2001-2010) Local LSC Operative date 5 Arts Institute at Bournemouth Bournemouth Dorset and Poole 01-Aug-01 6 Birmingham of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies Birmingham and Solihull 01-Aug-02 7 Leeds of Music West Yorkshire 01-Aug-05 FE colleges transferred to the HE sector in the SFA/YPLA/EFA period (2010-) Local LSC Operative date 8 Leeds of Art 01-Aug-11 9 Plymouth of Art 01-Aug-14 FE colleges transferred to the School sector in the SFA/YPLA period (2010-) Local LSC Operative date St Mary s, Middlesbrough merged into Trinity Catholic, 1 31-Jul-11 Middlesbrough s incorporated into the FE Sector in the FEFC period (1993-2001) Local LSC area Date of incorporation 1 The Ridge, Stockport Greater Manchester 01-Sep-93 2 Margaret Danyers, Stockport Greater Manchester 01-Aug-95 3 Richmond Adult and Community London South 01-Aug-96 Page 7 of 8
s incorporated into the FE Sector in the LSC period (2001-2010) Local LSC Date of incorporation 4 Brooke House Sixth Form East London 01-Oct-01 5 Longley Park Sixth Form South Yorkshire 01-Nov-02 6 Rochdale Sixth Form 01/08/2008 opened Sept 2010 7 Lowestoft Sixth Form 23/03/2010 due to open Sept 2011 s incorporated into the FE Sector in the SFA/EFA period (2010-) Local LSC Date of incorporation 8 Prospects of Advanced 01-Sep-14 Dissolution of Further Education s in the LSC period (2001-2010) Local LSC Assets transferred to Dissolution date Derbyshire County Council, the further 1 North Derbyshire Tertiary Derbyshire education corporations of Chesterfield and North Nottinghamshire. 31-Dec-02 Dissolution of Further Education s in the SFA/EFA period (2010-) Local LSC Assets transferred to Dissolution date Education Funding 2 Totton Agency (EFA) or to the charitable organisation Nacro. 09-Nov-15 Other changes in the LSC period (2001-2010) - Specialist Designated s Local LSC Notes 1 The Co-operative Greater Manchester Stopped receiving LSC funding as of 2003-04 2 Plater Milton Keynes, Oxford & Bucks Closed on 31-Jul-05 3 Hilderstone Kent and Medway Stopped receiving LSC funding as of 2006-07 Page 8 of 8