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 7 8 St Philip's Roman Catholic Sixth Form and South Birmingham Hinckley and North Warwickshire for Technology and Art Mid-Warwickshire and Warwickshire for Agriculture, Horticulture and Equine Studies South Birmingham Birmingham & Solihull Single dissolution (St Philips) 01-Aug-95 North Warwickshire and Hinckley Coventry & Warwickshire Double dissolution 01-Mar-96 Warwickshire, Royal Coventry & Warwickshire Leamington Spa and Moreton Morrell 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 Technology 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 Technology Technology Kent Single dissolution (NSTC) 25-Oct-96 12 Reading of Arts and Technology and Berkshire of Art Reading of Arts and and Design Technology 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 11
18 Cambridgeshire of Agriculture and Horticulture and Norfolk of Arts and Technology 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 Technology and Rowley Regis Dudley of Technology Black Country Single dissolution (RRC) 01-Aug-01 43 Shena Simon and City, Manchester City, Manchester Greater Manchester Single dissolution (SSC) 01-Sep-01 44 Lewes Tertiary and Eastbourne Sussex Downs Sussex Double dissolution 01-Sep-01 Page 2 of 11
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 Technology 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 Rugby of Further Education Leamington Spa & Moreton Morrell 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 Technology Rotherham of Arts and Technology 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 61 Haywards Heath and Crawley Central Sussex Sussex Double dissolution Incorporation 01-Jan-05, Dissolution 01-March-05 Incorporation 01-Apr-05, Dissolution 01-Aug-05 62 Stockport of Further and Higher Education and North Area Stockport 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 11
70 Herefordshire of Technology and Pershore Group of s (Holme Lacey Campus) Warwickshire and Pershore Group of s (Pershore Campus) Herefordshire Warwickshire Herefordshire and Worcestershire Coventry and Warwickshire / Herefordshire and 01-Aug-07 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 Technology (Mancat) and City Manchester Manchester Greater Manchester Double dissolution 01-Aug-08 81 Rodbaston, Cannock Chase Technical and Tamworth and Lichfield South Staffordshire Staffordshire Triple dissolution Incorporation 01-08-08 Dissolution 01-01-09 82 Eccles, Pendleton and Salford Salford City Greater Manchester Triple dissolution 01-Jan-09 83 Leeds of Technology, Park Lane and Leeds Thomas Danby Leeds 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 mergers under the Skills Funding Agency (SFA)/Young People's Learning Authority (YPLA)/Education Funding Agency (EFA) (2010-) Page 4 of 11
s Name of merged institution Local LSC Type of merger Operative date 92 Gloucestershire of Arts and Technology 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 97 Stroud and Filton South Gloucestershire and Stroud Double Dissolution Incorporation 04-01-12 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 Technology 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 Technology Heart of Worcestershire 31-Jul-14 K has been dissolved: Hadlow will run the Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Ashford West Kent and Ashord (but 105 campuses these will be individually branded (West Kent and part of the Hadlow Group) 01-Aug-14 Ashford ) but be part of the new Hadlow Group 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-15 108 Rotherham of Arts and Technology and North Nottinghamshire YH and EM regions RNN Group respectively 01-Feb-16 109 Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form Double Dissolution 01-Apr-16 110 Bridgwater and Somerset Bridgwater and Taunton 15-Jun-16 111 Westminster Kingsway and City and Islington WKCIC Group 01-Aug-16 112 Tower Hamlets and Hackney Community Name TBC 01-Aug-16 113 Bromley of Further and Higher Education, Greenwich Community and Bexley London South East s (LSEC) x2 01-Aug-16 114 Warwickshire Group and South Worcestershire Warwickshire Group 01-Aug-16 115 North Warwickshire and Hinckley and South Leicestershire North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire WM and EM regions 01-Aug-16 116 Furness and Barrow Sixth Form Furness 01-Aug-16 Page 5 of 11
117 Shrewsbury Sixth Form and Shrewsbury of Arts and Technology (remain designated as Sixth Form ) Shrewsbury s Group 01-Aug-16 118 Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stafford Newcastle and Stafford s Group 01-Nov-16 119 RNN Group and Dearne Valley RNN Group 01-Feb-17 120 South Cheshire and West Cheshire South and West Cheshire initially As of 1 Jan 2018, known as Cheshire 31-Mar-17 South and West 121 NCG and Carlisle NCG 31-Mar-17 122 Northbrook and City Brighton Greater Brighton Metropolitan 31-Mar-17 123 'Tower Hamlets and Hackney Community ' and Redbridge New City 01-Apr-17 124 East Berkshire and Strode s Egham (SFC) The Windsor Forest s Group 09-May-17 125 New Nottingham and Central Nottingham Nottingham 08-Jun-17 126 Bedford and Tresham of Further and Higher Education The Bedford Group 01-Aug-17 127 Cambridge Regional and Huntingdonshire Regional Cambridge Regional 01-Aug-17 128 Chichester and Central Sussex Chichester Group 01-Aug-17 129 City of Westminster and The of North West London United s Group 01-Aug-17 130 Henley and City Coventry Coventry 01-Aug-17 131 Kingston, Carshalton and South Thames The South Thames s Group x2 01-Aug-17 132 Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth East Coast 01-Aug-17 133 NCG and Lewisham and Southwark NCG 01-Aug-17 134 Seevic and Palmer s Sixth Form Seevic and Palmer s s Group 01-Aug-17 135 South and City Birmingham and Bournville South and City Birmingham 01-Aug-17 136 South Downs and Havant Havant and South Downs 01-Aug-17 137 South Tyneside and Tyne Metropolitan Tyne Coast 01-Aug-17 138 Sunderland and Hartlepool Sixth Form Sunderland Group 01-Aug-17 139 Uxbridge and Harrow HCUC 01-Aug-17 140 Warrington Collegiate and Mid Cheshire Warrington and Vale Royal 01-Aug-17 141 Hillcroft and Richmond Adult and Community Richmond and Hillcroft Adult and Community 01-Oct-17 142 Aylesbury and Amersham and Wycombe Buckinghamshire Group 03-Oct-17 143 Capital City Group (CCCG) and of Haringey Enfield & North East London (CONEL) Capital City Group (CCCG) 01-Nov-17 144 Doncaster and North Lindsey DN s Group 01-Nov-17 145 City Norwich and Paston Sixth Form City Norwich 01-Dec-17 Page 6 of 11
146 St Helens and Knowsley SK Group 12-Dec-17 147 Telford of Arts and Technology and New Telford (SFC) Telford 20-Dec-17 148 Solihull & University Centre and Stratford-upon-Avon Solihull & University Centre 01-Feb-18 149 East Kent and Canterbury East Kent s (EKC) Group 01-Feb-18 150 Southport and King George V Southport 01-Feb-18 151 152 Sixth Form conversions to Academy status (2017 onwards) Details Region Local authority Operative date 1 Hereford Sixth Form WM Herefordshire, County of 01-Mar-17 2 Rochdale Sixth Form joined Altus Education Partnership which it set up NW Rochdale 01-Apr-17 3 Priestly joined The Challenge Academy Trust which it set up NW Warrington 01-May-17 4 New Pontefract YH Wakefield 01-Jun-17 5 Birkenhead Sixth Form joined Wirral Academy Trust which it set up NW Wirral 01-Aug-17 6 Longley Park Sixth Form joined Brigantia Learning Trust YH Sheffield 01-Aug-17 7 Sixth Form, Solihull (The) joined Ninestiles Academy Trust WM Solihull 01-Aug-17 8 City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form joined Potteries Educational Trust WM Stoke-on-Trent 01-Sep-17 9 Coulsdon 10 Oldham Sixth Form 11 Reigate joined Reigate Learning Alliance - a new multi academy trust established by partnership of Coulsdon and Reigate joined Pinnacle Academy Trust which it is set up joined Reigate Learning Alliance - a new multi academy trust established by partnership of Coulsdon and Reigate GL Croydon 01-Sep-17 NW Oldham 01-Sep-17 SE Surrey 01-Sep-17 12 Sixth Form, Farnborough (The) 13 Woking 14 Queen Mary's formed The Prospect Trust a new SE Hampshire 01-Sep-17 multi academy trust formed a single academy trust known SE Surrey 01-Sep-17 as Woking formed North Hampshire Learning SE Hampshire 01-Oct-17 Trust - a multi-academy Page 7 of 11
15 Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form joined Tees Valley Collaborative Trust - a Multi Academy Trust which it is NE setting up Redcar & Cleveland / Stockton-on-Tees 01-Nov-17 16 Richard Taunton Sixth Form joined Lighthouse Learning Trust - a multi-academy trust established by both Richard Taunton Sixth Form and St Vincent SE Southampton 01-Nov-17 17 St Vincent joined Lighthouse Learning Trust - a multi-academy trust established by both Richard Taunton Sixth Form and St Vincent SE Hampshire 01-Nov-17 18 Thomas Rotherham joined Inspire Trust YH Rotherham 01-Nov-17 19 Godalming formed a single academy trust known SE as Godalming Surrey 01-Jan-18 20 21 22 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) HE/FE partnerships/mergers in the SFA/YPLA/EFA period (2010-) Details Region / Local LSC Operative date 1 new partnership between Oxford & Reading (previously HEI - no. 10 in FE/HE mergers in the LSC Cherwell Valley and LSN period 2001-2010) (Learning and Skills Network) SE 01-Aug-10 2 Leeds of Music (previously HEI - no. 7 in FE colleges transferred wholly owned subsidiary of Leeds to the HE sector in the LSC period 2001-2010) is now Leeds of City Music Limited YH 01-Aug-11 Page 8 of 11
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 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 Page 9 of 11
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 1 St Mary s, Middlesbrough merged into Trinity Catholic, Middlesbrough 31-Jul-11 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 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 Technology 01-Sep-14 9 Ada, National for Digital Skills Greater London 08-Aug-16 10 National for Creative and Cultural Industries Eastern region 01-Sep-16 incorporated 1 August 11 National for High Speed Rail West Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber 2015 due to open in September 2017 (not included in college list yet) Page 10 of 11
Dissolution of Further Education s in the LSC period (2001-2010) Local LSC Assets transferred to Dissolution date 1 North Derbyshire Tertiary Derbyshire Derbyshire County Council, the further 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) Type Local LSC Notes 1 The Co-operative Specialist Designated Greater Manchester Stopped receiving LSC funding as of 2003-04 2 Plater Specialist Designated Milton Keynes, Oxford & Bucks Closed on 31-Jul-05 3 Hilderstone General Further Education Kent and Medway Stopped receiving LSC funding as of 2006-07 Page 11 of 11