Lewisham College

Lewisham College
Church Street campus
Address

Lewisham Way London , SE4 1UT England
Coordinates	51°28′05″N 0°01′35″W / 51.4680°N 0.0263°W / 51.4680; -0.0263
Information
Type	Further education
Established	1970s-1990 – Founding institutions 2012 – constituent college of Lewisham Southwark College 2017 – constituent college of Newcastle College Group
Local authority	London Borough of Lewisham
Department for Education URN	130415 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Age	14+
Enrolment	13,600 students
Website	www.lewisham.ac.uk

Lewisham College is a further education college in the London Borough of Lewisham, south-east London. It was established in 1990, having previously been known as SELTEC (South East London College of Technology^[1]) since the early 1970s, which was run by the Inner London Education Authority. The college has two campuses, its main one on Lewisham Way in Brockley, and another one in Church Street, Deptford.

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History

The Deptford campus of the college opened in 1996.^[2]

Lewisham College and Southwark College merged in 2012, having previously existed as separate institutions.^[3] Between 2013 and 2014 the college was branded as LeSoCo, before this was dropped.^[4] It was then known as Lewisham Southwark College between 2014 and 2018, becoming part of Newcastle College Group in 2017.^[5] In October 2018 it was announced by Newcastle College Group (NCG) that Lewisham Southwark College would return to being two separate institutions: Lewisham College and Southwark College.^[6]

Students

The college has 16,000 student enrolments and 36,000 course enrolments. The college was a member of the 157 Group (now the Collab Group) of high performing schools.^[7] The college mainly serves students living in the local communities of Lewisham, Greenwich and Southwark,^[8]

39% study full-time
61% part-time
Average age 29
57% from ethnic minorities
41% from Lewisham
13% from Southwark
11% from Greenwich
59% male 41% female
644 full-time equivalent staff
2 campuses

Notable alumni

Daniel Bedingfield, musician
Duwayne Brooks, Liberal Democrat politician
Thomas Caterer, pioneer schoolteacher
Max Gradel, footballer
Keeley Hazell, model and actress
Leon Lai, Hong Kong actor and singer
Shakira Martin, President of NUS
Suzanne May, actress
Novelist, grime MC
Shaun Parkes, actor
Georgia South, musician/bassist of Nova Twins

References

^ South East London College of Technology
^ "Inspection Report" (PDF). Ofsted. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ team, London SE1 website. "Southwark College takeover by Lewisham College takes effect". London SE1. Retrieved 19 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Banks, Tom (1 October 2014). "LeSoCo identity dropped by Lewisham Southwark College". Design Week. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ "NCG Welcomes Lewisham Southwark College into the Group | News". NCG. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ "NCG Announces Changes to Lewisham Southwark College". NCG. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ 157 Group Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 July 2010
^ Ofsted report 2006 Archived 2011-01-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 July 2010

External links

https://www.lewisham.ac.uk/

v t e Schools and colleges in Lewisham
Primary schools	John Ball Primary School Prendergast Ladywell School Prendergast Vale School St Matthew Academy Trinity Church of England School
Secondary schools	Addey and Stanhope School Bonus Pastor Catholic College Conisborough College Deptford Green School Forest Hill School Haberdashers' Hatcham College Haberdashers' Knights Academy Prendergast School Prendergast Ladywell School Prendergast Vale School St Matthew Academy Sedgehill School Sydenham School Trinity Church of England School
Private schools	St Dunstan's College Sydenham High School
FE & Sixth form colleges	Christ the King Sixth Form College Lewisham Southwark College
Defunct schools	Kirkdale School Ladies Hall Perceval House St Joseph's Academy

v t e Schools and colleges in Southwark
Secondary schools	Ark All Saints Academy Ark Globe Academy Ark Walworth Academy Bacon's College The Charter School East Dulwich The Charter School North Dulwich City of London Academy Harris Academy Bermondsey Harris Academy Peckham Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich Kingsdale Foundation School Notre Dame Catholic Girls' School Sacred Heart Catholic School St Michael's Catholic College St Saviour's and St Olave's School St Thomas the Apostle College University Academy of Engineering South Bank
Special schools	Spa School Bermondsey
Independent schools	Alleyn's School Dulwich College Dulwich Prep London James Allen's Girls' School
Further education colleges	Lewisham Southwark College
Defunct schools	Camberwell Collegiate School Mary Datchelor School Royal Naval School St Saviour's Grammar School School for the Indigent Blind Southwark Free School

Universities and colleges in London

Education in London

Universities

University of London	Birkbeck City Courtauld Institute of Art Goldsmiths Institute of Cancer Research King's College London London Business School London School of Economics London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Queen Mary Royal Academy of Music Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Royal Holloway Royal Veterinary College School of Advanced Study St George's SOAS University College London
Other	University of the Arts London BPP Brunel East London Greenwich Imperial College London Kingston University of Law London Met London South Bank Middlesex Northeastern University – London Ravensbourne Regent's University London Richmond Roehampton Royal College of Art St Mary's Westminster West London Confetti London

Higher education colleges

Further education colleges

Sixth form colleges

List

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