South Gloucestershire and Stroud College (SGS), has four main campuses – Stroud, Filton, WISE and Berkeley Green – as well as many local community venues, and we welcome around 15,500 full-time and part-time students of all ages every year. We also have venues in the centre of Bristol, at the West of England Academy of Art and at the Bristol Zoo & Gardens. Our campuses are based in state-of-the-art buildings in great locations – Filton and WISE are within easy reach of the centre of Bristol, while our Stroud campus is based in the beautiful five valleys, in the county of Gloucestershire.
We offer a vast range of courses in an even wider range of subjects – from business to sport, and from engineering to media – so whatever you want to study, there’s bound to be something for you. What’s more, SGS has an excellent reputation for delivering work-based programmes, such as apprenticeships, higher apprenticeships and professional training, so if you’re after a practical course that’ll teach you the skills you need for your chosen career, you’ve come to the right place.
Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help our students achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We’re proud of SGS, and committed to making the new college the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve ‘outstanding’ status after been classified as 'good' in our first inspection last year. A strong partnership with the University of Gloucestershire means excellent opportunities for students who choose to go on to higher education.
We positively change people's lives and add value to the social and economic wellbeing of our communities. We do this by providing high quality, innovative, accessible education and training in a friendly culture of mutual respect and support.We provide an essential service for our communities and will act with honesty, respect, responsibility and care. Our core values are:
South Gloucestershire & Stroud College is committed to equal access for all learners to a broad and balanced curriculum. We seek to support and include any learner who needs extra support. SGS College is fully accessible to learners with a physical disability. We welcome these learners, whose inclusion enhances the experience of all, and helps to develop tolerance, understanding and recognition of the value and the uniqueness of every individual. SGS College is a General Further Education (GFE) college which offers courses from entry level to higher education for learners aged 14 to adult. In addition to vocational courses in a range of subject areas, SGS offers a suite of GCE A Level and GCSE programmes. In November 2014 the college was inspected by Ofsted and graded “Good” with outstanding features. Strategic Priorities:
South Gloucestershire & Stroud College (SGS) is committed to promoting the well-being of all learners and protecting them from harm. We fully recognise that it is the responsibility of all staff to ensure that learners are safe within the college environment and this includes: raising awareness of, and a zero tolerance approach to bullying; ensuring learners are safe on and around college campuses; paying due regard to our responsibilities in relation to health and safety, child protection issues and risks of radicalisation. At SGS, we believe in ensuring students' time at college is a positive and rewarding experience, where:
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I wasted the first year doing level 2 health and social care at Filton when I could have done H&SC L3 at college green with my grades. They are more strict compared to most colleges. But besides that it is a good college. and you deferentially need you core sciences if you want to do level 3 second year trust me or they wont take you on to the second year at all.
By Winnita Mibanga (Oct, 2017) |
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