Exeter College is a large, thriving and growing tertiary college which places teaching, learning and student success as our top priority. We enjoy an excellent regional reputation. The College was judged as outstanding by Ofsted in a pilot "no notice" inspection in 2012, and again in a full inspection in 2014. We were awarded the Times Educational Supplement 'Outstanding Provider of the Year in 2012 and BTEC College of the Year in 2014.
We have high expectations of our students and staff and each year their combined efforts result in excellent exam grades, outstanding training successes and brilliant music, art, sports and community achievements. We welcome students of all ages and abilities and our tutorial and learner support programmes are designed to meet their needs, challenging them to reach their full potential.
The college boasts a number of specialist academies providing training for sports, enterprise, journalism, music, academically gifted and hospitality and catering students. We have developed very strong employer links through our curriculum and through Business Solutions, the college's dedicated employer engagement team, with leading local and international employers, such as Flybe, Met Office, Michael Caines and many small and medium enterprises, ensuring our vocational courses and apprenticeship training mirrors current industry trends and initiatives.
We recognise the importance of working closely with local authorities, national, community and employer groups in order to support the local community and economy and we deliver key initiatives particularly with Princes' Trust, Careers South West and the local Chambers of Commerce.
We are committed to a 'whole college approach' to Safeguarding and taking guidance from Keeping Children Safe in Education (2016) recognise that Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility; to this end we will ensure that all staff are trained in Safeguarding and Child Protection issues as well as preventing radicalisation and are kept up to date with changes in legislation and practice. We will take all allegations and suspicions of abuse seriously and will respond to them promptly. We will also make information available on Safeguarding and Child Protection to parents and students.
The college provides a complete welfare and support service to students. This includes support for housing, financial support, medical and counselling support and career progression support. This can all impact on a students’ health, well-being and safety.
Diversity means difference and, in the sense of our college community, it means having a mixture of people from all walks of life. When people talk about diversity and having a diverse community, they generally mean that they want to see all minority groups properly valued and represented within the life of that community. It is easiest to see this in terms of the visible differences of skin colour but that’s not only what it means. It also means having a mixture of ages, genders, sexualities, religions, abilities, cultures and all the other ways in which people can be different from each other, teaching and learning together.
Equality is about recognising that any sort of discrimination arising from these differences between people is unhealthy and unproductive. It’s about treating people fairly and giving them all fair chances. It’s not about treating everyone in the same way, but about recognising that individual needs are met in different ways.
Everyone has something to bring to the college community which makes them unique. Whether they are a member of the biggest majority or the smallest minority they can help in educating others simply by their participation and knowing they have the freedom to be themselves.
The college takes steps to make sure everyone’s experience of being here is a positive one. We all work to make sure that inequalities are addressed and do not feature in our college life.
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Best 3 years of my life. My 2nd course was okay and my 3rd meh, but the first course was definitely amazing! It's kind of like a honeymoon period where you're happy and jolly :D But the teachers are amazing and it's weird having to call them by their first names, rather than last names (that does get time getting used to)
I will admit they teach well, don't always handle bullying that great and are very picky when it comes to phone charging. But hey ho, it was a good experience and I want to thank you for my qualifications and work experience. I am in contact with my 1st tutor of the 1st course I did. :)
By Kaylin Mason (Nov, 2017) |
First year at Exeter College was good doing As level PE, Sociology, English Language and Chemistry the teacher knew what they were talking about and you came out of the lessons understanding parts of the specification. I changed my course to a level 3 Business BTEC for the next two years at Exeter college and it's fair to say the teachers had no idea what they were talking about with a complete lack of motivation and interest in the students learning. Minimal support and teaching ability in the Business department, no lessons had any recognised structure to them and we would be lucky if we had a teacher! Awful couple years ?
By Hele Standen (Jun, 2017) |
Have just finished my first year, many teachers not knowing what they are doing, marking wrong, or giving unfair feedback or grading amongst the students on my course. Marked my attendance low even though all teachers agreed to give authorised/educational absence due to finished coursework well before college official closing, and did not follow up with this, which could affect my chances of continuing my further study next year due to unfairly low attendance. Technology centre is one to avoid, very poor
By Sergent (Aug, 2016) |
Want to be surrounded by know it all's and be undermined left right and centre? Then this is place for you. Not to mention the late coursework marking, idiot lecturers, lack of communication all round, an over dramatic emphasis on attendance (so they can look good to ofsted and boost their scores and ratings), improper knowledge being taught on certain subjects and worst of all feeling like a number, not a person. Liked it for less than a day after seeing how many issues there were. Luckily I left with what I wanted, and didn't waste my time doing all the extra curricular crap they wanted me doing to make themselves look good. Your better off elsewhere.
By Callum Sweet (Aug, 2015) |
I am currently doing an access course here and I cant help but feel it is the best move I ever made! The teaching staff are fantastic, inspiring and motivated. I love the course content, the lessons are well structured and I can't recommend it enough.
There is great access to a variety of learning resources, loads of computers so you're never waiting for one and the pop up learning centre is open late so you can stay on and study if you want, it even opens at times during the holidays.
If like me, you are a mature student and anxious about going back into study, I really suggest going along to one of their open evenings and finding out more. It really is worth it.
By Megan (Aug, 2015) |
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Exeter College truly stands out with its exceptional education and dedicated staff, who have empowered my child to reach new heights academically and personally.
By H.Y. (Feb, 2024) |