Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College

Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College

Motto	More than a College
Type	Further and Higher Education College
Principal	Garry Phillips
Location	Gliddon Road Barons Court London W14 9BL England Coordinates: 51°29′29″N 0°12′52″W / 51.4915°N 0.2145°W / 51.4915; -0.2145
DfE URN	130408 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	14+
Website	www.wlc.ac.uk

Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College (also formally known as "Ealing Tertiary College") is a further and higher education college based across four campuses located in Acton, Ealing, Hammersmith and Southall districts of London, England. The college provides training and development for over 20,000 students from entry level to postgraduate, and is a member of the 157 Group a consortium of 29 of the UK’s largest FE Colleges.^[1] The main campus of the college is situated on the north side of the busy A4 dual-carriageway, between Hammersmith and Earls Court.

Achievements & Awards

Buttle UK Quality Mark

In its most recent inspection, Ofsted rated the college as "satisfactory" for overall effectiveness.^[2] The college is a Beacon Status College, awarded by the Quality Improvement Agency. It is a Centre of Vocational Excellence for Construction Crafts: Wood and Plastering Trades and Media. In 2008, the International Centre at the college was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade. In 2012, Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College became the first Further Education college in London to receive the 'AoC Charter for International Excellence’. The charter is awarded to FE colleges that show a strong commitment to quality assurance and implement an ethical approach to all aspects of their international activities.

History

The College Front Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College.

In 1881, Hammersmith School of Art was established in Brook Green. There was also the Hammersmith College of Art and Building located in Lime Grove, Shepherds Bush. This college had an Architecture program accredited by the RIBA and an Interior Design program. There were also facilities and studios in which were taught textile design, ceramics, sculpture and print-making. The 'building' side of the college included workshops in which the traditional building trades were taught including, plumbing, welding, plastering and brick-laying. The 'cross-discipline' opportunities that the close proximity that these departments afforded students was deliberate. That the sculpture students could learn from the welding classes (both instructors and apprentices) and the Interior design students from the textile design students and the Architecture students from the building trades apprentices was a well recognized benefit of the graduates of the Hammersmith College of Art and Building. Ealing Grammar School for Boys was opened in 1913 as Ealing County School and expanded in 1936, also known as Ealing County Grammar School. It had the Ealonian Hall. In 1974, Ealing borough adopted the comprehensive education system and the school became Ealing Green High School, a boys' school. In 1992, the school was taken over by the new Ealing Tertiary College. In January 2002, Hammersmith and West London College merged with Ealing Tertiary College to form Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College.

Side front View Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College.

Park View Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College.

Acton Campus

The Acton campus specialises in Construction Crafts and offers various construction courses which are not taught in purpose-built workshops. The College also offers Engineering, Electronics, Motor Vehicle, English for Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL), Skills for Life and Supported Learning courses to students of all ages.

Ealing Campus

Offers a range of full-time post-GCSE, academic and vocational courses, as well as tuition in ESOL and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Recent refurbishments have significantly improved the Sixth Form Centre and a new £11.5m specialist centre, the Ealing Institute of Media, was launched in December 2005. It is situated in the former Ealing Green High School.

The Institute of Media at Ealing Campus

Opened in 2006 by former BBC Director-General Greg Dyke, The Ealing Institute of Media is a Centre of Vocational Excellence in Media. It is also part of the Skillset Screen Academy group. It was established to provide tailor-made courses that offer both vocational experience and education, along with the adequate amount of theory to provide students with what they need to have a successful career within the media industry.

Courses include the new Actor Prepares Bollywood acting school, standalone subjects such as Animation, Photography, and other areas at GCSE or Advanced Level. The college also offers BTEC qualifications that allow students to learn a wide variety of industry specific skills rather than just a small area.

The Ealing Institute of Media includes EIM Productions, a professional production company offering film and photography services to the college and external clients.

Hammersmith Campus

View to Hammersmith campus in spring 2013

Hammersmith is the largest campus, with over 10,000 students. The College offers a large number of full-time and part-time courses across a broad range of subjects for students of different ages, abilities and needs.

Southall Campus

Students also have access to the Southall Sports Centre run by the London Borough of Ealing, the Sixth Form Centre, and separate facilities for adult learning and a vocational centre.

Former teachers

Prof David Blake, composer (taught music at the boys' grammar school from 1961-2)
David Tanner (taught history and Head of Sixth Form at Ealing Green)

Alumni

Prof Dianne Willcocks CBE, Vice-Chancellor since 1999 of York St John University
Laurence Broderick ARBS FRSA, sculptor
Ralph Miliband, father of Labour Leader Ed Miliband and David Miliband MP
Trevor Baylis OBE, inventor
Estelle, singer
Jamal Edwards, founder of SBTV
Shola Ama, singer
Terri Walker, singer
Marcus Brigstocke, comedian
Clarke Carlisle, former professional footballer^[3]
Steve McQueen (director), director

Former Students of The Ealing Grammar School for Boys

Graham Barlow, cricketer
Ken Bates
Dr Richard Fortey, palaeontologist and President from 2007-8 of the Geological Society of London
Air Marshal Sir Michael Giddings OBE DFC AFC, later chaired the public enquiries of four sections of the M25 in the 1970s, the A1/M1 Kirkhamgate-Dishforth scheme in 1982, and the controversial Archway extension in 1984
Sir Richard Greenbury, Chief Executive from 1988-99 of Marks & Spencer
Allen Jones (sculptor)
Brian Jones (poet)
Richard Leonard, journalist and Labour MP from 1970-4 for Romford
David Lloyd Meredith, actor
Very Rev John Moses (dean), Dean of St Paul’s from 1996-2006
Fred Perry, tennis player
Don Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings, helped create the Ryder Report
Very Rev Colin Slee OBE, Dean of Southwark from 1994-2010 and Chaplain of King's College London from 1976–82
Prof George Frederick James Temple CBE, Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy from 1953-68 at the University of Oxford, Professor of Mathematics from 1932-53 at King's College London, and Chairman from 1961-4 of the Aeronautical Research Council
John Warr, cricketer
Ian Gomm, musician/composer
John D Barrow FRS, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University, cosmologist, Templeton Prize winner and author of many popular science books and the award-winning play Infinities was born in Wembley in 1952 and attended Barham Primary School and Ealing Grammar School for Boys from 1964-71.
John Beattie, rower, 1980 Moscow Olympics, Bronze Medal Coxless Four.
Ian McNuff, rower, 1980 Moscow Olympics, Bronze Medal Coxless Four.

Ealing Green High School

Umer Rashid, cricketer

References

↑ 157 Group Retrieved 29 July 2010
↑ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/130218/(as)/130408_363304.pdf
↑ http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=356268

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Schools and colleges in Ealing

Primary schools	Alec Reed Academy North Ealing Primary School

Secondary schools	Acton High School Alec Reed Academy Brentside High School Cardinal Wiseman School Dormers Wells High School Drayton Manor High School Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls Elthorne Park High School Featherstone High School Greenford High School Northolt High School Twyford CE High School Villiers High School

Independent schools	Acorn House College Ayesha Siddiqa Girls School Barbara Speake Stage School Durston House Ealing Independent College Harvington School Japanese School in London King Fahad Academy London Welsh School Notting Hill & Ealing High School St Augustine's Priory St Benedict's School

Further education colleges	Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College

Defunct schools	Cuckoo Schools Great Ealing School

Schools and colleges in Hammersmith and Fulham

Secondary schools	Burlington Danes Academy The Fulham Boys School Fulham College Boys’ School Fulham Cross Girls School Fulham Enterprise Studio Hammersmith Academy Hurlingham and Chelsea Secondary School Lady Margaret School London Oratory School Phoenix High School Sacred Heart High School West London Free School

Special schools	Queensmill School

Independent schools	Bute House Preparatory School for Girls Fulham Preparatory School Godolphin and Latymer School Kensington Preparatory School Latymer Upper School St James Independent School St Paul's Girls' School Thomas's London Day School

Further education colleges	Chelsea Independent College Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College William Morris Sixth Form

Defunct institutions	Corona Stage Academy Ravenscourt Theatre School Star Chamber Academy

Universities and colleges in London

Education in London

Universities

University of London	Birkbeck Central School of Speech and Drama Courtauld Institute of Art Goldsmiths Heythrop College 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 Holloway Royal Veterinary College School of Advanced Study St George's SOAS University College London

Other	University of the Arts London BPP University Brunel University City University London University of East London University of Greenwich Kingston University Imperial College London University of Law London Metropolitan University London South Bank University Middlesex University Regent's University London Richmond, The American International University in London Roehampton University Royal College of Art St Mary's University University of Westminster University of West London

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