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Kidderminster College is a post 16 Comprehensive College in
Kidderminster Kidderminster is a large market and historic minster town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Birmingham and north of Worcester. Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn, in the 2011 census, it had ...
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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
providing full and part-time adult education. The College offers courses which specialise in hairdressing, engineering, creative industries, business administration, and construction, and collaborates closely with local employers on Skillfast, Train to Gain, and Goskills programmes.Ofsted report 2017
Retrieved 6 December 2009


History

In 2003 the college moved from the Hoo Road site to its new town centre campus, and also operates outreach centres in Kidderminster and the surrounding Wyre Forest area. In 2018,
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rated the college with Grade 3 (requires improvement) for its overall performance. In 2009, around 140 pupils aged 14 to 18 from other local schools were also following vocational courses at the college. In August 2014, Kidderminster College merged with NCG. It is now one of four colleges within NCG. In June 2018 Ofsted rated the group that owns Kidderminster College, (NCG) as requires improvement.


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