Lewisham College is a

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college in the

London Borough of Lewisham Lewisham ( ) is a London boroughs, London borough in south-east London, England. It forms part of Inner London. The principal settlement of the borough is Lewisham. The local authority is Lewisham London Borough Council, based in Catford. The ...

, south-east

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. It was established in 1990, having previously been known as SELTEC (South East London College of Technology) 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

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, and another one in Church Street,

Deptford Deptford is an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and London Borough of Lewisham. It is named after a Ford (crossing), ford of the River Ravensbourne. From the mid 16th century ...

History

The Deptford campus of the college opened in 1996. Lewisham College and

Southwark College Southwark College is a further education college located in the London Borough of Southwark. The college at one time had seven sites; it is now based at a building on The Cut, opposite Southwark tube station. The college has been part of Newcastle ...

merged in 2012, having previously existed as separate institutions. Between 2013 and 2014 the college was branded as LeSoCo, before this was dropped. It was then known as Lewisham Southwark College between 2014 and 2018, becoming part of

Newcastle College Group Newcastle College is a large further education and higher education college in Newcastle upon Tyne, with more than 16,000 students enrolled each year on a variety of full time, part time, and distance learning. It is the largest further education ...

in 2017. 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.

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. The college mainly serves students living in the local communities of Lewisham,

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and

Southwark Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...

,Ofsted report 2006
Retrieved 29 July 2010 *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

Lewisham College

* Daniel Bedingfield, musicia * Nomhle Nkonyeni, South African actress * Duwayne Brooks, Liberal Democrat politician * Thomas Caterer, pioneer schoolteacher *

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, footballer * Keeley Hazell, model and actress *

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, Hong Kong actor and singer * Shakira Martin, 2017-2019 President of NUS * Suzanne May, actress *

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, grime MC * Shaun Parkes, actor *Georgia South, musician/bassist of

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* Aaron Pierre, actor

References

External links

* https://www.lewisham.ac.uk/ {{Authority control Further education colleges in London Education in the London Borough of Lewisham Learning and Skills Beacons