College of West Anglia

The College of West Anglia

Former names	King's Lynn Technical School Norfolk College of Arts and Technology Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture Isle College
Motto	Changing lives through learning
Established	1894
Principal	David Pomfret
Students	10,000
Location	King's Lynn in Norfolk, Wisbech and Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Website	cwa.ac.uk

The College of West Anglia (often abbreviated to CWA) is a three-campus college of further education in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, England. The college has three campuses, located in King's Lynn, Wisbech and a landbased provision in Cambridge, with over 10,000 students and 800 staff.

Founded in 1894 as the King's Lynn Technical School in the port town of King's Lynn, Norfolk, it merged with the Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture to form the College of West Anglia in 1998. The college then merged with the Isle College in Wisbech in 2006, retaining the College of West Anglia name.^[1]

Overview

The College of West Anglia educates over 10,000 full-time and part-time students each academic year, across a wide range of vocational and academic fields. In addition to full-time and part-time courses, the college also offers bespoke training for local businesses, apprenticeships and higher education courses, run in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University. The college has around 800 members of staff working across the three main campuses, and its other premises.^[2]

Under the previous Ofsted inspection criteria, the college was rated outstanding (grade 1) in 2007-2008. The most recent Ofsted inspection in 2013 ranks it as good (grade 2), making it one of the best performing colleges in the country under the new criteria.^[3]

Campuses

In 2009, building work commenced on the existing sites in King's Lynn, Wisbech and Cambridge, at a cost of over £35million.^[4] The work includes two new technology centres at King's Lynn and Wisbech, both of which opened in 2013, a renovation of the tower block at King's Lynn and redevelopment at the Cambridge campus, including a bespoke higher education area.

In 2012, the college moved its sport provision to Lynnsport and Leisure Centre, in collaboration with King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough council. In association with Freebridge Community Housing and the Benjamin Foundation, the college's foundation studies is provision is located at separate premises in King's Lynn.^[5] The college received a £1.75m grant from the government in 2012 to develop a creative arts centre specialising in TV, film and performing arts at the King's Lynn campus.^[6]

History

Stephen Fry, right, rehearsing A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Norcat in 1975

The college was founded in 1894 as the King's Lynn Technical School. In 1973 it was renamed The Norfolk College of Arts and Technology, commonly abbreviated to "Norcat". In 1998, Norcat merged with the Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture & Horticulture, which added a land-based provision in Cambridgeshire. The revised institution adopted the name, College of West Anglia. In April 2006, Isle College in Wisbech was added in a further merger, to form the current, enlarged College of West Anglia.^[7]

Principal

The college's principal is David Pomfret. Pomfret joined the college in 2005, having previously been principal of Boston College. He has a background in education and training, having worked as a lecturer in business studies. Pomfret represents the college on a wide variety of professional and educational boards within Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.^[8]

Notable alumni

Martin Brundle - racing driver and commentator
Barbara Parker - track and field athlete for Team GB
Dan Ashworth - professional footballer, FA director of elite development
Dom Dwyer - professional footballer, Sporting Kansas City
Patrick Manifold - professional basketball player, University of Maine at Presque Isle
Dan Naylor - professional boxer
Stephen Fry - comedian and actor
Deaf Havana - alternative rock band
Elton Townend Jones - playwright, director and actor
Samantha Chapman - Creator of Real Techniques Make-Up Brush Line and founder of Pixiwoo on YouTube

References

↑ "History of CWA". College of West Anglia. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
↑ "Candidate information about CWA" (PDF). College of West Anglia. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ "College delight at good rating in Ofsted report". Lynn News. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ "CWA starts £35m building work". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ "Our campuses". College of West Anglia. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ "CWA to build £2.5m arts centre". BBC News. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ "History of College". College of West Anglia. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
↑ "Big Interview". KL Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2013.

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Universities and colleges in the East of England

Universities	Anglia Ruskin Bedfordshire BPP Cambridge Cranfield East Anglia Essex Hertfordshire Norwich Suffolk

Other higher education	University Centre Peterborough

Further Education colleges	Barnfield Bedford Braintree Cambridge Central Bedfordshire Chelmsford Colchester Easton & Otley Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Hertford Huntingdonshire Lowestoft North Hertfordshire Norwich Oaklands Peterborough SEEVIC Shuttleworth South Essex Suffolk New West Anglia West Herts West Suffolk

Sixth form colleges	Braintree Colchester Dereham East Norfolk Hills Road Kimberley Long Road Lowestoft Luton Palmer's Paston Sir Isaac Newton One

Schools in Norfolk

Primary	Eastgate Academy Iceni Academy Litcham School Nelson Academy Robert Kett Primary School

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Independent	Glebe House School Gresham's School Hethersett Old Hall School Langley School Norwich School Norwich High School for Girls Thetford Grammar School Town Close School

Special	Frisby's English School Sheringham Woodfields School

Further education	College of West Anglia City College Norwich Dereham Sixth Form College East Norfolk Sixth Form College Easton & Otley College Paston College Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form

Defunct	Burston Strike School Cawston College Norwich High School for Boys Watts Naval School Wood-Dene School

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