Tuesday 9th November 2021

(2 years, 4 months ago)

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Alex Burghart Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Alex Burghart)
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Today I am announcing details of the Government’s capital investment of £83 million in 2021-22 to help eligible post-16 education providers[1] accommodate the expected demographic increase in 16 to 19-year-olds.



Thirty-nine post-16 education providers have been awarded a share of the multi-million capital funding for projects that will enable them to add extra capacity where there is a pressing need to ensure there are enough places in their local area to absorb an increase in 16-19 learners. This investment will lead to providers being able to accommodate an extra 14,000 learners. We launched a bidding round for the funding on 18 May 2021. These post-16 education providers will be able to develop new high-quality flexible buildings and facilities, to ensure there will be sufficient places for 16-19 learners in their areas to gain the skills they need to progress and help the economy to grow.

The 39 education providers which will benefit from post-16 capacity funding are:

Post-16 Education Provider

Local Authority

Aston University Engineering Academy

Birmingham

Barton Peveril Sixth Form College

Hampshire

Bedford College

Bedford

Bilborough Sixth Form College (Better Futures MAT)

Nottingham

Brokenhurst College

Hampshire

Christ the King Sixth Form

Lewisham

Cirencester College

Gloucestershire

City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College (Potteries Educational Trust)

Stoke-on-Trent

City of Wolverhampton College

Wolverhampton

Dixons Sixth Form Academy (Dixons Academies Trust)

Bradford

Durham Sixth Form Centre

County Durham

East Kent College Group

Kent

Hereford Sixth Form College (Heart of Mercia Academy Trust)

Herefordshire

Hills Road Sixth Form College

Cambridgeshire

Huddersfield New College

Kirklees

Inspire Education Group

Peterborough

Itchen Sixth Form College

Southampton

Joseph Chamberlain 6th Form College

Birmingham

Kirklees College

Kirklees

Long Road Sixth Form College

Cambridgeshire

Luminate Education Group

Leeds

Luton Sixth Form College

Luton

Milton Keynes College

Milton Keynes

New College Pontefract (New Wakefield Collaborative Learning Trust)

Wakefield

Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College

Leeds

Peter Symonds College

Hampshire

Portsmouth College

Portsmouth

Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College

Darlington

Ron Dearing University Technical College

Kingston upon Hull

Runshaw College

Lancashire

Sandwell College

Sandwell

St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College

Wandsworth

St Vincent College (Lighthouse Learning Trust)

Hampshire

Suffolk New College

Suffolk

TEC Partnership

North Yorkshire

The Henley College

Oxfordshire

Woking College

Surrey

Wyke Sixth Form College

Kingston upon Hull



This investment should be seen in the wider context of our reforms to further education. The White Paper “Skills for Jobs Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth” sets out our vision of enabling everyone to get the high-quality skills employers need in a way that suits them. The reforms set out plans to transform technical education, boost UK productivity, build back better from the coronavirus pandemic, and create a more prosperous country for all.

[1] Eligible education providers that could apply to this fund were: FE colleges, designated institutions, Sixth Form Colleges, 16-19 academies, including free schools, UTCs, Studio schools and Maths schools.

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