General informationLeeds City College is one of the largest further education colleges in the UK. It was established after the merger of Park Lane College Leeds & Keighley, Leeds Thomas Danby and Leeds College of Technology on 1 April 2009. |
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Leeds City College was awarded Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status in 2002 becoming the first provider of financial services to achieve this status.
In 2008 it was awarded the Training Quality Standard in recognition of its responsiveness to employers’ training requirements.
The college prides itself on offering the widest choice of courses with the highest quality of teaching for over 60,000 learners.
Leeds City College is the National Skills Academy for Financial Services lead training provider partner in Yorkshire and Humber. The College’s business school provides education, training and development to meet the needs of both the employee and employer.
While the main focus is on local and regional organisations, the school is also involved in national and international developments. To support this work key organisations are part of the advisory Business School Council. These organisations include:
| • | Leeds City Council |
| • | Confederation of British Industry |
| • | Business Link/Chamber of Commerce |
| • | Institute of Directors |
| • | University of Leeds |
| • | Leeds Metropolitan University |
| • | Leeds Financial Services Initiative |
The business school works with internal partners and the two Leeds universities to offer seamless lifelong learning from pre-entry level to MBA. Leeds City College meets with companies regularly and matches training programmes to the ever-changing trends of the industry, maintaining the college’s position at the cutting edge of new training to meet industry demands.
The college has links with over 2,500 companies and strong relationships with major Leeds employers. Relationships include:
| • | Leeds United FC |
| • | Leeds Rugby |
| • | Tenet Group |
| • | Yorkshire Bank |
| • | Bradford City FC |
| • | Radio Aire |
| • | Halifax Building Society |
| • | ASDA |
| • | Yorkshire Post Newspapers |
| • | Yorkshire Forward |
Tel: 0845 0457275
Website: www.leedscitycollege.ac.uk
The National Financial Services Skills Academy is a company, limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales with company number 6205260. The registered address is GD Law, 10 St Bride Street, London EC4A 4AD. The trading name is the National Skills Academy for Financial Services. A Registered Charity number 1129904.
