Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College

Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College

Motto	More than a College
Type	Further Education College
Principal	Paula Whittle
Location	Gliddon Road Barons Court London W14 9BL England
DfE URN	130408 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	14+
Website	www.wlc.ac.uk

Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College (also formally known as "Ealing Tertiary College") is a college of further education based across four campuses located in Acton, Ealing, Hammersmith and Southall districts of London, England. The college provides education for over 20,000 students, and it is a member of the 157 Group of high performing schools. The main campus of the college is situated on the north side of the busy A4 dual-carriageway, between Hammersmith and Earls Court.

Achievements & Awards

Buttle UK Quality Mark

In its most recent inspection, Ofsted rated the college as "satisfactory" for overall effectiveness. The college is a Beacon Status College, awarded by the Quality Improvement Agency. It is a Centre of Vocational Excellence for Construction Crafts: Wood and Plastering Trades and Media. In 2008, the International Centre at the college was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade. In 2012, Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College became the first Further Education college in London to receive the 'AoC Charter for International Excellence’. The charter is awarded to FE colleges that show a strong commitment to quality assurance and implement an ethical approach to all aspects of their international activities.

History

The College Front Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College.

In 1881 Hammersmith School of Art was established in Brook Green. Ealing Grammar School for Boys was opened in 1913 as Ealing County School and expanded in 1936, also known as Ealing County Grammar School. It had the Ealonian Hall. In 1974, Ealing borough adopted the comprehensive education system and the school became Ealing Green High School, a boys' school. In 1992, the school was taken over by the new Ealing Tertiary College. In January 2002, Hammersmith and West London College merged with Ealing Tertiary College to form Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College.

Side front View Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College.

Park View Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College.

Acton Campus

The Acton campus specialises in Construction Crafts and offers various construction courses which are taught in purpose-built workshops. The College also offers Engineering, Electronics, Motor Vehicle, English for Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL), Skills for Life and Supported Learning courses to students of all ages.

Ealing Campus

Offers a range of full-time post-GCSE, academic and vocational courses, as well as tuition in ESOL and English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Recent refurbishments have significantly improved the Sixth Form Centre and a new £11.5m specialist centre, the Ealing Institute of Media, was launched in December 2005. It is situated in the former Ealing Green High School.

The Institute of Media at Ealing Campus

Opened in 2006 by former BBC Director-General Greg Dyke, The Ealing Institute of Media is a Centre of Vocational Excellence in Media. It is also part of the Skillset Screen Academy group. It was established to provide tailor-made courses that offer both vocational experience and education, along with the adequate amount of theory to provide students with what they need to have a successful career within the media industry.^{citation needed}

Courses include the new Actor Prepares Bollywood acting school, standalone subjects such as Animation, Photography, and other areas at GCSE or Advanced Level. The college also offers BTEC qualifications that allow students to learn a wide variety of industry specific skills rather than just a small area.

The Ealing Institute of Media includes EIM Productions, a professional production company offering film and photography services to the college and external clients.

Hammersmith Campus

View to Hammersmith campus in spring 2013

Hammersmith is the largest campus, with over 10,000 students. The College offers a large number of full-time and part-time courses across a broad range of subjects for students of different ages, abilities and needs.

Southall Campus

Students also have access to the Southall Sports Centre run by the London Borough of Ealing, the Sixth Form Centre, and separate facilities for adult learning and a vocational centre.

Former teachers

• Prof David Blake, composer (taught music at the boys' grammar school from 1961-2)

Alumni

• Prof Dianne Willcocks CBE, Vice-Chancellor since 1999 of York St John University
• Laurence Broderick ARBS FRSA, sculptor
• Ralph Miliband, father of Labour Leader Ed Miliband and David Miliband MP
• Trevor Graham Baylis OBE, inventor
• Estelle, singer
• Jamal Edwards, founder of SBTV
• Shola Ama, singer
• Terri Walker, singer
• Marcus Brigstocke, comedian

Former Students of The Ealing Grammar School for Boys

• Graham Barlow, cricketer
• Ken Bates
• Dr Richard Fortey, palaeontologist and President from 2007-8 of the Geological Society of London
• Air Marshal Sir Michael Giddings OBE DFC AFC, later chaired the public enquiries of four sections of the M25 in the 1970s, the A1/M1 Kirkhamgate-Dishforth scheme in 1982, and the controversial Archway extension in 1984
• Sir Richard Greenbury, Chief Executive from 1988-99 of Marks & Spencer
• Allen Jones (sculptor)
• Brian Jones (poet)
• Richard Leonard, journalist and Labour MP from 1970-4 for Romford
• David Lloyd Meredith, actor
• Very Rev John Moses (dean), Dean of St Paul’s from 1996-2006
• Fred Perry, tennis player
• Don Ryder, Baron Ryder of Eaton Hastings, helped create the Ryder Report
• Very Rev Colin Slee OBE, Dean of Southwark from 1994-2010 and Chaplain of King's College London from 1976–82
• Prof George Frederick James Temple CBE, Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy from 1953-68 at the University of Oxford, Professor of Mathematics from 1932-53 at King's College London, and Chairman from 1961-4 of the Aeronautical Research Council
• John Warr, cricketer
• Ian Gomm, musician/composer
• John D Barrow FRS, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University, cosmologist, Templeton Prize winner and author of many popular science books and the award-winning play Infinities was born in Wembley in 1952 and attended Barham Primary School and Ealing Grammar School for Boys from 1964-71.

Ealing Green High School

• Umer Rashid, cricketer

External links

• College Website
• EduBase