The new Principal of East Riding College has spoken of his pride at taking on the position, and said he’ll be fully focused on ensuring students develop the skills and knowledge required to meet local industry needs.
Danny Metters officially joined the college in June after nine years in various roles at Bishop Burton College.
East Riding College Principal Mike Welsh will retire at the end of May. During over four years in charge Mike oversaw a number of major developments. Most significantly, he led the College through what was described as an exemplary merger with TEC Partnership, securing its long term, sustainable future.
Mike’s tenure has also seen significant increases in student and apprentice numbers as well as the construction of a brand new Institute of Technology at the College’s Flemingate campus.
Students from Bishop Burton College were amongst the jet-set last month thanks to a number of study tours that have seen them enjoying life-changing experiences over 3 continents.
Journeying to Sydney, South Africa and Seville Level 3 Sport, Business, Animal Management and Travel and Tourism students enjoyed a fortnight living, studying and participating in hands-on work experience placements in these far-flung and exotic locations.
During the past two years, it is clear that the covid pandemic has had a significant impact on children’s learning and progress.
Due to disruptions in learning, there are many children who have fallen behind in their studies, especially in Maths and English.
Bishop Burton College is delighted to announce their hugely successful Football Academy has reached the final of the English Colleges Football Association (ECFA) Premier National Cup.
Two years after winning the ECFA Premier League, the college has reached the national cup final for the first time, firmly cementing Bishop Burton Football Academy’s place as one of the strongest college football programmes in the country.
The proportion of Year 6 children in the East Riding who have been awarded their first preference of secondary school for September 2022 has risen again this year to 97%.
Parents and carers across the East Riding, as well as nationally, will find out which secondary school their children will attend in the next academic year, which starts in September.
East Riding College has announced that their Principal Mike Welsh will retire in Spring 2022. During his 4 and-a-half years in the post, Mike led the College through a very successful merger with TEC Partnership and raised quality and standards, achieving a Good OfSTED rating.
It is with great honour that we announce that the TEC Partnership has received a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize.
The announcement was made by the Royal Anniversary Trust, at a reception at St James’s Palace in London.
The Headteacher and Chair of Governors of Beverley Grammar School are thrilled to announce that the school has been awarded Outstanding in all areas in their recent Ofsted inspection.
The section 5 inspection took place over two days at the end of September and the team of four inspectors looked at all areas of school life, from the quality of education and behaviour and attitudes to leadership and management, which included talking to many students and staff.
St Nicholas Primary School Boys Football Team are celebrating after they reached and triumphed in the Humberside Finals.
Their win over a strong North Ferriby side now means the school will compete in the Midlands Finals being held in March.
East Riding College has expanded its Flemingate site in Beverley to include a new Yorkshire and Humber Institute of Technology (IoT).
The IoT in Yorkshire and Humber has brought investment of over £10million of capital funding into the region. The £2.1m Institute at East Riding College houses specialist high-level training facilities for engineering and technical disciplines.
Longcroft School and Sixth Form College will be opening their doors for a ‘welcoming event’ to prospective new students.
Longcroft strives to be a positive, warm and welcoming school where pupils aim to do their very best and take pride in their achievements.
An important milestone in Bishop Burton College’s development was marked last week by the launch of its new Centre for Precision Agriculture, which was officially opened by Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness.
The TEC Partnership is delighted to announce it has become the region’s first FE college provider to receive Bachelor Degree Awarding Powers.
This significant achievement means the Ofsted outstanding provider, which offers higher education courses at University Centre Grimsby, Scarborough TEC and East Riding College, will have the ability to validate its own degrees from September 2022.
Parents and carers of children due to start infant and primary schools in September 2021 have been informed which school their child has been allocated.
Letters and emails advising families and carers of the outcome of their applications for places have been sent out.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has welcomed the Government’s new Turing Scheme.
As part of this programme, schools, colleges and universities will have access to funding in order to allow disadvantaged students to experience living and working in a different country.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, virtually met the Principal, Mike Welsh, and Vice-Principal, Helen Wooldridge, of East Riding College to hear about their remote learning success story.
Since the first lockdown, staff have been teaching their full timetables and delivering live lessons to their students.
MP Graham Stuart has held a virtual meeting with Longcroft School and Sixth Form College’s Head of School, Irie Grant, and Executive Headteacher, Jonathan Britton, to find out how the school is coping with remote learning.