Gloucestershire College
Vocational school in Cheltenham, The United Kingdom
Gloucestershire College is an education provider in Gloucestershire, England, with campuses in Gloucester (at the historic Gloucester Docks), Cheltenham, Cheltenham Hardwick and the Forest of Dean (in Cinderford). It offers professional and technical training in 17 subject areas, and in its 2025 inspection it was commended under the new Ofsted framework.
Its course types include:
- Full-time courses and T Levels for school leavers, including BTEC qualifications
- University-level courses
- Apprenticeships
- Short, part-time and evening courses for adults
- Free online courses and JobSmart pre-employment programmes
- English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Access to HE
Subjects range from IT and computing, engineering and construction to catering and hospitality, hairdressing and beauty, and health and social care. Students train in practical settings such as student-run restaurants and hair and beauty salons open to the public, and the college works with over 1,300 local businesses on apprenticeships and work placements. Harbour House in Gloucester supports post-16 students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Applications are handled by the admissions team ([email protected], 0345 155 2020, option 3).
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Programmes
Gloucestershire College offers full-time courses and T Levels, university-level courses, apprenticeships, short and part-time courses for adults, free online courses, pre-employment courses, recreational evening courses and SEND provision. Subject areas include:
- IT and computing
- Art, design, media, music and performing arts
- Business, accounting and management
- Catering and hospitality
- Construction, engineering and motor vehicle
- Early years, health and social care
- English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
- Fashion and textiles; hairdressing, barbering and beauty
- Sport and uniformed public services; travel and tourism; teacher training
Accreditation
Subjects taught
- Architecture, Building and Landscape
- Building Construction
- Arts, Design and Crafts
- Hairdressing
- Arts and Crafts
- Business
- Business Administration
- Computing
- Information Technology
- Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Engineering
- Graphic and Industrial Design Engineering
- Finance
- Accounting
- Health
- Health Occupations
- Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Travel
- Tourism
- Hotel Management
- Humanities
- History
- Law
- Law
- Occupational Training
- Plumbing
- Woodwork and Furniture Making
- Cosmetology
- Administrative Assistant
- Philology, Languages, Literature
- Literature
- Language Courses
- Sciences
- Archeology
- Chemistry
- Psychology
- Geography
- Physics
- Biology