We are a friendly, caring, lively and challenging college with a main campus in Tiverton and another vocational centre in Honiton. We have about 800 full-time students, 300 apprentices, 2,000 part-time students and we provide training for 130 businesses.

Most of our students come from within East and Mid Devon, but we also train people in locations across the whole of Devon and south Somerset. We have over 200 staff ranging from science and art lecturers through to hairdressing, beauty therapy, construction and engineering. We have Higher Education staff who train teachers, teaching assistants and those just thinking of returning to the world of work.

For the business world, we have highly skilled trainers ranging from retail, customer services, catering, leadership and supervisory management. For those looking for evening classes, we provide activities from yoga and languages to jewellery making and fly fishing. For the full details, have a look round our web site and, if you'd like to visit, or have further details posted to you, do get in touch.

 

It’s not magic: they do regular surveys of incoming students and departing students, and four things stand out from their replies:

They have small teaching groups, giving a high ratio of staff to students. That means more personal attention and a better sense of focus.

They have excellent student support services: from homework or assignment planning through to financial and confidential counselling - they go the extra mile - their special support teams are here to make sure your time with them goes as smoothly as possible.

They’re friendly: they know that a student’s life is challenging and so it should be, but they also know that happy students do better, so they and their Student Guild organise a lot of ‘extras’, like trips, residentials, live bands, sports fixtures and social events.

Most importantly, they get results. Year after year, they score above the national average across a whole range of courses. Over the last five years their results have put them amongst the best of all FE colleges and 6th Form Centres in the area. With excellent facilities and a big investment programme underway to make them even better, these are pretty good reasons for choosing East Devon College!