Please find below the information regarding the consultation about increasing our student numbers.
As part of the government’s strategy to deal with the increased numbers of 16-19 students over the next decade, including in the local area, a capital fund has been set up to allow post 16 providers to bid for additional accommodation. We are making a bid of about £2 Million to build an additional 8 classroom block at the back of the site near to the recently built Hamilton building.
The deadline for the response to the consultation is Monday 23rd January.
Proposal to Expand the Sixth Form College
The College has currently just over 2,500 students and has submitted a Capital Development bid of around £2 Million to central government for 8 new classrooms so that the College could accommodate an additional 400 students to help alleviate the expected increase in student numbers over the next 5 years. This consultation aims to get feedback on these plans.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) predicts that the number of 16 and 17 years over the next 6 years in Birmingham will increase by about 11,000 and by 2,300 in Solihull. If the College maintains its current market share, it would have to accommodate about 1000 students and, as shown below, there will be a steady growth over the next 6 years to about 3500 students.
This proposal will allow us to accommodate more students and so that they can benefit from the great teaching and learning at the College and for them to go into the high-level employment in the local industries or to higher education. Currently 85% of our students go to university of which, 84% are getting into their first choice.
The proposal is to build a 8 block classroom nearby our recently built Hamilton centre at the rear of the campus.
If you have any comments or queries about the proposal, please contact the College by letter to Martin Sullivan, Solihull Sixth Form College, Widney Manor Road, Solihull, B91 3WR.
Or you can email [email protected] or you can also access an online survey. You can discuss the proposal between 5-7pm on Tuesday 17th January at the College in person by booking on Eventbrite.