The College of North West London is a Further Education college with two campuses located in the London Borough of Brent, at Willesden and Wembley Park. We also run the King's Cross Construction Skills Centre in the neighboring borough of Camden.
We specialize in vocational courses focused on delivering the technical skills and qualifications necessary to help our students get a job, enter a trade, or progress to university. The predecessor institutions have over 100 years of dedicated experience in education and training across a range of subjects and sector areas. The College of North West London is a constituent of the United Colleges Group.
Our mission is to support economic opportunity through the provision of high-quality education, business solutions, and skills for work
We offer courses at a variety of levels vary to ensure all students have the opportunity to access learning. Our course levels are designed to help students develop a range of skills and offer progression routes either into employment or towards university-level study.
For students returning to study after an extended break or with no qualifications, transferable skills already achieved in the workplace or through life experience are taken into consideration. For students with academic qualifications now seeking to pursue a university-level education, we offer higher-level courses in a range of subject areas.
Every year we support over 10,000 students. Each year around 1500 students aged between 14-18 years old chooses to continue their education with us through vocational learning and apprenticeships. Other students are adults aged 19+, studying both full and part-time courses. Many of our adult learners are employed and are studying at the College to enhance their skills and career opportunities through advanced vocational qualifications.
The courses we offer to meet the needs of the jobs market now and for the future. We continue to develop and adapt our curriculum accordingly.
We support Apprenticeship programs in the following sectors: construction and engineering, hospitality and catering, health and social care, hair and beauty, and business and administration. We continue to develop new Apprenticeship programs to meet demand in new and emerging markets.
We have high-quality workshops, studios, and laboratories, equipped with industry-standard facilities. We provide our students with the opportunity to practice and develop their technical skills in real-life working environments, particularly in areas such as construction and engineering, catering, hair and beauty, and computing. Classrooms are equipped with electronic whiteboards and a range of learning aids.
Here at the College of North West London, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and ensuring that everyone is treated with dignity and respect, in an environment where a diversity of both staff and students is valued and celebrated. We are committed to ensuring all our learners are in a safe and secure environment.
The College of North West London enrolls hundreds of apprentices every year, in around 30 different specialist qualifications from civil engineering to broadcasting.
