Barking and Dagenham College

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Barking & Dagenham College
Location
Barking and Dagenham College
Dagenham Road, Rush Green

Romford
,
Greater London
,
RM7 0XU

England
Coordinates 51°33′36″N0°10′23″E / 51.560°N 0.173°E / 51.560; 0.173
Information
Type Further education
MottoLearning to create tomorrow: Technical & professional excellence at the heart of Barking & Dagenham’
Established1961
Local authority Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Department for Education URN 130424 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Principal & CEONatalie Davison [1] [2]
Gender Mixed
Age range16+
Enrolment6000
Website www.barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk

Barking & Dagenham College is a general further education college in East London, England. It has three campuses across the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham with its main campus being located in Rush Green near Romford. Their other campus are located in Barking town centre at the Technical Skills Academy and Barking Learning Centre. [3]

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The College is also home to the East London Institute of Technology.

History

Originally known as Barking College, it became Barking & Dagenham College in 2010.

In 2015 the College became a Digital & Creative Industries Career College. [4]

In February 2018, the College was awarded a £5m share of £25.7m funding by the Mayor, Sadiq Khan to complete its Centre for Advanced Technologies. [5]

In 2021, the college opened its Idris Elba Film and TV Studio, named after one of its alumni who studied performing arts at the college in the 1990s. [6]

Courses

Barking & Dagenham College offers technical and professional training, from entry level to level 7. Qualifications on offer at the college range from Apprenticeships, BTECs, City and Guilds, HNDs, NCFE/CACHE, NVQs, T-levels, and a range of professional qualifications such as AAT.

The college provide courses for 16–18-year-olds, as well as adults, on either a full time or part time basis.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome".
  2. ↑ "Welcome".
  3. ↑ Barking College Report From The Inspectorate (PDF) (Report). Further Education Funding Council for England. 1998. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021. https://barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk/about/our-campuses
  4. ↑ "Barking & Dagenham". Career Colleges Trust. Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Shaw, Alex (16 February 2018). "Mayor of London awards £5m funding to Barking and Dagenham College". Barking & Dagenham Post. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Idris Elba pays tribute to college at launch of TV studio". Barking and Dagenham Post. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Lion King Cast". Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Fatboy played by Ricky Norwood". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  9. ↑ "Ricky Norwood (EastEnders: E20) Interview". Last Broadcast. Archived from the original on 15 May 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  10. ↑ Davies, Rachel. "College gets behind The Voice finalist Emmanuel – College gets behind The Voice finalist Emmanuel". barkingdagenhamcollege.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "BNOC 2019 nominations are officially open – University of Cambridge". Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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