Group success

The Bedford College Group Success

JAN

FEB

JANUARY 2019 £10 million upgrade to Wellingborough campus begins. The refurbishment is due to open in September 2020.

FEBRUARY 2019 Associate Lecturer Samantha Jones won Teacher of the Year 2019 at the national Times Educational Supplement (TES) awards.

MAR

MARCH 2019 Apprentice Kyra Joy was recognised by local MP Tom Pursglove and hand-picked to visit the House of Commons as part of National Apprenticeship Week.

JUL

JULY 2019 Eight Graphic Design students won YCN awards, the tenth year in a row that College students have been ranked among the best in the UK.

AUG

SEPT

AUGUST 2019 A-Level students at The Bedford Sixth Form achieved the best results since opening in 2012.

SEPTEMBER 2019 The Bedford College Group rated Good by Ofsted just two years after merging with Tresham College.

APR

APRIL 2019 Sport student Ryan Kenyon won a scholarship to Georgia Military College, one of the top sport colleges in the USA.

MAY

JUN

MAY 2019 Kettering Learning Centre celebrated training 500 local students in its first year of opening.

JUNE 2019 Fashion & Textiles student Ellie Mackinnon won first prize in the Professional Clothing International Awards (PCIA) judged by Vivienne Westwood.

OCT

OCTOBER 2019 Engineering apprentice Ben Copperwheat won regional round of the National Apprenticeship Awards 2019.

NOV

NOVEMBER 2019 Computing team won Gold at World Skills UK LIVE finals for Network Systems Administrator.

DEC

DECEMBER 2019 Marketing team won Gold for Events Management at the College Marketing Network (CMN) Awards.