The College Today
The college has approximately 2,000 full-time students enrolled, who are between the ages of 16 and 19. Most of these students study on A- and AS-Level courses, although an increasing number are taking Level 3 Diploma courses, and many also study on one-year GCSE courses or level 2 diploma courses. Around 75% of students go onto Higher Education from Long Road each year and students tend to apply for a broad range of different universities, from Redbricks to former Polytechnics, with a small proportion going on to Oxbridge. A significant proportion of students each year also go into full-time work, often in management traineeships, or take a gap year before further study or work. The College is in the top 10% in the country for helping students achieve better grades than were predicted when they joined the College.
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