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Whilst creating this edition of the Gateway College magazine we have found ourselves having to work and live in very different ways.  With only half of the magazine completed and nothing yet designed, we were suddenly living in ‘lockdown’ and the College was closed for our safety on 20th March.  But we like nothing less...
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Gateway Sixth Form College has discovered that three Heads are better than one when it comes to providing excellent opportunities for local young people! The grade 2 city college has become one of three founding members of the Better Futures Multi-Academy Trust (BFMAT), delivering a mix of A levels, vocational qualifications from entry level to...
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Alumnus Shevani Patel studied Health and Social Care and Public Services, finishing her studies at Gateway in the summer of 2014. While she was at the college, Shevani’s ambitions were to have a career in Adult Nursing. She applied to go to university to pursue her further studies. On A Level results day, with the...
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Jahzeb Ismail studied A Level Accounting, Economics and Maths while at Gateway College and set his mind on gaining one of the 240 coveted places out of 40,000 applicants on the Audit Apprenticeship Programme at KPMG, one of the top four Accountancy firms in the world! Over the course of the five year apprenticeship, Jahzeb...
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Robert and David Calow are local Leicester concept artists, who have been working in the commercial design industry since the mid 1980s. The twins visited Gateway College earlier this year to speak to our Level 1 Creative Arts and Media students. They answered our students’ questions about art and design, and they talked about how...
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Shivam Vadher studied BTEC Level 2 and Level 3 Public Services, finishing his studies with us in 2019. Since leaving Gateway, Shivam has joined the British Army to begin his initial training that will help become a Combat Medical Technician. “My first Public Services teacher told me about being a Medic as he had been...
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Gateway Sixth Form College has achieved Gold status for the Schools’ Mental Health Award from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence and Leeds Beckett University. The College is proud to receive the award in recognition of the work undertaken to promote mental health and wellbeing for staff and students. It is committed to ensuring the environment...
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We are excited to mark National Careers Week 2020. This annual celebration will highlight the college’s careers initiatives – from our well-respected Careers Service, our Employer Engagement team to the vast range of multi-level academic and vocational courses offering limitless opportunities to progress towards a career. Find out more about our Careers Service ➡️ www.gateway.ac.uk/about-us/careers-progression/...
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After fantastic results this summer and seeing more students progress onto university, apprenticeships and employment, we are thrilled to have received Grade 2 (Good) from Ofsted! ” The large majority of students are very happy with the education they receive. Many say that college staff go beyond their expectations and provide extra help and support...
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Core skills results are significantly higher than that of national average this year Grade 3 students have exceptionally boosted their grades in Core Skills: We have seen 70% of students achieve Grade 4 and above in GCSE English – this has increased by almost 20% since last year!* While in GCSE Maths, 78% of students...
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