Full-Time and Part-Time Adult & HE Learners – Diversity (2024-25 Year-End)

Impact on Diversity and Inclusion

Gender

Ethnicity

Learning difficulty or disability

The college continues to support a very diverse student body. More males engaged with learning in 2024/2025. The ethnicity profile shows our adult learners as a group are increasingly more diverse than the local community. 46.4% of our learners are from minority groups. There is no significant achievement gap based on ethnicity.

When achievements of male and female learners are compared, males achieved at higher rate than females (+1.6%)

The college was pleased to support 449 adult learners with a declared learning difficulty or disability in 2024/25, through a wide range of support services. There is no significant difference in the achievement rates of adults who declare a disability and those who do not.