More colleges announced for Area Reviews
10 December 2015
The government has announced further regions for its Area Reviews.
Wave 2 reviews will cover nearly 50 colleges and 34 sixth form colleges and will begin early in 2016 in:
- The Marches and Worcestershire
- Thames Valley
- West of England
- Cheshire and Warrington
- Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
- Surrey.
These wide-ranging reviews of post-16 education and training will assess the economic and educational needs of the area and the related implications for post-16 education and training provision.
Provisional plans for the
third, fourth and fifth waves have also been set out and are expected to start in April, September and November 2016. These cover all the remaining areas in England with the exception of Greater London (expected to be in the 2nd or 3rd wave).