Our Story So Far

Introducing New City College. Your local college, within a larger, successful organisation.

New City College: What’s in a name? 

New City College brings together the very best of all our constituent colleges.

The name New City College reflects the current and emerging opportunities of East London and south-west Essex. This is such an exciting area of our thriving region. The population, housing and work opportunities are all growing, fuelled by technological innovation and other specialisms that have made our region their home. These are the opportunities we are preparing our students for with our forward-thinking, innovative teaching and learning environments and expert staff. With a New City College education, anything is possible.

New City College: Our journey 

New City College has been formed through a series of college mergers since 2016. All the colleges that now make up New City College have long and rich histories and have supported local people to learn, gain skills and get qualified in some cases for hundreds of years. This has not changed. We remain a local college for our communities, within a larger, robust organisation, meaning that we can share resources and expertise with huge benefits to students and our wider communities.  Our journey is your journey.

New City College: Timeline 

2016: Tower Hamlets College and Hackney Community College merge. Merged college is renamed to New City College with three local campuses: Tower Hamlets, Arbour Square, Hackney.  

2018: Redbridge College joins New City College, adding two further local campuses: Redbridge and Ilford.  

2018: Attlee A Level Academy is launched at our Arbour Square campus.  

2019: Epping Forest College joins New City College.  

2020: Havering Sixth Form College and Havering College of Further Education merge with New City College. This brings Ardleigh Green, Rainham, and Havering Sixth Form campuses into NCC.  

2023: Rainham Construction and Engineering Campus is relaunched, further to £15million investment into the campus facilities.  

2024: Epping Wellness Centre is opened; a £7million investment for NCC students and the wider local community.  

2024: BSix Sixth Form College in Hackney joins New City College.  

 

English Language teaching specialists

Building on our specialisms and success in teaching English as a second or additional language, New City College owns and manages two specialist English Language schools. Westbourne Academy, Bournemouth and the Oxford School of English.