The City of Liverpool College is a very large general further education college. There are five main sites. At the Arts Centre, leaders offer creative and digital courses taught in art workshops, recording studios, dance and drama facilities and multimedia studios. At the Learning Exchange, they provide a variety of sports and leisure courses as well as English for speakers of other languages (ESOL). At the Clarence Street campus, students aged 16 to 18 study from a choice of 16 A levels and adults follow access to higher education (access) courses. At the Duke Street campus, leaders offer catering, hospitality, travel, hair, beauty and holistic therapies. Technical and enterprise courses are based at the Vauxhall Road campus. These include trades such as bricklaying, painting and decorating, joinery, plumbing, and electrical and gas installation. The Vauxhall Road campus also houses most of the apprenticeship provision. At the time of the inspection, there were 7,644 students and apprentices studying at the college. There were 3,551 students aged 16 to 18 years on education programmes for young people. Students were enrolled on a range of academic and vocational courses, in most subject areas, from entry level to level 3. Just over half studied level 3 courses. These included T levels in management and administration, education and early years, engineering and manufacturing, construction, digital production, design and development, health and science. Just under half of students studied at level 2, with a small number of students on courses at level 1 or below. There were 3,382 adults in learning. Just over a third were on entry or level 1 courses, primarily ESOL. A further third of students studied at level 2 and just over 800 were on level 3. This included eight different access pathways and a range of extended diplomas including performing arts, creative media and health and social care. There were 559 apprentices. Just over two thirds of these were on level 3 apprenticeships mostly in construction and engineering. The college received highneeds funding for 71 students. Almost all students were on academic and vocational courses; seven followed a specialised ‘Pathways’ course. There were 81 learners aged 14 to 16 who studied at the college for one day per week on a school-release programme. They undertook courses in construction, motor vehicle and hair and beauty. Leaders subcontract specialised education and training for young people and adults to six other providers. This includes Skills Bootcamps in heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driving.