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Welcome to St Helens College
Welcome to St Helens College
We are committed to ensuring every student reaches their full potential by providing an outstanding student experience.
Providing quality education since 1896, St Helens College is one of the largest further and higher education providers in the Northwest.
We support students of all ages, studying at all levels, and provide courses and training to around 5,000 students across four campuses within two local authority boroughs, as a part of a merger with Knowsley Community College in 2017.
Our strong progression routes enable students to join us at the age of 16 to study T Levels, a technical, vocational qualification, or an apprenticeship, before then continuing their educational journey to degree level study and beyond at our University Centre St Helens.
There is also a breadth of adult provision at St Helens College from short, leisure courses and community learning to professional qualifications to enhance employment prospects and support career progression.
In recent years, over £65 million has been invested in facilities to support our broad and inclusive curriculum, whilst providing a first-class learning experience for our students including a new hospital simulation ward, Centre for Precision Engineering and Green Energy Skills Centre.
We are actively involved in our local communities, offering high-quality training and education opportunities to both residents and businesses. This collaboration not only enables us to provide excellent work experience, employment and apprenticeship opportunities for our students but also supports employers across the Liverpool City Region to build a skilled workforce for the future.
We hope that you will find our website useful and we look forward to welcoming you to St Helens College in the near future.
Mission, Vision and Values
Our Mission Statement
"Transforming lives through excellence in education and training"
Our Strategic Goals
The College’s Strategic Plan is founded on six key goals, which transforms the way we work with our students, staff, employers, and local communities:
- Outstanding Student Experience
Delivering an outstanding experience, placing students and apprentices at the heart of everything we do.
- Exceptional Curriculum
Developing an innovative and agile curriculum that meets the needs of our students and communities.
- Growth
Achieving growth through strategic partnerships and relationships with key organisations and employers. - Transformed Estate
Transforming the College’s estate to inspire outstanding teaching and learning.
- Employer of Choice
Attracting and retaining skilled staff through reputation, recognition, and a strong sense of community.
- Anchor Institution
Building upon our role as an anchor institution in Knowsley and St Helens and contributing to the leadership of education and skills ecosystems.
Tap/click here view our Strategic Plan 2022 - 2025
Our College Values
Developed in consultation with our teams, our values define who we are, how we engage with our students, stakeholders and each other and they guide us in the work that we do.
- Ambition
We are committed to raising aspirations and expectations, motivating each other to achieve our full potential.
- Excellence
We commit to being the very best in everything we do and encourage our teams, students, and stakeholders to do the same.
- Collaboration
We work together as one team, valuing our different perspectives and consulting with colleagues to achieve our goals.
- Innovation
We actively search for novel ideas, leading technologies, and the most effective ways of working that benefit our students, teams and employers.
- Respect
We treat people the way we would expect to be treated, championing difference and diversity and embracing and valuing everyone’s right to have an opinion.
- Trust
We believe in each other, trusting our teams to work with autonomy and integrity.
- Care
We are kind and empathetic to everyone we encounter.
Our Public Value Statement
The College seeks to add value to the social, economic and physical wellbeing of the wider communities that we serve by:
- providing education and training in accordance with the College’s mission, strategic goals and values, meeting the needs of students, apprentices, employers and the wider communities in general.
- raising aspirations of students and the communities by promoting prospects and celebrating success.
- ensuring a broad curriculum offer with good progression routes from entry level to higher education and training.
- promoting healthy lifestyles and good citizenship skills to all students and colleagues.
- being responsive to changing needs and circumstances.
- actively listening to and engaging with College stakeholders, aiming to provide the best possible service within the College’s mission.
- being a respectful and responsible employer.
- always acting with corporate integrity.
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Contact & Locations
Course enquiries: 0800 996699 | General enquiries: 01744 733766 |
Careers at St Helens College
Welcome to our Careers page
We are delighted that you are interested in working for St Helens College. Our current job vacancies will be posted below. These are regularly updated so, if you don’t immediately see what you are looking for, keep checking back.