About the College
- Offers over 400 courses across 40 different subject areas
- Five main campuses located in Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, Levenmouth and Rosyth
- Nearly 17,000 FT & PT students, with total annual enrolments of 30,000
- Annual turnover approaching £50m and employing over 1,000 teaching and professional services staff
- Over 50% of our students are aged 25 or above, with a quarter of all students over the age of 40
- Student satisfaction rates of 94% and recommendation rates of 96%
- 91% of students progress to employment or further study on completing their course
About the Schools
- The aim is to co-locate Woodmill High School and St Columba’s RC High School in the new campus
- The combined pupil roll will be 2,700
- The combined schools will employ 246 staff
- St Columba’s RC High School is a denominational S1-S6 school serving the West Fife area
- Woodmill HS is a non-denominational S1-S6 school serving East Dunfermline catchment with Supported Learners facilities
- Both schools have strong links with the surrounding community
- Fife Council has 135 primaries, 18 secondaries and 5 special schools
- There are 49,660 school pupils in Fife
About the Region
- Scotland’s third-largest local authority area, serving 6.9% of the country’s population
- West Fife, and Dunfermline in particular, has seen exponential population growth in recent years
- Projected population growth by 2026: children = 26% increase; working age = 20% increase; older people = 69% increase
- Higher than national average rates of youth unemployment
- Fife business start-ups and survival rates remain below the national average
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