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What qualifications can I achieve?

What qualifications can I achieve at City of Bristol College?

City of Bristol College offers full and part-time students a wide range of subject areas and study levels – from NVQ, BTEC and HNC vocational programmes and professional qualifications to GCSEs, AS/A2 Levels, Access to Higher Education and university level courses. We also have well-established links with local and regional universities.

The following are the national levels of study available at the College:

Level Entry - Entry, Pre-Entry 1, 2 & 3:

Level 1 - Foundation:

  • Vocational Access Certificate
  • National Basic Literacy Certificate
  • National Basic Numeracy Certificate
  • ASDAN - Certificate in Life Skills
  • OCN Pre-Entry Level Certificates
  • NPTC Entry Level
  • College Certificate - Towards Independence
  • EDEXCEL - Skills for Working Life
  • College Certificate - Skills Development at Pre-entry
  • College Certificate - Community-based courses
  • BTEC Introductory Diploma
  • NVQ Level 1
  • GCSE Grades D-G
  • NCFE Cert Level 1 Unit/s
  • OCN Level 1
  • OCR CLAIT, Text Processing
  • National Functional Skills Units Level 1
  • ASDAN - Certificate of Personal Effectiveness
  • Return to Study 1
  • New Options including OCR Essential Skills and C&G Functional Skills
  • National Literacy/Numeracy Tests

Level 2 - Intermediate:

Level 3 - Advanced:

  • Level 2 Apprenticeship/s
  • GCSE Grade C-A
  • NCFE Level 2 Certificates
  • BTEC Level 2 Diploma/Certificate/Award
  • Return to Study 2
  • OCN Level 2
  • EDEXCEL Vocational Qualifications
  • OCR Vocational Qualifications
  • City & Guilds Vocational Qualifications
  • CLAIT Plus
  • ECDL
  • National Functional Skills Units Level 2
  • GCSE Plus 16-19
  • National Literacy/Numeracy Tests
  • Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship/s
  • AS/A2 Levels
  • NCFE Level 3 Certificates
  • BTEC Level 3 Diploma/Certificate/Award
  • OCN Level 3
  • Access to HE Certificate
  • City & Guilds Vocational Qualifications
  • OCR Vocational Qualifications
  • CLAIT Advanced
  • ECDL Advanced
  • National Functional Skills Units Level 3
  • EDEXCEL Vocational Qualifications
  • Range of specialist professional qualifications, eg: Marketing; Accountancy; Youth Work; Counselling; ICT Practitioners (Systems Support)

Level 4 & 5 - University Level:

  • Post Graduate Qualification / Certificate of Education in Post 16 Education
  • HNC
  • Foundation Degree
  • NVQ Level 4/5
  • Year 0/1 of full degree
  • BA/BSc (Hons)
  • BTEC Professional Diploma
  • Range of other teaching qualifications including Adult Literacy/ Numeracy/ ESOL Specialist Certificate

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