West Nottinghamshire College is a further education college with the main campus situated in Mansfield, and Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The college was formed in the 1970s from an arts and technology college dating back to 1904. The college offers further education to approximately 19,000 students in full and part-time education including courses for 14 - 16 year olds in collaboration with local schools. The programmes include the majority of GCSE and A Level courses, access to higher education, and vocational apprenticeships that include bricklaying, plumbing, carpentry, gas fitting, painting and decorating, construction management, driving passenger vehicles, forklift truck driving and railway engineering. A variety of community and adult courses is also provided across the local area. The college is a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status for engineering specialised in construction, logistics and care. A 2008 Ofsted report accorded the school a Grade 1 (outstanding) on all inspection points. The college is a member of the 157 Group of high performing further education colleges.