The information is available on an academic year basis starting in September 2008 with delivery of the first phase of diplomas. The latest information provided by consortia is that: 1,382 secondary schools, 56 academies, 124 further education colleges and 51 sixth form colleges were involved in the delivery of diplomas from September 2008.
We do not have information centrally on which schools are offering the Diploma to their learners. Information on which consortia in each local authority were approved to offer the diploma from September 2008 is as follows:
Eastern England Local authority Consortium name Cambridgeshire Cambridge 14-19 Area Partnership Cambridgeshire HSEP Hertfordshire Dacorum SAPG Hertfordshire North Herts SAPG Hertfordshire SE Herts SAPG Luton Campus Luton Partnership Norfolk Extended Rural Norfolk Federation Norfolk Norwich city (Open Opportunity) Southend-on-Sea Southend Suffolk North Suffolk 1 Since Gateway 1 a number of consortia have merged or changed names. This list is derived from the original applications.
Local authority Consortium name Derby Derby City 14-19 Partnership Derbyshire Ripley and Heanor Learning Consortia Leicestershire Melton and Belvoir Leicestershire Melton and South Charnwood Leicestershire North West Leics Lincolnshire Boston Lincolnshire Grantham Partnership Lincolnshire Lincs East Partnership Lincolnshire Sleaford Lincolnshire South Holland Lincolnshire Wolds Northamptonshire East Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Kettering Northamptonshire Northampton Town Nottingham City Nottingham City Nottinghamshire Ashfield District Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw Nottinghamshire Mansfield Learning Partnership Nottinghamshire Newark and Sherwood ASG Rutland Rutland 14-19 Partnership
Local authority Consortium name Barking and Dagenham Barking and Dagenham Bromley The Bromley 14-19 Collaborative Croydon Borough Wide Consortium Ealing West London Consortium Hackney Hackney Diploma 2009 Consortium Hammersmith and Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Haringey 14-19 Partnership Harrow Harrow Collegiate Hillingdon Hillingdon Consortium Hounslow Hounslow 14-19 Partnership Islington Islington 14-19 Partnership Lambeth (joint Southwark) 7 Schools LCM The Lambeth Consortium Lewisham Lewisham Newham Newham 14-19 Partnership Southwark Southwark 14-19 Partnership Tower Hamlets The Hub Waltham Forest London Borough of Waltham Forest Wandsworth Wandsworth 14-19 Partnership
Local authority Consortium name Durham Derwentside Consortium Gateshead Gateshead 14-19 Partnership Hartlepool Hartlepool 14-19 Partnership Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Learning Partnership Newcastle Upon Tyne Newcastle City Consortium North Tyneside North Tyneside 14-19 Learning Partnership Sunderland Sunderland 14-19 Partnership
Local authority Consortium name Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn with Darwen 14-19 Partnership Bolton Bolton LA Bury Bury Learning Partnership Cheshire Crewe and Nantwich Cheshire East Cheshire 14-19 Diploma Consortium Cheshire Vale Royal Diploma Consortium Cumbria Furness Cumbria Furness 14-19 Partnership Halton Halton 14-19 Strategic Partnership Knowsley Knowsley 14-19 Collegiate Partnership Lancashire Burnley Pendle Lancashire Chorley and South Ribble Lancashire Hyndebum, Rossendale and Ribble Valley Lancashire Lancaster and Morecambe Liverpool Liverpool Manchester Manchester 14-19 Team Oldham OLLP Business Rochdale Rochdale Consortium Salford Salford 14-19 Partnership Sefton North Sefton St. Helens St. Helen's Tameside Tameside 14-19 Trafford Trafford Warrington Warrington 14-19 Partnership
Local authority Consortium name Buckinghamshire Wycombe Consortium East Sussex Eastbourne and Hailsham Federation East Sussex Hastings and Rother Local Area East Sussex Lewes Rural Local Area Partnership Board East Sussex Lewes Rural Local Area Partnership East Sussex Wealden Local Area Partnership Board Medway Medway Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Oxfordshire East Oxon 14-19 Consortium Reading Reading Surrey Elmbridge 14-19 Consortium Surrey Guildford 14-19 Partnership Surrey Spelthorne West Sussex WS Area B Brighton and Hove Brighton and Hove 14-19 Partnership Board East Sussex Lewes Rural Local Area Partnership Board East Sussex Western Coastal Local Area Partnership Board Hampshire Basingstoke 14-19 Consortium Hampshire Eastleigh Consortium Hampshire Rushmoor and Hart Kent Dartford Wilmington Kent Dover Deal and Sandwich Kent Gravesham 14-19 Consortium Kent Thanet 14-19 Consortium Oxfordshire North Oxfordshire 14-19 Partnership Reading Reading Surrey Surrey Heath Surrey Woking Federation West Sussex WS Area A West Sussex WS Area B
Local authority Consortium name Cornwall Cornwall Collegiate Dorset Central Dorset Partnership Dorset Chesil Dorset North Dorset Gloucestershire Cheltenham North Somerset North Somerset Consortium Plymouth City City of Plymouth 14-19 Diploma Partnership Somerset Sedgemoor South Gloucestershire Kingswood Swindon Swindon 14-19 Partnership Torbay Torbay 14-19 Learning Partnership Wiltshire West Wiltshire Federation
Local authority Consortium name Birmingham Birmingham South West Collegiate: Lordswood Girls Birmingham Central Network Birmingham North Area Network Birmingham South Network Coventry North East Federation Coventry North West Federation Dudley The Halesowen Education Trust Shropshire NW Shropshire Solihull Solihull Consortium Staffordshire Chase Collegiate Staffordshire E Staffs 14-19 Collegiate Staffordshire Tamworth Staffordshire Tamworth Partnership Stoke on Trent Stoke on Trent Walsall WALCON Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Worcestershire CONTINU Worcestershire FORWARD Consortium
Local authority Consortium name Barnsley Barnsley Diploma Consortium Bradford Bradford Confederations Calderdale Campus Calderdale Hull (Kingston Upon) Hull 14-19 Partnership Kirklees Kirklees Collegiates Leeds Central Leeds Construction Leeds Leeds Diploma Consortium North East Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire Partnership North Yorkshire Ryedale Area Learning Partnership Rotherham Rotherham Sheffield Sheffield 14-19 Partnership Sheffield Sheffield CYPD Wakefield Wakefield York City City of York Partnership