| North East Surrey College Of Technology | |
| Type: | General Further Education College |
| Head Label: | Principal |
| Head: | Julie Kapsalis |
| Address: | Reigate Road |
| City: | Ewell, Epsom |
| County: | Surrey |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | KT17 3DS |
| Ofsted: | yes |
| Urn: | 130822 |
| Enrolment: | 2,000 under-19s, 2,500 adults and HE (2018/9) |
| Gender: | Mixed |
| Lower Age: | 16 |
| Website: | https://www.nescot.ac.uk |
The North East Surrey College Of Technology (NESCOT) is a large further education and higher education college in Epsom and Ewell, Surrey, England that began as Ewell Technical College in the 1950s.[1]
Nescot has specialist practical facilities including a construction department on site with trade specific workshops for Bricklaying, Plumbing, Carpentry, Electrical Installation and Plastering. Performance and Media have dance studios, recording facilities, dark rooms and a Mac suite. The college also has two theatres, one traditional with tiered seating which was used by Kingswood House School in their production of Peter Pan in February 2016, it was the first time the theatre had ever been used with flying as part of a production and a modern performance space. Other curriculum areas are supported with a beauty salon, onsite nursery, labs, an Animal Care Centre, Student Advice Centre, Learning Resource Centre - and an Osteopathy clinic.
The college sports centre, gym, salon, nursery and playing fields are open to the general public.
The college is governed by The Nescot Further Education Corporation.
As of 2018-2019 the college drew around 5,000 students from the local community, nationally and overseas.
In addition to the traditional further education college subjects, the college offers distance learning, and customised training programmes for businesses.
The college offers higher education in Animal Care, Osteopathy, Computing, Teaching, and counselling, among others.
The school is recognised as an Apple Authorised Training Centre and holds academy status with Cisco Systems, Microsoft, and Oracle as a specialist training provider.[2]
A 2016 Ofsted inspection assessed the school overall as Grade 2 (good), with Grade 1 (outstanding) in several areas.[3]