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Top 25 Career colleges based in the United Kingdom

Name: Career colleges based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 140 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 140 career colleges headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 17,185 professional contacts across them, including 5,883 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers career colleges headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest career colleges based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 140 career colleges based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to career colleges: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Middlesex University	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,593 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Middlesex University is a global, career-focused university with a welcoming and diverse community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	University Of West London	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,814 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At the University of West London we aim to inspire students to become creative professionals and connect them to exciting and rewarding careers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Buckinghamshire NEW University	Indirect evidence	High Wycombe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	1,203 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Buckinghamshire New University has been transforming lives through employment-focused teaching and an inclusive community since 1891.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Nottingham College	Partial evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	863 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Nottingham College is one of the largest FE colleges in the UK with 10 campuses spread across the city, all centres of excellence, that specialise in particular curriculum areas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Kirklees College	Partial evidence	Huddersfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	710 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Kirklees College is a uniquely vocational college whose student community reflects the diversity of the local area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Oaklands College	Indirect evidence	Hertfordshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	623 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Oaklands offers a wide range of services tailored to meet the needs of both businesses and individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Southern Regional College	Partial evidence	Co.down, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	592 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Southern Regional College is one of the largest education providers in Northern Ireland with approximately students enrolled annually and over 900 members of staff.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Burnley College	Partial evidence	Burnley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	582 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Burnley College, we place the learner at the very heart of everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	South Staffordshire College	Partial evidence	Stafforshire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	476 contacts →
	Partial evidence “South Staffordshire College offer a wide selection of full time, part time and apprenticeship programmes, designed to meet the needs of the local community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Barking & Dagenham College	Partial evidence	Romford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	470 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Barking & Dagenham College is a unique, diverse and inclusive environment where everyone is supported to grow, develop and really flourish.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	NEW College Swindon	Indirect evidence	Swindon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	432 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our mission is to provide quality education, training and services which: • meet our customers’ needs • encourage individuals to realise their full potential • support lifelong…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Elizabeth School Of London	Indirect evidence	Canary Wharf, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	397 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Elizabeth School of London (ESL) is a higher education provider committed to offering relevant, high-quality programs in campuses across six major cities including London…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Bath College	Partial evidence	Bath, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	392 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to Bath College, a vibrant and successful College with two campuses, one in the centre of Bath and one in the rural setting of Radstock.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Halesowen College	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	378 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Here for outstanding learning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Lewisham College And Southwark College	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	349 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lewisham College and Southwark College are both part of NCG - one of the largest education groups in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Brighton MET	Partial evidence	Brighton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	335 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A diverse, vibrant college set across two specialist campuses – Central Brighton and East Brighton – you’ll have a wide variety of vocational options available to you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	North Lindsey College	Partial evidence	Scunthorpe, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	328 contacts →
	Partial evidence “North Lindsey College is a vocational college providing learning and development to young people, adults and employers in the Yorkshire and Humber Region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Basingstoke College Of Technology	Partial evidence	Basingstoke, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	296 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) is a dynamic college with industry-standard facilities in a large campus in Basingstoke.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Chesterfield College	Partial evidence	Chesterfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	277 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Chesterfield College is a highly successful and vibrant College based in North Derbyshire with excellent pass rates and high student success levels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	City Of Westminster College	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	268 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Central London's Top Vocational College.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Bury College	Partial evidence	Bury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	266 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Bury College we aim to provide you with the best possible student experience, offering high quality academic and vocational programmes in a host of subjects and giving you…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Reading College	Strong evidence	Reading, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	213 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Reading College provides career-focused education for school leavers and adults in Berkshire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Lancaster & Morecambe College	Indirect evidence	Lancaster, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	209 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Whether you are looking to go to university, gain practical skills for use in the workplace, or simply further your knowledge, LMC can help you achieve your full potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Lakes College	Partial evidence	Workington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	198 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Lakes College is a fantastic place to study.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Northbrook College	Partial evidence	Worthing, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	186 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Northbrook College, your imagination is the only limit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: career colleges. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names career colleges.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of career colleges, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name career colleges. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Career colleges based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

34.2%Verified-email coverage

122.8Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

32.9%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 140 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among career colleges, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “career colleges”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names career colleges), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among career colleges, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,883 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Career colleges by metro

Career colleges in London46

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names career colleges, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many career colleges are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 140 career colleges headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Middlesex University, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most career colleges?

London leads with 46 headquartered companies, followed by Bromley (4) and Manchester (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,883 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 140 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.