Hull College
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Not to be confused with Hull Municipal Training College (later Hull College of Education)

Hull College is a further education
Further education
Further education is a term mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is post-compulsory education , that is distinct from the education offered in universities...

 College in Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

, England
England
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. The enrollment of around 28,000
students (2005/06) makes it one of the largest schools of its type in the United Kingdom. In addition to its four major centres in Queen's Gardens, Park Street, Cannon Street, and the Kingston Communications Stadium, it also operates a centre 30 miles away in Goole
Goole
Goole is a town, civil parish and port located approximately inland on the confluence of the rivers Don and Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England...

, and in a further 30 locations around Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

.

Following a 2008 inspection, an Ofsted report awarded the college a Grade 1 (outstanding). The college is a member of the 157 Group
157 Group
The 157 Group is a group of 28 colleges of further education in England. The group was established in 2006 with an aim of promoting and maintaining high standards of education and management for this type of college...

of high performing schools.

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