DfE number 213/8046 Ofsted Reports Founded 1 August 2005 | DfE URN 135800 Tables Phone +44 20 7307 2345 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
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Established 1 August 2005 (2005-08-01) Type vocational training college Location 15 Gresse Street
London W1T 1QL
United Kingdom Address 15 Gresse St, Fitzrovia, London W1T 1QL, UK Similar London College of Fashion, Fashion and Retail Personne, School of Fashion & Design L, Regent's University London, Morley College | ||
The Fashion Retail Academy is a vocational training college in the Tottenham Court Road area of London, England.
It was founded as a National Skills Academy in 2005, with government funding and a contribution of £5 million:126 or £12 million:119 from Philip Green, chairman of the Arcadia Group. It opened in 2006 with about 200 students. It trains people to work in clothes retailing. Students spend approximately equal amounts of time studying in the classroom and gaining work experience on the shop-floor.:126
Fashion Retail Academy is listed as a "listed body" on the UK Government website, meaning that it cannot award degrees; students at a listed body may receive their degrees from a "recognised body", one authorised to award degrees.
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