College of West Anglia

The College of West Anglia (often abbreviated to CoWA or CWA) is a four-campus college of further and higher education in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, England. The college has three campuses, located in King's Lynn, Milton and Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, as well as a sports campus at Alive Lynnsport in King's Lynn. The college has approximately 7,400 students and 750 staff.

The College of West Anglia
Former names
King's Lynn Technical School
Norfolk College of Arts and Technology
Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Isle College
MottoChanging lives through learning
Established1894
PrincipalDavid Pomfret
Students7,400
Location
King's Lynn in Norfolk, Wisbech and Milton in Cambridgeshire
,
United Kingdom
Websitecwa.ac.uk

The college is the result of mergers of smaller colleges. King's Lynn Technical School (founded in 1894), King's Lynn, Norfolk. A merger with the Cambridgeshire College of Agriculture and Horticulture to form the College of West Anglia in 1998. A merger with the Isle College, Wisbech (founded Isle of Ely, 1955), Cambridgeshire in 2006, retaining the College of West Anglia name.

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