Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College has one site which is located close to central Birmingham and is the only sixth-form college in the city. Most learners who attend the college come from local areas of significant deprivation and a very high proportion of learners are from ethnic minority backgrounds where English is not the first language spoken at home. The sixth-form college provides academic and vocational courses ranging from entry level to level 3. These include education programmes for young people, adult learning programmes and provision for learners with high needs. At the time of the inspection, there were 2,375 learners on education programmes for young people on a range of academic and vocational courses. Fourteen of these learners qualified for high-needs funding. The largest subject areas were in science, mathematics and statistics, business management, sociology and social policy. There were 790 adult learners studying on part-time courses. Most adult learners study on English language and vocational English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) courses. The college was using one subcontractor.