Bishop Auckland College is a small general further education college serving County Durham and parts of Darlington. The college provides education programmes for young people, adult learning programmes and apprenticeships across a broad range of vocational subjects. The college also has programmes for students with high needs and for full-time students aged 14 to 16. At the time of the inspection, there were 652 students on education programmes for young people including 54 aged 14 to 16. The college provides T levels for a small number of students. There were 454 students on adult learning programmes, 100 apprentices and 54 students with high needs. In addition to the main college campus in Bishop Auckland, leaders offer plumbing apprenticeships at their South West Durham Training Centre in Newton Aycliffe. Leaders work with one subcontractor, Gem Partnership Limited, which provides employer-based training for adults.