City College Norwich Principal

: Jed Keenan; College Principals; 22 July 2024; Hits: 1452

City College Norwich

Principal

Principal

Jerry White

Jerry White Norfolk born and bred, Jerry began his professional career in Kent as a university lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, specialising in Sport and Exercise Psychology and the Sociology of Sport. In this role he worked not only with undergraduate and masters students, but also with elite and professional sports people and junior sports teams.

Following a return to Norfolk in 2002 he held a number of roles within the Norfolk County Council's Adult Education Service.

In 2009 Jerry joined City College Norwich, was Deputy Principal from 2012 and became Principal and Chief Executive Officer in 2022.

Jerry holds a number of Board memberships including serving on Norwich City Council Towns Deal Board, the Productivity East External Board and being a Senator of the University of East Anglia. Jerry is the FE representative on the Children and Young People Strategic Alliance (CYPSA) for Norfolk.

As a sector leader, Jerry chair’s the Association of College’s national Policy Group for Teaching and Learning and is also the FE representative on the Executive Group for the Network for East Anglian Collaborative Outreach (neaco, part of the UniConnect programme), facilitating communication with the college sector for the project.

Jerry served as a school governor for over a decade at primary and secondary school levels including serving as a Governor of the University Technical College Norfolk.

Jerry holds a Non-Executive Director’s position with the company RCU Ltd, which provides data analysis services to Further and Higher Education institutions and organisations.

Previous Principals/CEOs

Corrienne Peasgood

Corrienne Peasgood took up her role as Principal of City College Norwich in September 2012, in the latest phase of a career that has taken her from the plumbing workshops to the boardroom.

She has a clear vision of the type of educational environment that will provide not only the best opportunities for students, but also the right conditions for the whole College to develop. This broad perspective has become the signature for her approach to management.

We have changed from thinking of ourselves as ‘your college’ to ‘our college’, where everyone has a stake in the unique model of teaching and learning that works for them. This may seem a small step, but we’re laying the building blocks for success and the benefits are already being seen.

This insight comes from a career which has combined working with learning at every stage. By the age of 21, Corrienne had completed an apprenticeship and taken on the running of her family business in plumbing and heating. The opportunity came to run a part-time course in plumbing for City College, a post which led to a full-time lectureship, then progression into management and an insight into many different departments within the College. Now at the helm, her commitment to continued development is reflected in the way the organisation is evolving.

I could not lead a learning institution without taking every opportunity to learn myself. A college does not just provide learning: it needs to really illustrate that every part of the organisation progresses by learning together. I hear myself starting to talk differently, the tone of my voice lifts, when we are planning exciting new programmes because this is what makes a difference to students.

Now leading the College into its new role within the Transforming Education in Norfolk (TEN) Group, Corrienne is looking forward to maintaining the position the College has achieved at the forefront of educational innovation.

We are working hard, both in our own right and in strong partnership with organisations regionally and nationally, to get one step ahead of the economic challenges we are all facing. That means that students that leave us will rightly be able to claim not just to have a certificate, but also to be experienced and adaptable individuals who are ready to find success.

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