Bexley College
The College was opened as a Technical Institute in 1907 and was known as Erith Technical Institute. That Institute grew and developed into a College and just before the Second World War it was recognised by the University of London for an external Degree course in Engineering.
From a full time staff of 12 in 1952 the College has grown to a full/part time staff of around 400 with 4,000 students in attendance on a range of courses.
In 1971 the College moved to new premises in Tower Road. In 1993 the College was incorporated and renamed Bexley College. New workshops providing electrical, plumbing, welding, brickwork and carpentry facilities have recently been provided at the Holly Hill Campus.
The Redcliffe Campus provides an excellent childcare facility which staff and students may utilise.
Bexley College is the only Further Education College in the London Borough of Bexley and recruits 81% of its students from the postal areas of Dartford and SE London, and the surrounding areas of Kent, Thamesmead Town and Greenwich. It is committed to meeting the needs of its community and has a diverse and harmonious mix.
We invite you to become a part of that process: in doing so you will be contributing to the development of the College as well as to your own personal success.
The Borough
Bexley is in the south-east of the Greater London area where it borders with Kent. The Borough has a five-mile frontage onto the River Thames in the north and spreads southwards for up to seven miles where it meets the London Borough of Bromley. Much of the Borough is residential, having been extensively developed.
The main London-Dover Road (A2) runs west-east through the middle of the Borough and the area has many railway services from north Kent to London.
The principal centres in the Borough are Bexleyheath, Crayford, Erith, Sidcup and Welling.
Bexleyheath is the strategic centre, which is in the middle of the Borough, close to the A2, and has been developed as the focal point for shopping, transport and leisure. There is a large Central Library, Sports Centre and a major shopping centre in Bexleyheath.
In addition to a number of other hotels in the area the Marriott Hotel and Holiday Inn at Bexleyheath provide hotel and conference facilities. IN addition the extensive and renown shopping centres at Lakeside in Essex and Bluewater near Greenhithe are both within easy reach by car and public transport.
The Borough's population is evenly dispersed throughout the area. There is, in the areas of Crayford and Thamesmead, some small concentration of Asian ethnic groups which the College works to assist. Many of the Borough's residents work in inner London, although there is substantial local industry in the north of the Borough at Erith and Crayford and in the southern outskirts of Sidcup.
PENSIONS
1. THE BASIC STATE (“OLD AGE”) PENSION
Basic provision for retirement is acquired by all employees who pay compulsory National Insurance contributions. This is the flat-rate or basic component of the State Pension and may be paid from age 65.
2. ADDITIONS TO BASIC STATE PENSION FROM 6 APRIL 1988
The method of providing for additional retirement benefits is entirely the personal choice of individual employees. Brief details of available alternative and suggested sources of further details information are shown below:
2.1 The State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (Serps)
An additional component of the State Pension is acquired in respect of National Insurance contributions paid on earnings between the “lower” and “upper” earnings limits. This additional pension is calculated by reference to life time average earnings suitably revalued in accordance with changes in national earnings levels over the employee’s working life.
Further information is available from the offices of the Department for Work and Pensions.
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2.2 Personal Pensions (From July 1988)
Facilities are available from a wide range of financial institutions which enable personal funds to be accumulated to provide pension benefits. National Insurance contributions on earnings between the lower and upper earnings limit can be paid by the Department of Health & Social Security to your personal fund instead of into the S.E.R.P.S. Additional employee contributions can also be made direct to the provider of the Personal Pension. Further information is available from Life Assurance Companies, Friendly Societies, Banks and Building Societies
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2.3 For Teaching Staff: Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS)
The Teachers Pension Fund provides pension and other benefits (i.e. death in service benefits, widows and children’s pensions, ill heath and redundancy pension) for those employees who contribute to it based on the length of their pensionable service and other factors. Further information is available from Payroll Services, Bexley College, Tower Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 6JA
2.4 For Non-Teaching Staff: The London Pension Fund Authority Scheme (LPFA)
Bexley College subscribes to the Local Government Pension Scheme administered by Bexley Council. This Fund provides pension and other benefits (i.e. death in service benefits, widows and children’s pensions, ill heath and redundancy pension) for those employees who contribute to it based on the length of their pensionable service and other factors. Further information is available from Payroll Services, Bexley College, Tower Road, Belvedere, Kent, DA17 5JA.
The College campus is based at Tower Road, Belvedere with the Construction campus based at Holly Hill Road, Belvedere