The Greenwich College story begins in January 2000 when Michael Ratcliff and Simon Cavell established their first English Language Centre in Osaka, Japan. They opened their first school in a restored 1920´s warehouse beside the lower reaches of the Yodo River. The school, which still flourishes today, specialises in teaching children and young adults and now has branches in Osaka, Toyonaka and Oyodo.

In 2005 they founded Greenwich College Sydney. Their goal was to build a high quality college offering courses in Vocational Training and English. They brought with them the combined experience of more than 30 years teaching, training and managing learning centers. Since its inception Greenwich College has been able to expand and grow in the Sydney, attracting dozens of new students every month and expanding its premises several times to cater for this demand.
The college has been able to grow by focusing on people, ensuring that their students receive first rate courses with all the support needed to thrive; and by attracting outstanding teachers, trainers and staff. These aims are reflected in the College Mission statement:

Greenwich College aims to provide a high quality learning experience for its students through the provision of first rate programs, teaching and services.
Key values of Greenwich College are:

• To focus on the educational needs of our students at all times
• To create a supportive, enjoyable environment for students and staff
• To employ highly capable, motivated teachers and staff
• To provide a wide range of services for our students including: work, accommodation and counseling.

• Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET)
• National ELT Accreditation Scheme (NEAS)
• NSW Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board (VETAB)

What is ACPET ?

The national industry association for independent providers of post-compulsory education and training, for Australian and international students, including:

• Higher Education
• Vocational Education and Training
• English Language Courses
• Senior Secondary Studies
• Foundation Studies

The ACPET Mission is to:

Enhance quality, choice, innovation and diversity in Australian education and training for individual, national and global development. Work pro-actively and co-operatively with government, education and training providers, industry and community organisations, in order to ensure that vocational and higher education and training services provide choice and diversity, and well-targeted, appropriately delivered courses which are widely accessible and of high quality.

Our role:

The broad aim of NEAS is to establish and uphold high standards of service provision in English Language Teaching.

The purpose of the scheme is:

• to set standards of quality in the provision of ELT programs and related services
• to provide a professional judgment as to whether ELT centres meet and continue to meet those standards

In achieving our purpose, NEAS is:

• Rigorous in its audit regime so as to sustain high levels of delivery of English language teaching;
• Supportive of the industry through maintaining a role of offering external continual improvement advice to ELT centres;
• Co-operative in its dealings with industry and government representatives when working to the benefit of the industry and its key beneficiaries, the students studying English;
• Open in its willingness to learn and participate in the future of the industry and open to reviews and evaluations of its own operations.

NEAS also aims to develop quality in service provision of ELT centres by taking a professional development role in the ELT sector. Information sessions are at times offered by NEAS which are aimed at raising awareness of quality issues in ELT, and NEAS convenes an annual national conference for the benefit of ELT managers. This conference focuses on management issues typically facing ELT managers, with the content based on the needs of the participants.

VETAB Mission Statement:

VETAB’s mission is to foster vocational education and training of the highest possible quality and with the widest possible community access, through a firm commitment to excellence, integrity and partnership. VETAB is committed to providing the highest quality services to all our customers.

VETAB’s main functions are:

• to register training organisations;
• to accredit vocational courses;
• to approve persons to provide courses for overseas students;
• to advise the Minister, liaise with authorities (both in NSW and elsewhere) and investigate and report on matters relating to these registration, accreditation and approval functions.

These are outlined in the Vocational Education and Training Act 2005 (the VET Act). The Act replaced the Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Act 1990 on 26 April 2006. These functions are supported by staff within the Quality Assurance Services Directorate of the NSW Department of Education and Training.

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