There are other sites and further affiliated outreach venues in the Mansfield and Ashfield area and the largely urban corridor along the M1 motorway route between the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

The programmes include the majority of 'A' Level courses, access to higher education,[4] and vocational apprenticeships which include bricklaying, plumbing, carpentry, gas fitting, painting and decorating, construction management, driving passenger vehicles, forklift truck driving and railway engineering.

The college has a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status for engineering, specialised construction, logistics and care.

The Engineering Innovation Centre at Sutton-in-Ashfield is a specialist hub for students of mechanical and electrical engineering and motor vehicle maintenance at various levels After approval by local planning department in 2015,[16] a £6.5 million dedicated new building on the Derby Road site was constructed in 2016 to better-enable higher education provision.

[17][18][19] A collaboration with Nottingham Trent University has enabled the College to offer foundation degree courses in several academic, health and technological sectors.

The school was officially opened in 2014 by Lord Karan Bilimoria,[27] and had three principals until its closure in 2017,[26][28][29] after an Ofsted report criticising its performance as inadequate in all areas except one, and with pupil numbers falling.

[34][35][36][37] In early 2019, the college confirmed that senior staff were no longer issued with corporate credit cards after the former principal was reported to have claimed in excess of £41K expenses over a three-year period.

[38][39] In 2009, college principal Asha Khemka established the Inspire & Achieve Foundation, a registered charity to improve the prospects of young people from regeneration areas such as Mansfield.

[41] Khemka resigned with immediate effect on 1 October 2018 following a special meeting with the board of governors of the college, which experienced financial difficulties during 2018.