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{{Infobox school
| name = Ada, the National College for Digital Skills
| logo = Ada, the National College for Digital Skills Logo.png
| established = 2016
| fees = free<ref>{{cite web|title=Ada's aims of accessible education|url=https://www.ada.ac.uk/admissions#:~:text=We%20want%20to%20remove%20the%20glass%20ceiling%20for%20women%20and%20individuals%20from%20low%2Dincome%20backgrounds%20in%20the%20tech%20industry.|access-date=10 December 2023|work=Ofsted}}</ref>
| website = {{url|www.ada.ac.uk}}
| founder = Mark Smith and Tom Fogden<ref>{{cite web |title=THE ADA STORY HOW WE CAME TO BE |url=https://www.ada.ac.uk/the-ada-story/ |website=Ada. National College for Digital Skills |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=How Ada aims to fill Britain's digital skills gap from Tottenham Hale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2016/aug/19/how-ada-aims-to-fill-britains-digital-skills-gap-from-tottenham-hale |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Whittaker |first1=Freddie |title=Digital skills duo told to drop Code College title |url=https://feweek.co.uk/2015/01/26/digital-skills-duo-told-to-drop-code-college-title/ |accessdate=27 February 2019 |agency=FE Week |date=26 January 2015}}</ref>▼
| lastupdate = 12/01/24
▲ | founder = Mark Smith and Tom Fogden<ref>{{cite web |title=THE ADA STORY HOW WE CAME TO BE |url=https://www.ada.ac.uk/
| authority = City Of Westminster
| head_label = CEO
| key_people = Mark Campbell, Lazaros Vastazos, Ryan Manning, Neelu Vasishth <ref>{{citation |title=Staff at Ada |url=https://www.ada.ac.uk/people |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
| chair = Tiffany Hall
| principal = Tina Götschi
| address =
| postcode =
| coordinates = 51.4893° N, 0.1473° W
| city = London
| motto = Think. Create. Develop. With Ada.
| enrollment = 176 (2018)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50038548|title=Ada National College for Digital Skills|access-date=21 March 2023|work=Ofsted}}</ref>
}}
'''Ada, the National College for Digital Skills
== History ==
The [[Prime minister|Prime Minister]] announced the formation of Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, in 2014 in a move to open five new National Colleges in crucial industries.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-confirms-80-million-for-national-colleges-to-deliver-the-workforce-of-tomorrow|title=Government confirms £80 million for National Colleges to deliver the workforce of tomorrow - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-08-01}}</ref> The National Colleges have a mission to work designing the curriculum with employers “to produce the skills needed now and into the future to ensure the UK remains innovative and at the forefront of pioneering industry.”<ref name=":2" />
Ada was founded by Mark Smith and Tom Fogden, both of the inaugural [[Teach First]] cohort which aims to get talented teachers into classrooms in low income areas.<ref name="Editor"/> Previously Smith assisted [[Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis|Lord Adonis]] writing his
[[Bank of America Merrill Lynch]], [[Gamesys]], [[Deloitte|Deloitte Digital]], [[IBM]], [[King (company)|King]] and the [[Aldridge Foundation]] are the colleges founding partners. Capital Funding is supplied by [[Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy|BEIS]], the [[Greater London Authority|GLA]] and [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey Council]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://ada.ac.uk/founding-partners/|title=Ada College Partners}}</ref>
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By 2028 Ada will have educated 10,000 young people nationwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/future-shapers-awards-winners-2019-668394|title=Meet the Future Shapers of 2019 who are inspiring women worldwide|last=Goddard|first=Sophie|date=2019-09-19|website=Marie Claire|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> There will be an ongoing cohort of 1,500 per annum in London and plans in place for a campus outside London.<ref name=":4" />
== Recognition ==
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Ada, in partnership with Bank of America, won an award{{vague|date=July 2023}} for "Promoting Opportunity" through social mobility in May 2023.
Ada were honoured with the first ever "King's Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity" (through social mobility). Ada were one of 148 organisations nationally to be recognised with the award. The achievement follows a partnership with Bank of America to deliver outreach and additional services which recruit and support young people from underrepresented groups into Ada's [[sixth form]] and Digital Degree Apprenticeship education programmes and onto careers in technology.
== Provision ==
The College opened its
== References ==
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