The Textile Centre of Excellence is a private, not for profit Group Training Association providing training across a range of industries and sectors. The Centre has a Board of non-Executive Directors who own and run textile manufacturing and processing businesses.
The Centre employs a team of tutors, assessors, conferencing and office staff who oversee a wide range of professional and technical training programmes delivered to meet the needs of companies and individual learners.
A growing range of DfE/Ofsted approved Apprenticeship programmes are delivered both on company premises and at the Centre’s training facility in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. In 2021 the Centre was judged by Ofsted as being ‘a Good provider with a number of Outstanding features’.
The Centre works closely with a wide range of local and national partner organisations including Sector bodies, Councils, Combined Authorities, Schools, Colleges and Universities to develop and deliver the skills the sector needs and to drive industry-based research activities in key areas.
We are thrilled to announce that in September 2023, the Textile Centre of Excellence moved to a new location! Our new office is the former school building in Outlane, Huddersfield. This building has been transformed into a training and conferencing facility, fashion studio and open plan office space.
