Overall the total number of staff at the College rose by 21.9 full time equivalents (FTEs) to 476.5 between 31st July 2000 and 31st July 2001.

The gender balance of the College's staff has remained largely unchanged at 38.1% male to 61.9% female and is in line with the FE sector figures (39% and 61%). These figures mask the variance between males and females in the different work groups. These are for support staff 28.5% male, 71.5% female, for managers 50.1% male and 49.9% female, and for lecturers 49.8% male and 50.2% female.

The majority of staff is aged between 41 to 50, with the average age being 43. These staff bring a wealth of life experience and a broad range of expertise to the College.

The percentage of ethnic minority employees in the College workforce is 1.6% which reflects the percentage of ethnic minority people in the Wakefield District.

The College has a sickness absence rate of 3.7% which is low for the public sector (4.8% for local government - MCIPD National Survey of Sickness Absence, June 2001). The staff turnover rate is 3.2% for lecturers and 5.5% for support staff, which compares very favourably with the sector averages of 10% and 14% respectively.