Barking & Dagenham College is a large further education college with approximately 12,500 students (of which 9000 are 19+ and 3,500 are age 16 – 18) located in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in Dagenham, East London, England. The Acting Principal/CEO is Yvonne Kelly, who has taken over from Cathy Walsh OBE. Cathy joined the College in September 2008. Cathy received her OBE in 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours and it was presented to her by HRH The Prince of Wales.