South Cheshire College
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| Established | 1968 |
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| Type | Further Education College |
| Principal | Peter Swift |
| Location | Dane Bank Avenue Crewe Cheshire CW2 8AB England  England |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| DfE URN | 130619 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Ages | 16+ |
| Website | www.s-cheshire.ac.uk |
Coordinates: 53°05′16″N 2°27′13″W / 53.087653°N 2.453475°W
South Cheshire College is a further education college, located in Crewe, England. The College is a single campus situated in a residential area about one mile from Crewe town center. The College is the sole provider of post-16 education in Crewe. It also attracts students from Nantwich, Alsager, Middlewich, Sandbach, Congleton and throughout South and East Cheshire. The College also provides courses for adults at a range of centres, including high street locations in Middlewich and Congleton.[1]
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[edit] History
South Cheshire College opened in 1966 and was officially opened by the Queen Mother in 1968. The engineers were the first to enter the College with one of the students being Tom Binkley who up until October 2009 when he retired was an engineering lecturer at the College.[citation needed]
The main structure is seven floors high with a different department on each floor. The College is open from 08:00 until 21:00. Bus services are available to people living out of Crewe and there are local train and bus services close to the main College building. The College offers a large number of courses and is renowned for the lectures in its engineering department. The College offers the following subjects with hundreds of courses to choose from:
- A Levels
- Business and Administration
- Community Learning
- Construction
- Engineering, Technology and Manufacturing
- English, Languages and Communication
- Hairdressing, Beauty and Holistic Therapies
- Health and Social Care
- Hospitality and Catering
- Humanities
- Information and Communication Technology
- Management and Professional
- Performing Arts
- Science and Mathematics
- Sport and Leisure
- Travel and Tourism
- Visual Arts and Media
The College is a twenty-minute walk from Crewe railway station, and on the main road through Crewe, Nantwich Road, which has many buses running. The College is also a twenty-minute walk from Crewe Town Centre.
[edit] Future of the College
In 2006 plans were drawn and agreed upon by the governors of the College, and a new modern campus is to be built on the same site but located differently. All buildings currently in place are to be replaced, and the current main car park and some green land at the current front of the College is to be sold for housing development.
Plans for the new campus can be seen on the College's website.
The new campus was completed in September 2010, ready to open its doors to incoming students. As of October 2010, the demolition of the old campus is on hold due to the discovery of asbestos.
[edit] College Facilities
The College offers a range of services to students, and to local residents and schools. Such examples are:
- Restaurant at Dane Bank
- Dane Bank Theatre
- The Fitness Academy
- Starting Point Nursery
- Inspirations Hair, Beauty and Holistic Therapies Salon
- Dane Bank Travel Centre
[edit] Awards
The College has received numerous awards [2], including coming top in the 2004 Ofsted report[3].
[edit] References
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