Birkenhead Sixth Form College

Birkenhead Sixth Form College
College logo since 2013
Type Sixth form college
Established 1988
Principal Mike Kilbride
Deputy principal Robert Myatt
Location Park Road West, Claughton, Birkenhead, CH43 8SQ
England
Website http://www.bsfc.ac.uk

Birkenhead Sixth Form College specialises in A Level & BTEC education and is rated as 'Outstanding' by Ofsted. In February 2018, TES FE Awards named the College 'Sixth Form College of the Year'. It is Wirral’s only specialist sixth form college and is one of just 94 specialist sixth form colleges across England. It is also the only sixth form college in Wirral with teachers that are specialists in A-Level provision.

Government performance league tables placed Birkenhead Sixth Form College as the best in Wirral for A Levels in terms of students' progress.

Location

Birkenhead Sixth Form College is situated in Claughton Village, near Birkenhead Park on the Wirral peninsula within the county of Merseyside. The College is easily reached by road and rail; Birkenhead Park railway station is situated nearby and a variety of local bus routes serve the area.

Facilities

Birkenhead Sixth Form College underwent a £3.5 million refurbishment which was completed in 2014.[1] This saw the addition of:

  • New School of Art and Design
  • New Humanities building
  • New Science Laboratories
  • New Learning Support area
  • 8SQ
  • New Reception and frontage

The refurbishment was led by Rachel Clegg, a former student of Birkenhead Sixth Form College who is now a practising Architect.

References

  1. ↑ "Birkenhead Sixth Form College". sixthformcolleges.org. Retrieved 2016-10-09.

Coordinates: 53°23′42″N 3°03′17″W / 53.3949°N 3.0547°W / 53.3949; -3.0547


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