Bolton Sixth Form College

Bolton Sixth Form College is a further education college for students aged 16 and higher and is located in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

Bolton Sixth Form College
Established1982
Administrative staff
32
Students1700
Location
Bolton
,
England, UK
Websitewww.bolton-sfc.ac.uk

Overview

Bolton Sixth Form College is the largest further education college in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. The college has around 1700 full-time students.

History

This college is the result of the merger of Bolton North and Bolton South Colleges in the late 1990s to form a single Sixth Form College. Today the college is located on Deane Road in Bolton.[1] This campus opened in September 2010 and replaced the former North campus, which was situated on Smithills Dean Road. The college also previously had a second campus located on Queen Street in Farnworth. This campus opened in July 2008 and replaced the former South campus on Lever Edge Lane in Daubhill. However the college closed its Farnworth Campus in September 2014.[2]

Notable alumni
  • Sajid Mahmood, Lancashire and England cricketer
  • Clive Myrie, BBC newsreader
  • Rebecca Royle, Educating Greater Manchester Star
  • Matthew Walton, Clarinet Virtuoso
  • Chelci Hayes, Educating Greater Manchester Star
  • Paris Hayes, Youngest Parliamentary Candidate in Bolton and Political Activist

References
  1. How To Find Us Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Bolton Sixth Form College. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  2. "Bolton Sixth Form College to close its Farnworth Campus". BBC. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.


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