Rother Valley College

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Rother Valley College (or RVC) is the former name of a college of further education in Dinnington, South Yorkshire, England. It takes its name from the Rother Valley which lies about five miles to the west, although the college does lie in the parliamentary constituency of the same name.

The clock-towered building was built as a mining college by the Dinnington Colliery Company, and was opened in 1928 as the Chelmsford Mining and Technical Institute. By the turn of the 1960s it was known as Dinnington Technical College, and later adopted the name Rother Valley College.

The campus includes a small livestock farm, and is partially on land acquired from the now demolished Throapham Manor.

In the 1950s, the college offered a secondary technical programme. This aspect of the college was spun off in 1963, merging with the neighbouring secondary modern school to create Dinnington High School.

On 1 August 2004, the college formally merged with the Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (RCAT) in Rotherham, in an effort to increase courses and improve facilities. The college is now called Rotherham College of Arts and Technology - Rother Valley Campus.