Runshaw College

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Runshaw College
Established	1974
Type	General Further Education College
Headteacher	Mr Michael Sheehan
Location	Langdale Road Leyland Lancashire PR25 3DQ England
LEA	Lancashire County Council
Ofsted number	130741
Staff	800+
Students	4,000+
Gender	Mixed
Ages	16+
Website	Runshaw College Website
Coordinates: 53°40′51″N 2°41′21″W / 53.6809, -2.6892

Runshaw College is a further and higher education college based in Leyland, Lancashire, England. Its main campus in Leyland is a sixth form college catering for 16-19 students. It also has two centres in Chorley borough. The Euxton Lane campus is the centre for adult and higher education. It also hosts the Runshaw Business Centre, meeting the needs of local small and medium sized enterprises, and Runshaw Training offering apprenticeships and vocational training. Runshaw's third campus, in Chorley town centre, specialises in hairdressing, beauty and holistics.

The college had an outstanding Ofsted inspection report in 2005.^[1]

[edit] History

Runshaw was founded when the sixth forms of Parklands High School and Balshaws High School were amalgamated in 1974 to make a sixth form college primarily serving the boroughs of South Ribble and Chorley. The college has achieved awards for excellence: it won the UK EFQM Quality Award for Excellence in 2002 and, the following year, it won the European Award, the prize presented by the President of Finland in Helsinki. It became one of the government's Beacon Colleges in 2006.

[edit] Former students

These include Kevin Simm and Jessica Taylor of Liberty X, actor Michael Dixon (who in 2006 played Chris Pitcher in Coronation Street), actor/comedian John Thomson and actress Samantha Robinson who has appeared in two ITV Drama Premiers and in an episode of Shameless.

Other notable ex-Runshaw students are footballers David Unsworth and Tom Cahill, Lancashire and England 'A' cricketer Tom Smith and the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, Tim Farron. Amanda Roocroft, international opera star and winner of a Laurence Olivier Award, was an A level student at Runshaw. The college's theatre is named after her. Former New Labour spin doctor, Derek Draper, was also a student and helped to set up the College's Students' Union. Runshaw is the only state school or college to provide two presidents of the Cambridge Students' Union, Pav Ahktar and Laura Walsh. Also the actor Joseph Gilgun from the 2006 film "This Is England" attended Runshaw College.

The majority of the cast and crew from the locally produced movie Displaced ^[2] (2007, Skylandian Pictures) attended Runshaw College.

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v • d • e Schools in Chorley

Comprehensive schools	Albany Science College • Bishop Rawstorne CofE Language College • Holy Cross Catholic High School • Parklands High School • Southlands High School • St Michael's CofE High School

Primary schools	Abbey Village Primary School • Adlington Primary School • All Saints' CofE Primary School, Chorley • Anderton Primary School • Balshaw Lane Community Primary School, Euxton • Bretherton Endowed CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School • Buckshaw Primary School • Christ Church CofE Primary School, Charnock Richard • Clayton Brook Primary School • Clayton-le-Woods CofE Primary School • Coppull Parish CofE Primary School • Coppull Primary School • Duke Street Primary School, Chorley • Eccleston Primary School • Euxton CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School • Gillibrand Primary School, Chorley • Gregson Lane Primary School, Brindle • Highfield Primary School, Chorley • Lancaster Lane Community Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods • Manor Road Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods • Pemberton's CofE Primary School, Heskin • Primrose Hill Primary School, Euxton • Rivington (Voluntary Aided) Primary School • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Chorley • SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, Mawdesley • St Bede's RC Primary School, Clayton Green • St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Whittle-le-Woods • St George's CofE Primary School, Chorley • St James' CofE Primary School, Chorley • St James' CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Brindle • St John's CofE/Methodist Primary School, Brinscall • St John's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, Coppull • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Anderton • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chorley • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hoghton • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Withnell • St Laurence CofE Primary School, Chorley • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Chorley • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Euxton • St Mary's CofE Primary School, Eccleston • St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Coppull • St Paul's CofE Primary School, Anderton • St Peter's CofE Primary School, Chorley • St Peter's CofE Primary School, Mawdesley • Trinity & St Michael's CofE/Methodist Primary School, Croston • Westwood Primary School, Clayton-le-Woods • Whittle-le-Woods CofE Primary School • Withnell Fold Primary School

Special schools	Astley Park School • Mayfield School

Independent schools	Bennett House School • Westmorland School

Further education	Runshaw College