South Cheshire College

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South Cheshire College

Established	1968
Type	Further Education College
President	Dr David Collins
Location	Dane Bank Avenue Crewe Cheshire CW2 8AB England
LEA	Cheshire County Council
Ofsted number	130619
Ages	16+
Website	South Cheshire College
Coordinates: 53°05′16″N 2°27′13″W / 53.087653, -2.453475

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]

1 History
2 Future of the College
3 College Facilities
4 Awards
5 References

[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 is now an engineering lecturer at the College.

The main structure is 7 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 renown 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

South Cheshire College panorama - rear view

The College is a ten 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.

Work is due to begin in Spring 2008 and completed for opening in September 2010^[2]