Calderdale College

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Calderdale College
Location	Francis Street Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 3UZ England Coordinates: 53°43′14″N 1°52′28″W / 53.72049°N 1.87446°W / 53.72049; -1.87446
Website	Official website

Calderdale College is a further and higher education college based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

Calderdale College is the largest provider of further education (post-16) courses and work-based learning (Apprenticeships) and the sole provider of higher education awards in Calderdale, a Metropolitan Borough in West Yorkshire.

History - The Foundation Stone for Halifax Technical College was laid on 23 May 1893 and classes began in 1896* in one laboratory, a weaving shed, and various classrooms. There were 1000 students, 23 part-time teachers and one full-time teacher plus, presumably, a Principal. Halifax Technical College offered courses in textiles, engineering, chemistry, commerce and ‘women’s work’. Note : Halifax Technical College was formed from a Halifax Mechanics Institute (1825) and a Halifax School of Art (Queens Road)(1859). It will be 120 years of Halifax Technical College/Percival Whitley College (from 1957)/Calderdale College (from 1988) in 2016.

External links

Official website

v t e Universities and colleges in Yorkshire and the Humber

Universities	BPP Bradford Huddersfield Hull Law Leeds Leeds Metropolitan Leeds Trinity Sheffield Sheffield Hallam York York St John

Further Education colleges	Askham Bryan Barnsley Bishop Burton Bradford Calderdale Craven Dearne Valley Doncaster East Riding Grimsby Hull Kirklees Leeds Art Leeds Building Leeds City Leeds Music Northern North Lindsey Rotherham Selby Sheffield Shipley Wakefield York Yorkshire Coast

Sixth form colleges	Franklin Greenhead Huddersfield New John Leggott Longley Park NEW Notre Dame Scarborough Thomas Rotherham Wilberforce Wyke

v t e Schools in Calderdale

Non-selective	Brighouse High School The Brooksbank School Calder High School Halifax High School Hipperholme & Lightcliffe School Rastrick High School Ryburn Valley High School Sowerby Bridge High School Todmorden High School Trinity Academy

Grammar	Crossley Heath School North Halifax Grammar School

Special	William Henry Smith School

Independent	Hipperholme Grammar School Rastrick Independent School Rishworth School

Further education	Calderdale College

Defunct	Heath Grammar School The Ridings School St Catherine's RC High School

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