Hugh Baird College

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Hugh Baird College

Motto	To improve life, job and business prospects through excellent education, training and support.
Established	1891 (1891)
Type	Further Education College
Principal	Yana Williams
Academic staff	250
Admin. staff	250
Students	7000
Location	Bootle, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom 53°26′42″N 2°59′22″W / 53.445080°N 2.9894190°W / 53.445080; -2.9894190Coordinates: 53°26′42″N 2°59′22″W / 53.445080°N 2.9894190°W / 53.445080; -2.9894190
Website	www.hughbaird.ac.uk

Hugh Baird College is a further education College situated in Bootle, Merseyside, England. It is one of the largest providers of education and training in the area, delivering over 300 courses to more than 7,000 students. The college offers courses from Entry Level to Level 3, A Levels, apprenticeships and university level courses and degrees.

The campus

The Balliol Centre serves the majority of the college's students as the main building with 7 floors, including the main reception and 'The Pod' student advice centre. The Pembroke Centre specialises in the training of vocational courses for the Construction and Engineering sectors. Health & Social Care and Childcare courses are also studied here. Students develop their skills in a range of industry standard 'real life' workshops. The Sixth Form Centre, located next to the Balliol Centre, houses the college's A Level provision and includes a dedicated cafe facility. Thornton College is a partnership between Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Sefton special school and Hugh Baird College. It is based in Thornton, Merseyside and offers courses from Entry Level to Level 1 for students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities.

Facilities

University Centre
In early 2014 an £8 million development will open which will be a dedicated place of study for students following Higher Education programmes. The facility includes an open-plan study area for art students, a performing arts centre and cafe run by the hospitality students of the L20 Hotel School.

L20 Hotel School
The L20 Hotel School provides education, training and work experience for students on hospitality courses. Situated in the main Balliol building, the restaurant is open to members of the public and includes a dining facility, lounge and bar. The 14 station training kitchen is used for the delivery of full and part time courses.

Learning Resource Centres
The college has three Learning Resource Centres, which have computers stations, books, trade magazines, DVDs and electronic resources.

Images Salon
Located in the Balliol Centre, Images is a hair and beauty salon open to the public. Hair and beauty students use the facility to provide them with a 'real life' working environment.

Secret Garden
Located in the reception area of the Balliol Centre, Secret Garden is a commercial florist facility open to the public. Students studying on floristry courses use the facility as a 'real life' working environment.

Technology
Free WiFi access is available throughout the campus. An iPad booking systems is available to students.

History

1891
Grants were made available from the Exchequer. It was with this and other aid that Bootle Technical School opened, offering 37 courses in 25 subjects, with an intake of 807 students.

1897
More subjects we added to the Schools provision, including: building, home dressmaking, mechanical engineering and iron/steel manufacture.

1900
A new building was erected and officially opened on 27th September 1900 under the directorship of John James Ogle. It was located where the Pembroke Centre now stands.

1968
Bootle Municipal Technical College amalgamated with Bootle College of Art to become the Bootle College for Further Education.

1974
The College was renamed Hugh Baird College of Further Education, in recognition of a prominent local mayor and college governor, in honour of his contribution to developing education in Bootle.

1988
The opening of the Sports Hall and Sports Facilities - the focal point for all the College's sports courses, whilst also hosting many other events.

1997
The Pembroke Centre opened - the centre for the College's courses in Construction, Engineering and Health & Social Care and Childcare.

2002
The Sixth Form Centre is opened.

2009
A large scale extension of the Pembroke Centre is opened.

2012
Yana Williams is appointed as the College's Principal and Chief Executive.

Alumni

Rebecca Ferguson
Kurtis Stacey
Joe Benton MP
Paul Morrison
Mike Knowler
Pete Burns
MC Steppa

External links

References

v t e Universities and colleges in North West England

Universities	Bolton BPP Central Lancashire Chester Cumbria Edge Hill Lancaster Law Liverpool Liverpool Hope Liverpool John Moores Manchester Manchester Metropolitan Salford

University colleges	Royal Northern College of Music

Further Education colleges	Accrington & Rossendale Blackburn Blackpool & The Fylde Bolton Burnley Bury Carlisle Furness Hopwood Hall Hugh Baird Kendal Knowsley Lakes Lancaster & Morecambe Liverpool Macclesfield Manchester Mid Cheshire Myerscough Nelson & Colne Oldham Preston Reaseheath Riverside Runshaw St Helens Salford South Cheshire Southport Stockport Tameside Trafford Warrington West Cheshire West Lancashire Wigan & Leigh Wirral Metropolitan

Sixth form colleges	Aquinas Ashton Barrow-in-Furness Birkenhead Blackpool Bolton Cardinal Newman Carmel Cheadle & Marple Connell Holy Cross Hyde Clarendon King George V Loreto Oldham Priestley Rainford Roby Rochdale Sir John Deane's St John Rigby St Mary's Thomas Whitham Winstanley Xaverian

v t e Schools in Sefton

Primary schools	St Luke's Primary School

Secondary schools	Birkdale High School Chesterfield High School Christ the King Catholic High School Deyes High School Formby High School Greenbank High School The Hawthorne’s Free School Hillside High School Holy Family Catholic High School Litherland High School Maghull High School Maricourt Catholic High School Meols Cop High School Range High School Sacred Heart Catholic College St Michael's Church of England High School Stanley High School Savio Salesian College

Independent schools	Merchant Taylors' Boys' School Merchant Taylors' Girls' School St Mary's College

FE & sixth form colleges	Hugh Baird College King George V College Southport College

Defunct schools	Bootle High School Seafield Convent Grammar School

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