City of Wolverhampton College

City of Wolverhampton College

Established	1999
Type	Further Education
Principal	Mr. Mark Robertson
Location	Paget Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV6 0DU England
Local authority	Wolverhampton City Council
DfE number	336/8002
DfE URN	130484 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	16+
Telephone	01902 836000
Website	www.wolvcoll.ac.uk

City of Wolverhampton College is a further education college located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

History

The college was formed in September 1999 as the result of a merger of Wulfrun College in Wolverhampton and Bilston Community College in Bilston.^[1]

Upon this merger, it was initially known as Wolverhampton College, but in the aftermath of Wolverhampton gaining city status in December 2000, it adopted its current title.

A campus has since opened on Wellington Road in Bilston, replacing the old Bilston Community College buildings nearby which had originally been the buildings of Bilston Girls High School.

The college offers courses to students from Wolverhampton and the surrounding area. Courses offered include NVQs, GCSEs, BTECs, A Levels and Access courses. In addition, the college offers some higher education courses in conjunction with the University of Wolverhampton.

Campuses

Wellington Road Campus, Wellington Road, Bilston (52°34′25″N 2°05′32″W / 52.5737°N 2.0922°W / 52.5737; -2.0922)
Paget Road Campus, Paget Road, Wolverhampton (52°35′22″N 2°09′24″W / 52.5895°N 2.1568°W / 52.5895; -2.1568Coordinates: 52°35′22″N 2°09′24″W / 52.5895°N 2.1568°W / 52.5895; -2.1568)
Metro One Campus, Bilston Street, Wolverhampton (52°35′02″N 2°07′28″W / 52.5838°N 2.1245°W / 52.5838; -2.1245)
Telford Campus, Stafford Park 4, Telford, Shropshire (52°40′33″N 2°25′20″W / 52.6759°N 2.4222°W / 52.6759; -2.4222)
Worcester Campus, 9-11 Copenhagen Street, Worcester, WR1 2HB

Notable students

Liam Payne, X Factor finalist and member of boyband One Direction.^[2]
Garry Crawford, Professor of Sociology and author, University of Salford
Lesley Whittle was a student at the college when, in 1975, she was kidnapped and murdered by Donald Neilson. This was one of the most notorious crimes of the 1970s.

References

↑ Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Liam Payne now sprinting to X Factor success". Express & Star. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

External links

City of Wolverhampton College homepage

Universities and colleges in the West Midlands
Universities	Aston Birmingham Birmingham City BPP Coventry Harper Adams Keele Law Newman Staffordshire UCB Warwick Wolverhampton Worcester
Further Education colleges	Birmingham Metropolitan Bournville Burton Buxton & Leek City College, Coventry Dudley Evesham Fircroft Halesowen Heart of Worcestershire Henley Hereford College of Arts Herefordshire College of Technology Hereward Kidderminster Malvern Hills Newcastle-under-Lyme North Shropshire North Warwickshire and Hinckley Queen Alexandra Royal National College for the Blind Sandwell Shrewsbury Solihull South & City Birmingham South Staffordshire Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Stratford-upon-Avon Telford Walsall Warwickshire Wolverhampton
Sixth form colleges	Cadbury Hereford Joseph Chamberlain King Edward VI College, Nuneaton King Edward VI College, Stourbridge Ludlow Moorlands New College, Telford Shrewsbury Solihull Stoke-on-Trent Worcester

Schools in Wolverhampton
Secondary schools	Aldersley High School Colton Hills Community School Coppice Performing Arts School Heath Park School Highfields School Moreton Community School Moseley Park School North East Wolverhampton Academy Our Lady and St Chad RC Academy St Edmund's RC Academy St Matthias School St Peter's Collegiate School Smestow School South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy Wednesfield High Specialist Engineering Academy West Midlands Construction UTC
Grammar schools	Wolverhampton Girls' High School
Independent schools	Royal Wolverhampton School Tettenhall College Wolverhampton Grammar School
Further education	City of Wolverhampton College
Defunct schools	Northicote School Parkfield High School

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