Bolton Sixth Form College
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Bolton Sixth Form College is a further education college for students aged 16 and higher and is located on two sites in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
, Greater Manchester
, England
.
. The college has around 1,250 full time students with approx 80% of them doing further courses.
In 2007 the college won the AOC Beacon Award
for the Promotion of Racial Equality.
and the Farnworth Campus is situated on Queen Street in Farnworth
. A third campus, the Town Centre Campus on Deane Road in Bolton, opened in 2010. The North Campus has been discontinued leaving only the Town Centre and the Farnwoth campus.
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Bolton, but covers a far larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley and Westhoughton, and a suburban and rural element from the West Pennine...
, Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Overview
Bolton Sixth Form College is the largest further education college in the Metropolitan Borough of BoltonMetropolitan Borough of Bolton
The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Bolton, but covers a far larger area which includes Blackrod, Farnworth, Horwich, Kearsley and Westhoughton, and a suburban and rural element from the West Pennine...
. The college has around 1,250 full time students with approx 80% of them doing further courses.
In 2007 the college won the AOC Beacon Award
AoC Beacon Awards
The AoC Beacon Awards Programme was launched in 1994 to recognises and promote the interdependence of further education colleges. The award is supported by the AoC short for the Association of Colleges which represents all FE colleges in England and Wales...
for the Promotion of Racial Equality.
Campuses
The college has two campuses: the North Campus is situated on Smithills Dean Road in BoltonBolton
Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...
and the Farnworth Campus is situated on Queen Street in Farnworth
Farnworth
Farnworth is within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is located southeast of Bolton, 6 miles south-west of Bury , and northwest of Manchester....
. A third campus, the Town Centre Campus on Deane Road in Bolton, opened in 2010. The North Campus has been discontinued leaving only the Town Centre and the Farnwoth campus.