Salford City College is a further education

Further education

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 college based in Salford

City of Salford

The City of Salford is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Salford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Eccles, Swinton-Pendlebury, Walkden and Irlam which apart from Irlam each have a population of over...

, England

England

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. It opened on 1 January 2009, as the result of a merger between Salford College, Eccles College

Eccles College

Eccles College was an incorporated further education college in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1973, and ceased to function as an independent body on 1st January 2009. The site continues to function under new management, as the Eccles Centre of Salford City College.The site...

 and Pendleton College

Pendleton College

Pendleton College was a sixth form college in the Pendleton district of Salford, Greater Manchester. As of January 2009 the campus merged with Eccles College and Salford College and is now a part of Salford City College and is situated between the A6 and the A576, between Irlams o' th' Height and...

 to form a 'supercollege'. Salford City College continues to function in the same buildings that the previous colleges had.

City Campus Skills Centre

City Campus Skills Centre is located on Lissadel Street. All of Salford City College's construction/trade courses and ESOL courses are held at this centre.

Eccles Sixth Form Centre

Eccles Sixth Form Centre was an independent College, Eccles College

Eccles College

Eccles College was an incorporated further education college in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1973, and ceased to function as an independent body on 1st January 2009. The site continues to function under new management, as the Eccles Centre of Salford City College.The site...

 that is now part of Salford City College in Eccles

Eccles, Greater Manchester

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, Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

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, England

England

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. It opened in 1 January 2009 as part of the super college Salford City College. The site currently provides AS and A level courses, but also vocational training in many subjects Students may also retake their maths and English GCSEs at the centre.

Pendleton Sixth Form Centre

The two sites that were a part of Pendleton College are still open and operating under the Salford City College header. This part of the sixth form centre is broken up into two campuses:

Pendleton Centre on Dronfield Road.

De La Salle Centre on Weaste Lane B5228 (near the junction with the A576 Eccles Old Road). This was a former grammar school, which is due to close at the end of the 2011/2012 academic year.

Walkden Sixth Form Centre

Walkden Sixth Form Centre is located on Walkden Road in Worsley. The centre has a range of vocational courses for 16-19 year olds as well as some adult courses such as counselling and access to higher education.

See also

• List of further education colleges in England
• Salford College
• Eccles College
  Eccles College
  Eccles College was an incorporated further education college in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1973, and ceased to function as an independent body on 1st January 2009. The site continues to function under new management, as the Eccles Centre of Salford City College.The site...
  
  
• Pendleton College
  Pendleton College
  Pendleton College was a sixth form college in the Pendleton district of Salford, Greater Manchester. As of January 2009 the campus merged with Eccles College and Salford College and is now a part of Salford City College and is situated between the A6 and the A576, between Irlams o' th' Height and...