Southport College

For the Australian school with a similar name, see Southport School.

Southport College
Motto	Progress to success
Established	1935
Type	Further education college
Principal	John Clarke
Chair	John Fell
Location	Mornington Road Southport Merseyside PR9 0TT England Coordinates: 53°38′54″N 2°59′52″W / 53.648220°N 2.997740°W / 53.648220; -2.997740
DfE URN	130491 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	16+
Website	Southport College

Southport College (previously known as Southport Technical College) is a further education college located in Southport, Merseyside, England.^[1]

History

Southport Technical College opened in 1935. This institution brought together a number of technical courses which had been offered throughout Southport (then part of Lancashire) since 1887. In 1938 Southport School of Arts and Crafts was founded. The two institutions were amalgamated in 1989 to form Southport College.^[2]

The college today

Southport College offers a range of courses to students from Southport and the surrounding area. These courses include Diplomas, NVQs, BTECs and Access courses. In addition, Southport College offers some higher education courses in conjunction with the University of Central Lancashire and the University of Chester.^[3]

References

↑ "Home Page". southport-college.ac.uk.
↑ Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) (July 1997). Inspectorate Report, Southport College.
↑ "Our Partnerships". southport-college.ac.uk.

External links

Southport College homepage

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 Co-operative Furness Hopwood Hall Hugh Baird Kendal Knowsley Lakes Lancaster & Morecambe Liverpool Macclesfield Manchester Mid Cheshire Myerscough Nelson & Colne Oldham Preston's 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 Bolton Wanderers Cardinal Newman Carmel Cheadle & Marple Connell Holy Cross Hyde Clarendon King George V Loreto Oldham Priestley Rainford Rochdale Sir John Deane's St John Rigby St Mary's South Sefton Thomas Whitham Winstanley Xaverian

Schools in Sefton

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 School Meols Cop High School Range High School Sacred Heart Catholic College St Ambrose Barlow Catholic High School St Michael's Church of England High School Savio Salesian College Stanley High School

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 South Sefton College Southport College

Defunct schools	Bootle High School Seafield Convent Grammar School

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