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Bolton Sixth Form College

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Established
  
1982

Students
  
1700

Website
  
www.bolton-sfc.ac.uk

Total enrollment
  
1,700 (2012)

Administrative staff
  
32

Location
  
Bolton, England, UK

Phone
  
+44 1204 846215

Founded
  
1982

Address
  
Deane Rd, Bolton BL3 5BU, UK

Profiles

Bolton Sixth Form College is a further education college for students aged 16 and higher and is located in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

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Overview

Bolton Sixth Form College is the largest further education college in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. The college has around 1700 full-time students. In 2007 the college won the AOC Beacon Award for the Promotion of Racial Equality. Since 2008, this award has been disputed.

History

This college is the result of the merger of Bolton North and Bolton South Colleges in the late 1990s to form a single Sixth Form College. Today the college is located on Deane Road in Bolton. This campus opened in September 2010 and replaced the former North campus, which was situated on Smithills Dean Road. The college also previously had a second campus located on Queen Street in Farnworth. This campus opened in July 2008 and replaced the former South campus on Lever Edge Lane in Daubhill. However the college closed its Farnworth Campus in September 2014.

Notable alumni

  • Sajid Mahmood, Lancashire and England cricketer
  • Clive Myrie, BBC newsreader
  • References

    Bolton Sixth Form College Wikipedia