Priestley College

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Priestley College
Address
Priestley College
Loushers Lane

Warrington, Cheshire, England
,
WA4 6RD
Coordinates 53°22′46″N2°35′00″W / 53.3794°N 2.5834°W / 53.3794; -2.5834
Information
TypeSixth form college
Established1979
Local authorityWarrington
Department for Education URN 130624 Tables
Ofsted Reports
PrincipalJames Gresty
GenderMixed
Age16to 18
Enrolment2,588 (March 2007)
Colour(s)Medium blue, white
Website http://www.priestley.ac.uk

Priestley Sixth Form and Community College is a sixth form college in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It also offers adult courses and professional training on another site, and is an associate college of the University of Salford. The college offers a range of courses, including AS/A2 Levels, BTECs, Advanced Diplomas, functional skills, and pre-university foundation courses. [1]

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History

The college opened in 1979, though it was originally a female-only grammar school called Warrington Girls' High School (and later Warrington High School for Girls) until 1974, and was administered by Warrington Education Committee. It was addressed as being on Menin Avenue until 1998, when it became administered by Warrington borough, previously being under Cheshire Education Committee. The college's current name is in honour of clergyman, chemist, and educator Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), a pioneer in teaching modern history and the sciences who is perhaps best known for discovering oxygen in 1774. A statue of him now stands inside the main entrance of the college.

Structure

It is a single campus college with seven buildings:

Academic performance

In 2007, the college was ranked "Outstanding" after an Ofsted inspection. [4]

In 2016, 89% of those graduating stayed in education or employment for at least two terms after studying at A level or level 3 vocational courses. 3.5% of students achieved AAB or higher in at least two facilitating subjects at A level, 12.7% below the national average. [5]

In 2018, the A* to B pass rate at the college was 38.2% and 68% of vocational grades were Distinction or Distinction*. [6]

Transport connections

The college is an approximately 20 minute walk from the town centre.

Cheshire Cat Buses serve Wilderspool Causeway, which passes the college. Services operate to Warrington Bus Interchange and in the opposite direction to Altrincham, Grappenhall, Hatton, Northwich, and Stockton Heath. These services combine to provide buses from the college to the Bus Interchange and Stockton Heath every 10 minutes. [7] The service 62 operates to Runcorn Shopping City and Warrington Bus Interchange in the opposite direction. [8] This route is operated jointly between Warrington's Own Buses and Halton Transport.

The college also operates its own buses for students in conjunction with Warrington's Own Buses: [9]

Services 18, 19, and 25 are regular passenger services that see their routes extended at certain times so that they originate or terminate at Priestley College rather than Warrington Interchange. From the 2018/19 academic year, services P3 and P4 were removed. The P4 was replaced by services 19 and 25.

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Prospectus 2019" (PDF). Priestley College.
  2. ↑ "Remembering Viola Beach and band manager Craig Tarry on second anniversary of tragedy". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Priestley opens £1.5million technology centre". Priestley College Warrington – Your 'Outstanding' Sixth Form. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Priestley College Inspection Report". Ofsted. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Priestley College – GOV.UK". Find and compare schools in England. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Results Success". Priestley College Warrington – Your 'Outstanding' Sixth Form. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Cheshire Cat Bus Timetable". Warrington's Own Buses. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Bus Times Services 62, 62A and 62C" (PDF). Halton Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Priestley College Bus Leaflet". Warrington's Own Buses. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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