The City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College is a mixed

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on Leek Road,

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

. It opened its new building on Leek Road in September 2010 having previously been located on Victoria Road, Fenton. The college is also known as Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, and - prior to its relocation - Fenton Sixth Form College.

Admissions

The college specialises in educating years 12 and 13, where students can gain AS, A2 and BTEC qualifications. More than 95% of students are aged between 16 and 19. About 90% of students are of

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heritage, with a large minority being

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. About 70% of students come from the city, with the rest journeying in from

North Staffordshire The federation of Stoke-on-Trent was the 1910 amalgamation of the six Staffordshire Potteries towns of Burslem, Tunstall, Stoke-upon-Trent, Hanley, Fenton and Longton into the single county borough of Stoke-on-Trent. An anomaly in the history ...

. The college requires a minimum of four GCSEs at A* to C grades, rather than the minimum five usually required.

History

The college was established in 1970 on Victoria Road, Fenton; making it the first purpose-built sixth form college in the country. Next to it was the Fenton Manor Sports Complex. Originally build with a capacity of 700 students, it eventually came to teach more than double that figure. The idea of a 'University Quarter' was first announced in 2004, and was developed for the next few years. A December 2004 report gave most teaching staff a grade of good or better. In November 2006 an

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report gave the college a 'satisfactory' grade, and gave a good or better teaching and learning in 72% of lessons. In late 2008

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was given for the college to build a new campus on Leek Road, as part of a £1.5 billion regeneration project in

. The project was suspended in January 2009, and concerns were made if sufficient funds could be found. The site was handed over to developers in March 2009, just as an Ofsted report gave the college a 'satisfactory' grade. In September 2010 the college officially moved to Leek Road,

. The college was named in July 2019 as a computing hub for the

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Academic standards

The school competes with four other institutes in the city: St Joseph's College,

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Tunstall area of Stoke-on-Trent in the English county of Staffordshire. The school is named after Saint Margaret Ward, a Roman Catholic martyr who ...

St Thomas More Catholic Academy St Thomas More Catholic Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in the Longton area of Stoke-on-Trent in the English county of Staffordshire. The school is named after Saint Thomas More, a sixteenth century elder statesma ...

and

Stoke-on-Trent College Stoke-on-Trent College is a provider of further and higher education based in Stoke-on-Trent. The college has two campuses: one, called Cauldon Campus, in Shelton and one in Burslem. Stoke-on-Trent college is part of UniQ, the university quar ...

. Of these only

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based Stoke-on-Trent College is not attached to a school. City of Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College

Performance table

;Note The points system has changed over the years, leading to big jumps in some years.

Feeder Schools

The college has feeder schools throughout the city. Many of the students go on to local Universities

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and

Keele Keele is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is approximately three miles (5 km) west of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and is close to the village of Silverdale. Keele lies on the A53 roa ...

Notable staff and students

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, medievalist *

Lee Chapman Lee Roy Chapman (born 5 December 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1978 until 1996, in which he scored over 200 first team goals. He is best known for spells with Stoke City, Leeds United, Sheff ...

, student, footballer *

Arthur Katalayi Arthur Kalala Katalayi (; born May 10, 1982), nicknamed "The Katalyst", is a French businessperson, businessman, podcaster, consultant and entrepreneur based in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A former senior advisor to the chairperson, chairm ...

, student, Global Ambassador for

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David Kidney David Neil Kidney (born 21 March 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford from 1997 to 2010. Early life Kidney attended Pinewood Primary School in Meir (now the new Crescent Primary School), L ...

, student, Labour MP *

Neil Morrissey Neil Anthony Morrissey (born 4 July 1962) is an English actor. He is known for his role as Tony in ''Men Behaving Badly''. Other notable acting roles include Deputy Head Eddie Lawson in the BBC One school-based drama series '' Waterloo Road'', ...

, student, actor *

Anna Richardson Anna Clare Richardson (born 27 September 1970) is an English television presenter, writer and journalist. She has presented various television shows for Channel 4, including '' Supersize vs Superskinny'' (2008–2009), '' The Sex Education Show ...

, student, TV Presenter *

Jonathan Wilkes Jonathan Wilkes (born 1 August 1978) is an English television presenter and singer. Early life and career Jonathan Wilkes was born in Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, to Eileen Wilkes and Graham Wilkes, and spent most of his childhood in P ...

, student, entertainer and friend of

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut stud ...

References

External links

Burslem campusuniq-stoke.org
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