Stoke-on-Trent College is a provider of further and higher education based in

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 ...

. The college has two campuses: one, called Cauldon Campus, in

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and one in Burslem. Stoke-on-Trent college is part of UniQ, the university quarter. A collaborative project with Staffordshire University and the

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Education

The college runs a range of courses, from basic English and Maths to foundation degree courses. The college has the largest number of higher education students of any college in North Staffordshire. The college does not offer a-levels which are instead the responsibility of City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College. The College is a member of the Collab Group of high performing schools.

Ofsted

The January 2014 Ofsted rating of the college gave it a good overall.

Sites

Cauldon

The main site to the college is Cauldon Campus in the

area of the city. This site is where the majority of the courses are run from.

Burslem

The other site is located on Moorland Road in the Burslem area of the city which contains the sites for Construction, Plumbing, Gas, Motor Vehicle Maintenance as well as Media and Performing Arts. It is also the location of Stoke Studio College which specialises in Manufacturing and Design Engineering and the John Seddon Technology centre. Open and closing times are: Thursday 8:30am–4:30pm Friday 8:30am–4:30pm Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Monday 8:30am–4:30pm Tuesday 8:30am–4:30pm Wednesday 8:30am–4:30pm

Science Centre

The Science Centre is a teaching facility that opened in 2012 and run by Staffordshire University and is also used by the

College Academies Trust

Stoke-on-Trent College is the main sponsor of the College Academies Trust, a group of schools within Stoke-on-Trent. Schools in the trust include

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, Excel Academy, Maple Court Academy and Stoke Studio College.

Heatwave Radio

In 2013 the college launched its own student radio station called Heatwave Radio which broadcasts from 2 studios within the J Block of Burslem Campus. The Station is entirely managed by students and presented by lecturers and students and is a member of the

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. The station broadcasts a mixture of

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and specialist programmes in genres such as

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, Hot AC and unsigned music. The station broadcasts 24 hours per day but for the majority of the time broadcasts non-stop music.

References

External links

Stoke.net page on Stoke on Trent College

Cove homepage - Learning and Skills Council
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