Macclesfield College is a
Further Education College
Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is education in addition to that received at secondary school, that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. It ...
in
Macclesfield,
Cheshire which primarily offers
BTEC and
NVQ
National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are practical work-based awards in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are achieved through assessment and training. The regulatory framework supporting NVQs was withdrawn in 2015 and replaced by the ...
qualifications. The college is noted within the local area as an
aerospace engineering college as it used to possess a Jetstream Super 31 for its aerospace engineering students.
The college principal is Rachel Kay with Lucy Reed as the assistant principal. The college currently has an
Ofsted rating of Good.
Macclesfield College is situated on the Learning Zone campus, other establishments on the site include
The Macclesfield Academy Park Lane School and
Macclesfield Tennis Club.
The Learning Zone campus is situated on the
A536 in
Macclesfield providing good links to
Congleton,
Poynton
Poynton is a town in Cheshire, England, on the easternmost fringe of the Cheshire Plain, south-east of Manchester, north of Macclesfield and south of Stockport. Poynton has formed part of the Cheshire East unitary authority since the ab ...
and the
M6. The campus is also a 20 minute walk from the town centre and
Macclesfield railway station
There is also 2 bus stops outside the campus with a half-hourly bus service to
Congleton,
Sandbach
Sandbach (pronounced ) is the name of a historic market town and a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements: Sandbach itself as the largest, Elworth, Ettiley Heath a ...
and
Crewe. The buses are operated by
D&G Bus
D&G Bus is a local bus operator owned by Centrebus Group and is based in Adderley Green, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
History
D&G Bus was formed by David Reeves and Gerald Henderson in April 1998 initially operating four buses on two routes ...
&
External links
Official website
Buildings and structures in the Borough of Cheshire East
Further education colleges in Cheshire
Learning and Skills Beacons
Education in the Borough of Cheshire East
Macclesfield
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