Macclesfield College is a

Further Education College Further education (often abbreviated FE) in the United Kingdom and Ireland is additional education to that received at secondary school that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. It ...

Macclesfield Macclesfield () is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is sited on the River Bollin and the edge of the Cheshire Plain, with Macclesfield Forest to its east; the town lies south of Ma ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

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 training and assessment. The regulatory framework supporting NVQs was withdrawn in 2015 and replaced by th ...

qualifications. The college is noted within the local area as an

aerospace engineering Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is s ...

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 The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training ...

rating of requires improvement. Macclesfield College is situated on the Learning Zone campus, other establishments on the site include

The Macclesfield Academy Macclesfield Academy is an Academy situated in Macclesfield, Cheshire. The Academy opened on 1 September 2011 following the decision of Cheshire East Council to close Macclesfield High School which had previously operated on the same site. It ...

Park Lane School and Macclesfield Tennis Club. The Learning Zone campus is situated on the A536 in

providing good links to

Congleton Congleton is a market town and civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England. It is on the River Dane, south of Manchester and north of Stoke on Trent. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 28,497 and the built-up area ha ...

Poynton Poynton is a town in the civil parish of Poynton-with-Worth, in the Cheshire East district and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England; from 1974 to 2009 it was in Macclesfield district. It is located on the easternmost fringe of the Cheshi ...

and the M6. The campus is also a 20 minute walk from the town centre and

Macclesfield railway station Macclesfield railway station serves the Cheshire market town of Macclesfield, England. It lies on the Stafford–Manchester line, Stafford to Manchester branch of the West Coast Main Line. It is one of the three stations that provide access to ...

There is also 2 bus stops outside the campus with a hourly bus service to

Sandbach Sandbach (pronounced ) is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East borough of Cheshire, England. The civil parish contains four settlements: Sandbach, Elworth, Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, Cheshire, Wheelock. At the 2021 United Kingd ...

and

Crewe Crewe () is a railway town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the parish had a population of 55,318 and the built-up area had a population of 74,120. ...

. The bus service is operated by D&G Bus.

References

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 {{Cheshire-school-stub