Neath Port Talbot College (NPTC) was a

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institution established as two campuses in

Port Talbot Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community (Wales), community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which d ...

and

Neath Neath (; ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a population of 19,2 ...

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. The college allowed study of many courses including

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s, AS Level/

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s, AGCEs,

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s, Adult Lifelong Learning Services,

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s at both Foundation and Intermediate levels. Neath Port Talbot College also offered

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courses or HND/ Cs in various subjects related to their AVCE/AGCE courses, notably in Computing, Health & Social Care, Hospitality and Childcare. After the County Borough of Neath Port Talbot was formed in 1996, plans were put through to merge the Afan College and Neath College as one. In 1997 this was achieved under the name of Neath Port Talbot College. In August 2013 Neath Port Talbot College merged with

Coleg Powys Coleg Powys was a further education establishment in the County of Powys, Mid Wales. It had main campuses at Brecon, Llandrindod Wells and Newtown and a major outreach centre at Ystradgynlais. It also worked closely with partners in the County Cou ...

to become NPTC Group.

History

Between the 1950s to the 1990s there was a Neath College and an Afan College; each college had their own administration and staff. Both colleges independently offered

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, National Diplomas and other qualifications. When the boroughs of

and

merged to form a unitary Authority in 1996, the two colleges decided to merge as one also. Instead of each campus being called Neath College and Afan College, it became Neath Campus and Afan Campus. The college also had an outpost at Queen Street in

Town Centre, where the ECDL were offered and other part-time courses were available too. Further facilities were situated at Margam Country Park in Twyn Yr Hydd House from where the college ran its Management Training Centre, Horticulture Training Centre and Parc-Gro plant nursery.

Campuses

Afan Campus

The Afan campus was located in the

Margam Margam is a suburb and community (Wales), community of Port Talbot in the Wales, Welsh county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, close to junction 39 of the M4 motorway. The community had a population of 3,017 in 2011; the built up area being l ...

district of Port Talbot.

Neath campus

The Neath campus was located on Dwr-y-Felin Road just to the northwest of Neath town centre. The Canolfan Gelf Nidum Arts Centre was located on the Neath campus and included a 170-seat auditorium with cinema screen.NPT College - Glan-yr-Afon Arts Centre
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Schools that linked to NPTC

Nearly all the schools that linked to Neath Port Talbot College were in the Neath Port Talbot area. 2 *

Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School ( Welsh: ''Ysgol Gyfun Dŵr-y-Felin'') is a comprehensive school in the Cwrt Herbert community of the town of Neath in South Wales, Wales. The school badge shows a watermill and mill stream in reference to the s ...

* Dyffryn Comprehensive School *

Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Bro Dur is a Welsh-medium comprehensive school in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The school provides education to three to eighteen-year-old pupils in Neath Port Talbot and south Powys from three campuses in Ystalyfera an ...

Ystalyfera Ystalyfera is a former industrial village and community in the upper Swansea Valley, on the River Tawe, about northeast of Swansea. It is an electoral ward and a community in the unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, comprising a r ...

Cwrt Sart Comprehensive School Cwrt Sart Community Comprehensive was a school located in Briton Ferry, Neath, Wales. It was one of the secondary schools in Neath Port Talbot, taking pupils aged 11 to 16. It opened as a council school in 1920. Renaming In 2008, the name of Cw ...

Cwmtawe Comprehensive School Cwmtawe Community School (in Welsh: ''Ysgol Gymunedol Cwmtawe'') Formerly known as Pontardawe Technical School and Cwmtawe Comprehensive School, is a modern English-medium education comprehensive school in Pontardawe, South Wales. The school m ...

Pontardawe Pontardawe () is a town and a community (Wales), community in the lower Swansea Valley (). it had a population of approximately 7,172 in the 2021 Census for Pontardawe Parish, and forms part of the county borough of Neath Port Talbot. On the opp ...

Glan Afan Comprehensive School Glan Afan Comprehensive School () was a mixed comprehensive school which served the town of Port Talbot, Wales, and its surrounding areas for 120 years. It was opened in 1896 as Port Talbot Intermediate School under the provisions of the Welsh In ...

Sandfields Comprehensive School Sandfields () is a mainly residential district of Port Talbot, Wales. The area is located in South Wales on a narrow coastal plain between Mynydd Dinas and the sea. The M4 motorway, A48 trunk road and South Wales Main Line run nearby. The area ...

Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School Cefn Saeson (Ysgol Gyfun Cefn Saeson) is a mixed, English-medium comprehensive school in the Cimla suburb of Neath, Wales. The school serves 11 to 16-year-olds living in Cimla, Tonna, Neath, Tonna, Tonmawr, Pontrhydyfen and parts of Neath. The s ...

Brynteg Comprehensive School Brynteg School () is one of the largest secondary schools in Wales. It is located on Ewenny Road in Bridgend, Wales. The school is one of seven comprehensive schools in the County Borough of Bridgend and mainly receives pupils from the Brackla, ...

References

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