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. It has an estimated population of 259,965 as of 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire ...

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

Burslem Burslem ( ) is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Staffordshire, Hanley, Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall, Fenton, Staffordshire, Fenton, Longton, Staffordshire, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in ...

. Stoke-on-Trent college is part of UniQ, the University Quarter, as part of a collaborative project with

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and the Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.

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 Shelton 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

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

and is also used by the Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.

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

Heatwave Radio

In 2013 the college launched its own

student radio Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively created or produced ...

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

Student Radio Association The Student Radio Association (SRA) is a representative body which supports and acts on behalf of the UK student radio community, comprising radio stations that are associated with or linked to a place of education. It is a not-for-profit organ ...

. The station broadcasts a mixture of

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and specialist programmes in genres such as

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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
Buildings and structures in Stoke-on-Trent Education in Staffordshire Education in Stoke-on-Trent Further education colleges in Staffordshire Further education colleges in the Collab Group {{UK-university-stub