Sixth Form Colleges: Closures
(asked on 7th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which sixth form colleges have closed in England since 2010.
Eleven sixth form colleges have dissolved in England since 2010. In all cases the sixth form colleges were merged or converted to become an Academy, that is to say their assets, rights and liabilities were transferred to another education provider.The colleges are:
Sixth Form College | Date of Dissolution |
New College, Pontefract | June 2017 |
Priestley College | May 2017 |
Strodes College | May 2017 |
Rochdale Sixth Form College | April 2017 |
Hereford Sixth Form College | March 2017 |
Barrow in Furness Sixth Form College | July 2016 |
Prior Pursglove Sixth Form College | May 2016 |
Stockton Sixth Form College | May 2016 |
Totton College | November 2017 |
Ludlow College | July 2013 |
St Mary’s Roman Catholic Sixth Form College | July 2011 |