Shrewsbury Sixth Form College

Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
Address
Map
Priory Road

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SY1 1RX

England
Coordinates52°42′32″N 2°45′37″W / 52.70889°N 2.76028°W / 52.70889; -2.76028
Information
TypeSixth Form College
Established1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Local authorityShropshire Council
Department for Education URN130800 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairmanRoger Wilson[1]
PrincipalJames Staniforth[2]
Staffc.140
GenderCo-educational
Age16 to 19
Enrolmentc.1,650 (9,450 inc. Shrewsbury College)
Colour(s)Blue, White, Black
     
Websitewww.scg.ac.uk

Shrewsbury Sixth Form College is a post-secondary co-educational sixth-form college located in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The college currently has an enrolment of approximately 1,650 students,[3] generally ranging between the ages of 16 and 19. The curriculum consists of AS, A levels and a small range of BTECs. GCSE English Language and Maths can only be taken alongside an A level programme as resits.[4] The college was ranked as the 17th-best sixth-form college in 2012 (out of 400 institutions),[5] has the best A-Level performance of any state-funded institution in Shropshire,[6] and has been awarded 'Beacon Status'.[7] The college's Welsh Bridge campus includes buildings of Grade II-listed status originally built in 1910 to house the Priory Grammar School for Boys.[8][9]

  1. ^ "College Governance". Shrewsbury Colleges Group. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ "The Senior Leadership Team". Shrewsbury Colleges Group. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Department for Education page on the college". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
  4. ^ "Shrewsbury Sixth Form College Inspection Report May 2003". Ofsted. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
  5. ^ "SSFC ranked in Top 20 of Sixth Form Colleges Across the Country". Shrewsbury Sixth Form College. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. ^ "BBC Education – Shropshire listings". BBC News. Retrieved 22 September 2007.
  7. ^ Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) – 14–19 Learning – 6th form schools – Curriculum planning – Timetabling Archived 6 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "SHREWSBURY SIXTH FORM COLLEGE MAIN BUILDING". Historic England. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, The Priory". Historic England. Retrieved 9 June 2020.