Hopwood Hall College

Hopwood Hall College

Established	17 July 1922
Principal	Chris pender
Location	College Road Rochdale Greater Manchester OL12 6J7 United Kingdom
Local authority	Rochdale
DfE URN	130507 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Mixed
Ages	16+
Website	www.hopwood.ac.uk

Hopwood Hall College is a further education college that is based in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, North West of England. It consists of two campuses, one in Rochdale (53°37′00″N 2°09′45″W / 53.6168°N 2.1626°W / 53.6168; -2.1626) and one in Middleton (53°34′08″N 2°11′20″W / 53.5690°N 2.1889°W / 53.5690; -2.1889). The college's curriculum is of mainly vocational courses aimed at school leavers, with some university level courses, and adult education.

History

Hopwood Hall College was incorporated in 1992 and officially opened by HRH Queen Elizabeth II on 17 July 1992. The College operates from two campuses in Rochdale and Middleton. The Rochdale campus was formerly home to Rochdale College of Further Education, Rochdale College of Art and Rochdale Technology College, all of which merged when the College was incorporated. The Middleton campus prior to incorporation was home to De La Salle Teacher Training College.

Since its opening, Hopwood Hall College has provided A Level courses for sixth form students from the local area. However, since Rochdale Sixth Form College opened in September 2010, the college discontinued A Level provision concentrating on vocational further education for school leavers and courses for adult learners. Hopwood Hall College transferred part of the Rochdale campus site to enable the new Rochdale Sixth Form College and the two colleges coexist, creating an attractive town centre learning quarter.

A series of capital projects have been undertaken and completed since incorporation, first of which was the Sports Arena, opened 25 September 2002 by Ivan Lewis, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Learning and Skills and Paul Scholes of Manchester United Football Club. The Henry West Building at the Middleton campus was officially opened on 26 May 2006 by college governor Henry West. On 6 April 2006 Lord Tom Pendry, President of The Football Foundation, opened the Football Pavilion and Astroturf football pitch at the Middleton campus. A £7.5m scheme to construct a purpose-built technology centre at the Middleton campus was completed in October 2011 and officially opened on 6 March 2012 by John Hayes, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning.

References

External links

Hopwood Hall College, Hopwood.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2011

Universities and colleges in North West England

Universities	Bolton BPP Central Lancashire Chester Cumbria Edge Hill Lancaster Law Liverpool Liverpool Hope Liverpool John Moores Manchester Manchester Metropolitan Salford

University colleges	Royal Northern College of Music

Further Education colleges	Accrington & Rossendale Blackburn Blackpool & The Fylde Bolton Burnley Bury Carlisle Co-operative Furness Hopwood Hall Hugh Baird Kendal Knowsley Lakes Lancaster & Morecambe Liverpool Macclesfield Manchester Mid Cheshire Myerscough Nelson & Colne Oldham Preston's Reaseheath Riverside Runshaw St Helens Salford South Cheshire Southport Stockport Tameside Trafford Warrington West Cheshire West Lancashire Wigan & Leigh Wirral Metropolitan

Sixth form colleges	Aquinas Ashton Barrow-in-Furness Birkenhead Blackpool Bolton Bolton Wanderers Cardinal Newman Carmel Cheadle & Marple Connell Holy Cross Hyde Clarendon King George V Loreto Oldham Priestley Rainford Rochdale Sir John Deane's St John Rigby St Mary's South Sefton Thomas Whitham Winstanley Xaverian

Schools in Rochdale

Secondary	Cardinal Langley RC High School Falinge Park High School Hollingworth Academy Holy Family RC & CE College Kingsway Park High School Matthew Moss High School Middleton Technology School Oulder Hill Community School St Anne's Academy St Cuthbert's RC High School Siddal Moor Sports College Wardle Academy

Further education	Hopwood Hall College Rochdale Sixth Form College

Closed	Balderstone Technology College Heywood Community High School Springhill High School

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