Longley Park Sixth Form College

Longley Park Sixth Form College

Motto	Stretch Your Potential
Established	2004
Type	Sixth form college
Principal	Mo Nisbet
Location	Horninglow Road Sheffield South Yorkshire S5 6SG England Coordinates: 53°25′05″N 1°27′22″W / 53.4180°N 1.4560°W / 53.4180; -1.4560
Local authority	City of Sheffield
Students	c.1,200
Website	www.longleypark.ac.uk

Longley Park Sixth Form College (LPSFC) is a further education college in the Longley area of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Longley Park Sixth Form College is not owned by Sheffield College.

History

It opened to the public and to students in September 2004 at a cost of £8.5 million. The college has been visited by both the former Prime Minister Tony Blair and the former Home Secretary David Blunkett MP (who both opened it). It is just north of the Northern General Hospital on Barnsley Road (A6135), although the entrance is on Horninglow Road. It was designed by Ellis Williams of Preston Brook and built by Kier Northern.

In 2015 they had awards were David Blunkett was present.^[1]

Admissions

The college provides a range of different courses for students between the age of 16-19 to choose at GCSE, BTEC, and A level (AS/A2).

Facilities

The college has many different resources. These range from Interactive whiteboards in each class room, to the Learning Resource Centre (LRC). The college also has a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) which is powered by the Open Source Course Management System (CMS), Moodle.

Lifelong Learning Network

Longley Park Sixth Form College is a partner institution of Higher Futures, the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) for South Yorkshire, north Derbyshire and north Nottinghamshire.

References

↑ "Students celebrate achievements at a Sheffield sixth form college". The Star. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.

External links

News items

Sheffield Telegraph May 2008

Universities and colleges in Yorkshire and the Humber

Universities	BPP Bradford Huddersfield Hull Law Leeds Leeds Beckett Leeds Trinity Sheffield Sheffield Hallam York York St John

Further Education colleges	Askham Bryan Barnsley Bishop Burton Bradford Calderdale Craven Dearne Valley Doncaster East Riding Endeavour Grimsby Hull Kirklees Leeds Art Leeds Building Leeds City Leeds Music Northern North Lindsey Rotherham Selby Sheffield Shipley Wakefield York Yorkshire Coast

Sixth form colleges	Doncaster Collegiate Sixth Form Franklin Greenhead Huddersfield New John Leggott Longley Park NEW Notre Dame Scarborough Thomas Rotherham Wilberforce Wyke

Schools in Sheffield

Primary	Hillsborough Primary School Hinde House School Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School

Secondary	All Saints Catholic High School Birley Community College Bradfield School Chaucer School Ecclesfield School Firth Park Academy Fir Vale School Forge Valley School Handsworth Grange Community Sports College High Storrs School Hinde House School King Ecgbert School King Edward VII School Meadowhead School Newfield Secondary School Notre Dame High School Outwood Academy City Parkwood Academy Sheffield Park Academy Sheffield Springs Academy Silverdale School Stocksbridge High School Tapton School UTC Sheffield Yewlands Technology College Westfield School

Independent	Ashdell Preparatory School Birkdale School Sheffield High School Westbourne School

FE & sixth form	Longley Park Sixth Form College Sheffield College

Defunct	Abbeydale Grange School Attercliffe Academy Frecheville Comprehensive School Myers Grove School Sheffield Central Technical School Sheffield Collegiate School Sheffield Grammar School Tapton Mount School Wesley College

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