Overview
Bury College is a further education college that provides qualifications for school leavers pursuing A Levels, vocational qualifications and apprenticeships.
In addition, Bury College provides a range of courses for adults which include a range of university qualifications run in partnership with the University of Bolton. These courses provide local higher education, with a focus on employability skills. The college is also one of the colleges in the North West for undergraduates with over 900 students progressing to university each year.
The employer arm of the college, Bury College Business Solutions supports over 1000s employers annually across a wide range of workforce training courses ranging from nationally recognised qualifications, to individually tailored training programmes. Each year the college supports over 1450 apprentices.
In 2007 the college was awarded outstanding in all areas by Ofsted, receiving a set of grade 1s (the highest grades possible) across all areas.
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