The college was formed in September 1999 as the result of a merger of Wulfrun College in Wolverhampton and Bilston Community College in Bilston.[1]
Upon this merger, it was initially known as Wolverhampton College, but in the aftermath of Wolverhampton gaining city status in December 2000, it adopted its current title.
A campus has since opened on Wellington Road in Bilston, replacing the old Bilston Community College buildings nearby which had originally been the buildings of Bilston Girls High School.
It's intended that the Paget Road site will close in due course with students transferring to an expanded Metro One Campus coined "The City Learning Quarter".[2]
Worcester Campus previously located 9-11 Copenhagen Street, Worcester, WR1 2HB, is no longer listed.
Notable studentsedit
Liam Payne, X Factor finalist and member of boyband One Direction. Payne studied Music Technology at the college.[3]
Sam Gumbley, known professionally as S-X, producer and singer. Gumbley studied Music Technology at the college.
Lesley Whittle was a student at the college when, in 1975, she was kidnapped and murdered by Donald Neilson. This was one of the most notorious crimes of the 1970s.
^"Wolverhampton welcomes £20 million for new City Learning Quarter". GOV.UK. Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^"Liam Payne now sprinting to X Factor success". Express & Star. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
city, wolverhampton, college, further, education, college, located, wolverhampton, west, midlands, england, addresspaget, roadwolverhampton, west, midlands, 0duenglandinformationtypefurther, educationestablished1962local, authoritywolverhampton, city, councild. City of Wolverhampton College is a further education college located in Wolverhampton West Midlands England City of Wolverhampton CollegeAddressPaget RoadWolverhampton West Midlands WV6 0DUEnglandInformationTypeFurther EducationEstablished1962Local authorityWolverhampton City CouncilDepartment for Education URN130484 TablesOfstedReportsPrincipalMr Malcolm CowgillGenderMixedAge16 Telephone01902 836000Websitehttp www wolvcoll ac uk Contents 1 History 2 Campuses 3 Notable students 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe college was formed in September 1999 as the result of a merger of Wulfrun College in Wolverhampton and Bilston Community College in Bilston 1 Upon this merger it was initially known as Wolverhampton College but in the aftermath of Wolverhampton gaining city status in December 2000 it adopted its current title A campus has since opened on Wellington Road in Bilston replacing the old Bilston Community College buildings nearby which had originally been the buildings of Bilston Girls High School The college offers courses to students from Wolverhampton and the surrounding area Courses offered include NVQs GCSEs BTECs A Levels and Access courses In addition the college offers some higher education courses in conjunction with the University of Wolverhampton Campuses editWellington Road Campus Wellington Road Bilston 52 34 25 N 2 05 32 W 52 5737 N 2 0922 W 52 5737 2 0922 City of Wolverhampton College Wellington Road Campus Paget Road Campus Paget Road Wolverhampton 52 35 22 N 2 09 24 W 52 5895 N 2 1568 W 52 5895 2 1568 City of Wolverhampton College Paget Road Campus Metro One Campus Bilston Street Wolverhampton 52 35 02 N 2 07 28 W 52 5838 N 2 1245 W 52 5838 2 1245 City of Wolverhampton College Metro One Campus Telford Campus Stafford Park 4 Telford Shropshire 52 40 33 N 2 25 20 W 52 6759 N 2 4222 W 52 6759 2 4222 City of Wolverhampton College Telford Campus It s intended that the Paget Road site will close in due course with students transferring to an expanded Metro One Campus coined The City Learning Quarter 2 Worcester Campus previously located 9 11 Copenhagen Street Worcester WR1 2HB is no longer listed Notable students editLiam Payne X Factor finalist and member of boyband One Direction Payne studied Music Technology at the college 3 Sam Gumbley known professionally as S X producer and singer Gumbley studied Music Technology at the college Garry Crawford Professor of Sociology and author University of Salford Lesley Whittle was a student at the college when in 1975 she was kidnapped and murdered by Donald Neilson This was one of the most notorious crimes of the 1970s References edit 1 Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Wolverhampton welcomes 20 million for new City Learning Quarter GOV UK Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities Retrieved 12 March 2023 Liam Payne now sprinting to X Factor success Express amp Star Retrieved 5 April 2012 External links editMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates City of Wolverhampton College homepage nbsp This West Midlands school or sixth form college related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title City of Wolverhampton College amp oldid 1144234197, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
