Heywood students among first to be accepted at new college

Heywood students among first to be accepted at new college

Year eleven pupils at Heywood Community High School are among the first to be offered places at the new Rochdale Sixth Form College, which will open in September.

Eighteen students at the school have completed the application process and been offered conditional places at the new £26 million sixth form college.

Phillippa Blackburn, Declan Duggan, Paula Lyons, Hannah Finan, Jennifer Lodge, Georgia Smith, Emma Langford, Shoni Burke, Kyle Worthington, Charlotte Hatton, Jennifer Staveley, Toni Venables, Jade Brewin, Elizabeth Senior, David Holt, Thomas Smith, Kelly Minshull and Jake Ellis have all been offered provisional places.

Each of the students have been through an interview process to assess them for suitability and are now among the first in the borough to be offered a place at the college to study A Levels.

Paula Lyons, one of the students from Heywood Community High School offered a place, said: “I can’t wait to start at the new sixth form college and am really looking forward to the fantastic new facilities and brilliant teachers that will be there."

Principal of the new sixth form college Julian Appleyard said: “The competition for places is already hotting up. There are a lot of very intelligent and vibrant young people in Heywood, and the standard of applications we’ve had from Heywood Community High School has been extremely high.

“We’re delighted to offer these eighteen students a place and wish them all the very best for their exams. We look forward to seeing them in September when they will hopefully be among the first to try out the fantastic new teaching facilities that will be available to them.

“Heywood Community School is known for the excellent pastoral care it offers. We are working with the senior leadership team at the school to ensure that the transition from GCSE study to A and AS levels is as smooth as possible, and aim to give these students the same level of support when they come to Rochdale Sixth Form College.”

Rochdale Sixth Form College will offer 34 different A and AS-Level courses when it opens on College Road, in Rochdale town centre, later this year.

David Yates, Headteacher at Heywood Community High School, said: “There has been a lot of interest in the facilities and courses available at the new Rochdale Sixth Form College from our year eleven students.

“We are working closely with Rochdale Sixth Form College and believe our students that aspire to AS/A level courses there will enjoy a first class experience.

“We’re very pleased that they have been among the first to be offered places there, and look forward to seeing more of our students going on to higher education at the new sixth form college.”