Telford College
further education college in Telford and Wrekin, UK
Telford College is a further education college in Telford, Shropshire, England. It operates from one main site and many in-company training sites and community-based courses spread out across Shropshire and the whole of the United Kingdom.
Course provision
The college offers vocational courses including NVQs, professional, preparatory degree and tailor-made programmes. Since its merger with New College Telford, it has offered 22 A-level qualifications and became the second largest A-level provider in Shropshire after Shrewsbury Sixth Form College.
It has over 16,000 students: 1200 full-time, 15,000 part-time.
As of 2025, the college's most recent inspection by Ofsted was in 2024, with an outcome of Good.
History
The college was founded in 1892 by Charles Walker as the Centre for Art and Science Classes, and was originally in Oakengates, Shropshire. From 1913 until the Second World War it was in the former Coffee House and Recreation Centre in Market Street has been demolished by the Telford Development Corporation. The college moved to a new site, built in 1926, in Hartsbridge Road, as the Walker Technical College. In the 1960s it opened a larger campus on Haybridge Road in Wellington which became the part of the new town of Telford.
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