Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College
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| Motto | To promote the highest quality education for our students, whatever their age, background, and ability; and to be recognised as outstanding within the community we serve. |
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| Established | 15 August 1995 |
| Type | State Funded 6th Form |
| Principal | Jenny Singleton |
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Greater Manchester England Coordinates: 53°22′55″N 2°12′11″W / 53.382°N 2.203°W |
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| DfE URN | 130515 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 16+ |
| Website | network |
The Cheadle and Marple College Network is a training provider for the Stockport (Greater Manchester) area specialising in 16-19 educational provision. At its heart are two colleges, The Cheadle College and Marple Sixth Form College, which have a combined student population of nearly 2,000.
The college offers a very wide range of courses, including GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education), AS (Advanced Subsidiary Level) and A-Levels (GCE Advanced Level), International Baccalaureate, vocational NVQs and BTECs. They also offer Access courses for adults.
The college discontinued the offering of the International Baccalaureate in 2011, due to insufficient funding for the programme.
In 1946, following the Education Act 1944, a building known as Moseley Hall on Wilmslow Road was acquired by the local authority for £6,500. Moseley Hall had been owned by John Henry Davies, President of Manchester United Football Club, since 1904. His widow, who lived at Bramall Hall till 1935, re-purchased Moseley Hall at some point after his death in 1927. During the war the building was used for four years as the National Fire Service headquarters for Manchester. It was converted into a grammar school, which took its name from the building it occupied. It was run by the Cheadle and Wilmslow Educational Executive of Cheshire Education Committee. It was situated north-west down the road (A5149) from the current campus, and bordered neighbouring Cheadle. It was originally co-educational. The first headmaster was Wilfred Simms, aged 34.
In January 1956 a new school was built where the current Cheadle campus is today and this became Cheadle County Grammar School for Girls. Moseley Hall therefore became a boys-only school. The girls' school had around 950 girls and was situated on Cheadle Road (A5149).
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