Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
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| Motto | Skills for your future |
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| Established | 1853: Rotherham School of Science and Art 1981: Rotherham College of Arts and Technology 2016: Rotherham College |
| Type | Further Education college |
| Chief Executive | John Connolly |
| Chair | Ken Barrass |
| Location |
Rotherham South Yorkshire S65 1EG England |
| Local authority | Rotherham |
| DfE URN | 130527 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 400+ |
| Students | 7,000 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 16–upwards |
| Colours | Blue |
| Website | www |
Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (shortened to RCAT) is a further education college in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
On 1 February 2016, the college merged with North Notts College, which has a main campus in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, to create a new education and training organisation, the RNN Group (Rotherham and North Notts Group). However, the name Rotherham College is being retained for the two Rotherham campuses.
The college has a variety of vocational courses, including apprenticeships, and enrols around 7,000 students each year. It also runs over 30 higher education courses including degrees, foundation degrees and HND/Cs.
The college has two campus locations, one in Rotherham town centre and one in Dinnington. Its town centre campus is located near Rotherham Central railway station and the Rotherham Interchange.
Rotherham College of Arts and Technology is home to the Roland Music Academy. The Chief Executive is John Connolly.
The college has its roots in the 19th century. From the 1930s, it particularly provided technical education from what became known as the Howard Building, on Eastwood Lane, Rotherham. In 1981, three individual colleges of arts, technology and adult education were merged into one.
In 1993, as part of a process in England of college incorporation, the college was divested and separated from the local authority to become an autonomous trust.
In August 2004 the college merged with Rother Valley College, based in Dinnington.
Rother Valley Campus took its name from the Rother Valley which lies about five miles to the west, although the College does lie in the parliamentary constituency of the same name. It is partially built on land acquired from the now demolished Throapham Manor. The clock-towered main building was built as a mining college by the Dinnington Colliery Company, and was opened in 1928 as the Chelmsford Mining and Technical Institute. By the turn of the 1960s it was known as Dinnington Technical College, and later adopted the name Rother Valley College. In the 1950s the college included a secondary technical programme; this was separated in 1963 and merged with the neighbouring secondary modern school to create Dinnington High School.
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