School Leavers' Guide - Winsford Campus

PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME
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PRINCIPAL’S
WELCOME
I would like to welcome you to Warrington & Vale Royal College’s Winsford campus; we are all
really excited that you are considering studying with us.
These past months have been testing for all of us everywhere in the event of the Coronavirus.
I want to take this opportunity to assure you that we have put everything in place to provide
you all with as smooth and safe a time as possible with us so that your studies will continue
with the minimum of disruption and the maximum of support. We want each and every one of
you to enjoy the huge number of opportunities that we have here at the college so that you
can thrive, progress and realise your potential.
I am immensely proud of what the college has achieved in the five years I have served as
principal. In October 2019, we secured a ‘Good’ rating in our Ofsted inspection; a testament
to the hard work our dedicated staff put into the learning and care of every single student in
the college.
Our new Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering Training (AMET) Centre at Winsford
campus has recently received an investment of £656,000 from the Cheshire and Warrington
Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), and contains industry-standard engineering equipment
including CNC machines, plasma cutting tables, VR welding machines and programmable
robotic equipment. The quality of equipment and teaching offered at the AMET Centre will
ensure that our engineering and electrical students are immersed in a first-rate learning
environment and leave us ready to embark upon a successful career in the industry.
We have the teaching talent and the best learning resources to deliver a challenging,
diverse and stimulating study programme to suit every students’ individual needs
and interests.
I wish you all the very best of luck for this next year of your study and I look forward to
seeing you very soon.
Nichola Newton
Principal & Chief Executive
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