Amersham & Wycombe College

Amersham & Wycombe College
Type	Further education college
Headteacher	Felix Adenaike (Acting)
Location	Stanley Hill Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 9HN England
Local authority	Buckinghamshire
Website	Amersham & Wycombe College

Amersham & Wycombe College is a further education college situated in Buckinghamshire, England.

The college has three campuses; the primary site being located in Amersham, with two additional campuses located in neighbouring towns of High Wycombe.

Sites

The main campus is just off Stanley Hill in Amersham, a large building constructed in the late 1960s, adjacent to Amersham School, a state secondary school. The College offers a range of courses including Art and Design, Fashion and Costume, Media, IT, Business, Hair and Beauty, Sport, Construction, Public Services, Travel and Tourism, Health and Social Care, Dance, Foundation Studies, Acting and Musical Theatre, from Entry Level to Level 4 are on offer. The High Wycombe campus is located in the village of Flackwell Heath and the Inspire Centre, which is based in the middle of High Wycombe, was opened in October 2014.

The college today

Amersham & Wycombe College has over 2,000 full-time and over 5,000 part-time students, making it one of the largest educational institutions in Buckinghamshire.

The College is one of 20 Founder Colleges of the "Creative and Cultural Skills Academy". Amersham & Wycombe College is also in partnership with Buckinghamshire New University, National Enterprise Academy, BPEC, Skills Funding Agency and University of Westminster, amongst other well-established organisations, employers and educational institutions.

Amersham & Wycombe College is affiliated to the National Union of Students (NUS). Upon enrolment at the college, all students are entitled to join the NUS.

The College also runs its own record label, known as "SHAM Records", as well as a theatre named "The Theatre On The Hill" (located within the Amersham Campus), as well as a TV show called "Amersham & Wycombe TV".

Future Plans

Amersham & Wycombe college announced in late 2016 plans to merge with the Aylesbury College, this merge will involve the complete dissolution of The Amersham and Wycombe College which will allow all proceeds, assets and all campuses owned by Amersham & Wycombe to be handed over to Aylesbury college. More can be found here.

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Schools in Buckinghamshire

All-through schools	St Michael's Catholic School

Non-selective secondary	Amersham School The Aylesbury Vale Academy The Beaconsfield School Bourne End Academy Buckingham School Buckinghamshire UTC Chalfonts Community College Chiltern Hills Academy The Cottesloe School Cressex Community School The E-ACT Burnham Park Academy The Grange School Great Marlow School Highcrest Academy Holmer Green Senior School John Colet School Mandeville School The Misbourne School Princes Risborough School Sir Thomas Fremantle School Sir William Ramsay School Waddesdon Church of England School

Grammar	Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury High School Beaconsfield High School Burnham Grammar School Chesham Grammar School Dr Challoner's Grammar School Dr Challoner's High School John Hampden Grammar School Royal Grammar School Royal Latin School Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Wycombe High School

Independent	Akeley Wood School Pipers Corner School Stowe School Teikyo School Wycombe Abbey

Special	Alfriston School Chiltern Way Academy Furze Down School MacIntyre School The PACE Centre Pebble Brook School Stocklake Park Community School

Further education	Aylesbury College Amersham & Wycombe College

Defunct	Amersham Hall Lady Verney High School London Central Elementary High School

Universities and colleges in South East England

Universities	BPP Brighton Buckingham Buckinghamshire New Canterbury Chichester Creative Arts Kent Law Open Oxford Oxford Brookes Portsmouth Reading Southampton Southampton Solent Surrey Sussex Winchester

Further education colleges	Abingdon & Witney Amersham & Wycombe Andover Ashford Aylesbury Banbury & Bicester Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell & Wokingham Brighton & Hove (City) Brockenhurst Brooklands Canterbury Central Sussex Chichester East Berkshire East Kent Eastleigh East Surrey Fareham Farnborough Guildford Hadlow Hastings (Sussex Coast) Henley Highbury Isle of Wight MidKent Milton Keynes Newbury Northbrook North East Surrey North Kent Oxford (City) Plumpton Reading Ruskin Southampton South Downs Sparsholt Sussex Downs Totton West Kent

Sixth form colleges	Alton Barton Peveril Bexhill Brighton (BHASVIC) Esher Farnborough Farnham Godalming Havant Itchen Peter Symonds Portsmouth Queen Mary's Reigate Richard Collyer St Vincent Strode's Taunton's Varndean Woking Worthing

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