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    Courses for School Leavers (16–18)

    Just finished school and wondering what's next? Bolton College offers study programmes and T Levels across everything from engineering and computing to health and social care, construction, sport and business, taught by tutors who've actually worked in the industry, in facilities built to match it.

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    Apprenticeships

    Earn while you learn. Apprenticeships are open to all ages and put you in a real job, with a real wage, while you train towards the qualification. Bolton College runs apprenticeship routes across engineering, motor vehicle, construction, business, childcare, health and more.

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    Adult Learning (19+)

    It's never too late to retrain, refresh or restart. Whether you're changing career, brushing up on English and maths, working towards Access to Higher Education or picking up something new entirely, there's a course. May of the courses are part-time and built around work and family.

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    Support for Businesses

    Bolton College works with employers right across Bolton and Greater Manchester. Whether it’s apprenticeship recruitment, bespoke workforce training, industry placements or access to funding, businesses get a dedicated advisor and a free, no-obligation look at where skills gaps are.

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Thinking about the next step?

Then have a look at what's on your doorstep.

Bolton College has been educating our town for generations, and today it's teaching thousands of people a year across four sites. With an impressive Deane Road campus, plus centres at Deane & Derby, Brownlow Fold and Farnworth Library, whether your a school leaver, apprentice, adult retraining, degree-level student: you can do all of it, in Bolton, for Bolton.

The College has put serious money into the buildings to match. There's a £5 million Engineering & Digital Technologies Centre, a fully working fine-dining restaurant run by catering students, public salons for hairdressing, barbering and beauty, an Esports suite kitted out to industry spec, a realistic hospital ward for health and care learners, and science labs that let you do the proper hands-on stuff.

It goes the other way too. Through the Job Shop, employers can advertise vacancies, find apprentices and tap into a pool of local talent that's already been trained and anyone in Bolton can walk in for free careers advice, CV help and interview practice, whether they're a student there or not.

Applications for September are open now, and open events run through the year. If you're weighing up your options, or your son or daughter is, it's worth an hour of your time.