College News

The Right Honourable Liz Truss, Chief Secretary for the Treasury visited Southport College on Friday 24th May and was able to see the central role the College plays in the local community.

Accompanied by Damien Moore, MP for Southport, they had a tour of the College and met students, staff, appren...

Having been previously judged “good” by Ofsted, we were delighted to welcome inspectors back into college on the 13 & 14 March 2019. The inspectors who were conducting a monitoring visit assessed the progress that we have made since our merger with King George V College in January 2018. Two of her...

Last week our Hair & Beauty Level 2 and 3 students got the chance to compete against each other in our annual competition. Students competed in areas such as hairdressing, makeup and nails. The theme for this year was ‘Brides of the World’ meaning the students could put their own spin on their creat...

Today was the day that we’ve been waiting for! Over 60 of our staff and students travelled to Ainsdale beach today to participate in a plastic clean up along with several volunteers from the Southport area. The aim? To raise awareness of plastic consumption. This fantastic event was organised by the...

Thursday 28th February marked yet another year of our Skills Clash Competition but who would become the victorious in the battle of the Colleges?

Students and staff from Hugh Baird College and Blackpool and The Fylde College kindly joined us for the day to participate in various challenges ranging...

Students on Southport College’s Forensic & Criminal Investigation course benefitted from the expert knowledge of local PCSO Josh Evans as they undertook their crime scene exam. Josh spent the day assisting with the mock incident which saw first year students investigating the crime scene while secon...

On Tuesday 15 January 2019, we were delighted to formally open our brand new Southport College University Centre building, providing our Higher Education Students with high quality dedicated facilities, including a social learning space and modern, bright, spacious classrooms.

The centre was opene...

Performing Arts students demonstrated their talents in two recent productions, performed in Southport College’s purpose built theatre.

Directed by Jamie Scott, students from the brand new HND Performing Arts (Acting) course performed The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov. Set at the turn of the twen...

Over the course of ten weeks Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust has worked with Southport College to deliver a pre-employment programme, supporting 13 individuals to gain skills, experience and confidence to secure employment.

The pre-employment programme focused on supporting people of all ag...