Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology
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Community college
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located in Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
in the county of Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, England
England
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The college used to be known by the acronym SCAT, but in 2004, whilst the full name of the college remained the same, the college changed its informal name to simply Shrewsbury College, allegedly due to prospective parents and students searching for the college using the keyword 'scat
Feces
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' and being exposed to unrelated and potentially offensive material.
The college has two campuses. The main campus is based on London Road
London Road
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in Shrewsbury whilst the other campus is based in the Radbrook area of Shrewsbury. At one stage there were other campuses at Monkmoor, in Shrewsbury, previously a boys' school, and in the town of Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England, along the Severn Valley. It is split into Low Town and High Town, named on account of their elevations relative to the River Severn, which separates the upper town on the right bank from the lower on the left...
. The college has working environments for students including a restaurant, a salon
Beauty salon
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and a coffee shop bistro
Bistro
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The college is not in direct competition with Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College
Shrewsbury Sixth Form College is a post-secondary co-educational sixth form college located in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England. The college, which is commonly referred to as SSFC, currently has an enrolment of approximately 1,300 students, generally ranging between the ages of...
, which aims to provide more academic courses and fewer vocational options. In consequence, Shrewsbury College does not load its A/AS level students as heavily as other local colleges: in 2010 its average GCE
General Certificate of Education
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(and equivalent) points score per student was 598, compared to averages of 750 for Shropshire as a whole and 745 for England. Shrewsbury Sixth Form College, by way of comparison, had an average score of 910. The college does not offer A/AS level courses as part of its 16-18 curriculum but as Distance Learning courses.
University connections
When it comes to Higher EducationHigher education
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, the college has a partnership with the Glyndŵr University in Wrexham
Wrexham
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for teacher training programmes, and with Staffordshire University
Staffordshire University
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for other areas of the curriculum
Curriculum
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. The college is a founder member of the Staffordshire University Regional Federation (SURF Consortium). Every year, the college holds a Higher Awards Ceremony in Shrewsbury Abbey
Shrewsbury Abbey
The Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey, was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1083 by the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, Roger de Montgomery, in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England.-Background:...
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