Hartlepool College of Further Education is a non-denominational mixed further education college based in Hartlepool, providing courses to students aged 16 and over. The College has existed in several forms since 1897, but occupied its now familiar location on Stockton Street in the early 1960s. It was officially opened in April 1969 by the Rt. Honorable E. Short, M.P., Secretary of State for Education and Science. In 2006 plans were made to replace the College building with a modern, purpose built campus with dedicated specialist areas in Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Environmental Technologies, Construction, Hospitality and Catering, Health and Beauty, Sport and many others. The new building was constructed between 2009 and 2011 at a cost of £53 million, with final groundswork completed in summer 2012. The College was officially opened by HRH the Duke of York in February 2012. Its Skills Academy was opened by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mandelson in October 2011.
The College of Further Education's Exeter Street Annexe in 1972.
More detail »College of Further Education, Stockton Street, in 1978. Premises now demolished with new college on the car park out of the picture to the North.
More detail »Hartlepool College of Further Education, Stockton Street. THis has now been demolished and replaced with a new build
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More detail »Hartlepool College of Further Education, Stckton Street, Hartlepool. Premises now demolished and replaced with a new build.
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More detail »Hartlepool College of Further Education. Premises now demolished and a new build in place.
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More detail »Picture of the front of the new college on Stockton Street.
More detail »Another entrance to the new college.
More detail »Another view of the front with all the flag poles.
More detail »Art in the grounds.
More detail »Depicted dramatically banking to starboard the plane, ex-RAF Jet Provost T5 serial XW405, arrived from storage in pieces and was fully stripped, repainted and rebuilt by students and staff to restore it to external display condition. The aircraft retains the eyecatching red, white and grey colours of the RAF Flight Training School circa late 1980s, but for aesthetic reasons the decision was made not to reinstate the plane’s squadron markings and serial numbers.
More detail »Students at the College of Further Education in 1969.
More detail »Surtees Street, Hartlepool at the Juction with Whitby Street. Charles Dickens Hardware Store in the background with the new College dominating the skyline.
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