Whatever the ambition and passion of our students, The Cheadle College is here to help them succeed. Our college is part of the Trafford College Group, and every year, hundreds of students join us on courses that are designed to further their career prospects, enable progression into higher education or simply satisfy a desire to learn new skills and support wellbeing.
Our aim at The Cheadle College is two-fold – to provide an inclusive educational offer that serves the needs of our local community and to provide a career focused curriculum that meets the skills needs of businesses across the region, enabling individuals to further their employment prospects. In short, we are here to ensure our students develop the skills, attitudes and behaviours required for success in life and work.
Our offer at The Cheadle College includes academic education (A Levels and GCSEs), adult education and vocational/technical education – including delivery of the new T Levels. In addition, we have our Choices provision for students with high needs and our highly successful Supported Internship delivered in partnership with Stepping Hill Hospital. The Cheadle College is also home to our hugely popular Horticulture courses which are accredited by RHA.
Our college is conveniently located between Cheadle Hulme and Cheadle Village, and we have ambitious plans to invest in a campus redevelopment programme over the next two years to ensure the very highest standards of accommodation and resources for our students.
Do take the opportunity to look through our website to see further details on all the courses and support that we offer. Come and visit on one of our open days, speak to our colleagues, meet current students, and have a look around our facilities. We will make your experience an incredibly welcome one, and we will provide you with all the information you need to make those all-important decisions on the next steps in your education and career journey.
Best wishes
James Scott
Principal & CEO
We are proud to be a career focused, inclusive college guided by our values, vision and mission. This framework provides the direction for our strategic plan which sets out to achieve our purpose of unlocking the potential and fostering success of our learners, partners, stakeholders, and colleagues. You can find our full strategic plan here with the summary of our strategic priorities highlighted as:
Providing high quality, responsive education and training for all our students enabling their success and supporting their progression.
Establish The Cheadle College as a sector leading employer so that our colleagues thrive and deliver the highest quality of education and experience to all our students and stakeholders.
Driving business recovery, renewal and productivity through transformational relationships with employers.
Clearly defining and delivering our corporate social responsibility and civic duty as an anchor institution for our local communities.
To provide the highest quality of education and training to all our students and employers through an inclusive and career focused curriculum.
To be a leading provider of education and skills that supports community cohesion and drives local and regional productivity.
We believe that every challenge is an opportunity to learn, develop and become stronger.
We set high expectations and standards for students, colleagues, and our communities, striving for excellence in all that we do
We allow ourselves and others to grow by treating each other with thoughtfulness and an open mind.
We work together, support one another, share ideas, and encourage success.
We value individual differences and creating an environment where everyone has the same opportunities.
Following our visit by Ofsted in November 2022, we are delighted to publish our inspection report which confirms our rating as a ‘Good Provider’ according to the most recent inspection framework.