Colleges and sixth forms
220 providers with courses open to school leavers. Sorted by how much they offer, which is a fair proxy for how much choice you would have once you are there.
The Manchester College
MANCHESTER, North West
184 courses for school leavers across 23 subject areas
Good2025
College
St Helens College
St. Helens, North West
149 courses for school leavers across 19 subject areas
Requires improvement2023
College
The City of Liverpool College
LIVERPOOL, North West
147 courses for school leavers across 23 subject areas
Good2024
College
Tameside College
Ashton-Under-Lyne, North West
142 courses for school leavers across 24 subject areas
Good2024
College
Hugh Baird College
Bootle, North West
134 courses for school leavers across 21 subject areas
Outstanding2024
College
Hopwood Hall College
MANCHESTER, North West
125 courses for school leavers across 21 subject areas
Good2023
College
Riverside College Halton
Widnes, North West
124 courses for school leavers across 24 subject areas
Outstanding2024
College
The Trafford and Stockport College Group
Altrincham, North West
113 courses for school leavers across 21 subject areas
Good2022
College
Blackpool and The Fylde College
BLACKPOOL, North West
111 courses for school leavers across 21 subject areas
College
Wigan and Leigh College
Wigan, North West
104 courses for school leavers across 19 subject areas
Good2022
College
Bury College
Bury, North West
95 courses for school leavers across 22 subject areas
Good2023
College
Furness College
Barrow-In-Furness, North West
92 courses for school leavers across 23 subject areas
College
Southport Education Group
Southport, North West
89 courses for school leavers across 25 subject areas
Requires improvement2023
Other provider
Salford City College
Salford, North West
84 courses for school leavers across 23 subject areas
Requires improvement2024
College
The Oldham College
Oldham, North West
80 courses for school leavers across 19 subject areas
Requires improvement2025
College
Westmorland and Furness Council
KENDAL, North West
80 courses for school leavers across 5 subject areas
Good2025
Local authority
Blackburn College
Blackburn, North West
76 courses for school leavers across 22 subject areas
Good2024
College
Runshaw College
Leyland, North West
72 courses for school leavers across 20 subject areas
Good2025
College
The Blackpool Sixth Form College
North West
71 courses for school leavers across 18 subject areas
Good2025
Sixth form college
Cheshire College South and West
CREWE, North West
70 courses for school leavers across 19 subject areas
College
Burnley College
Burnley, North West
68 courses for school leavers across 18 subject areas
Requires improvement2025
College
Lancaster and Morecambe College
LANCASTER, North West
68 courses for school leavers across 19 subject areas
Good2025
College
Cardinal Newman College
Preston, North West
67 courses for school leavers across 17 subject areas
Outstanding2023
College
East Lancashire Learning Group
Nelson, North West
67 courses for school leavers across 20 subject areas
Outstanding2024
Other provider
Wirral Metropolitan College
Birkenhead, North West
62 courses for school leavers across 17 subject areas
Requires improvement2023
College
Lakes College West Cumbria
Workington, North West
58 courses for school leavers across 16 subject areas
Good2024
College
Priestley College
Warrington, North West
57 courses for school leavers across 19 subject areas
Good2023
College
Oldham Sixth Form College
North West
54 courses for school leavers across 17 subject areas
Good2022
Sixth form college
Bolton Sixth Form College
Bolton, North West
53 courses for school leavers across 18 subject areas
Good2023
Sixth form college
St John Rigby College
Wigan, North West
52 courses for school leavers across 18 subject areas
Outstanding2024
Sixth form college
Aquinas College
Stockport, North West
49 courses for school leavers across 16 subject areas
Good2023
College
Ashton Sixth Form College
Ashton-Under-Lyne, North West
49 courses for school leavers across 18 subject areas
Good2025
Sixth form college
Loreto College
MANCHESTER, North West
49 courses for school leavers across 17 subject areas
Outstanding2022
College
Holy Cross College
Bury, North West
48 courses for school leavers across 15 subject areas
Good2024
College
Macclesfield College
MACCLESFIELD, North West
48 courses for school leavers across 13 subject areas
College
Carmel College
St. Helens, North West
46 courses for school leavers across 17 subject areas
Outstanding2024
College
Reaseheath College
Nantwich, North West
46 courses for school leavers across 9 subject areas
Requires improvement2024
College
Winstanley College
Wigan, North West
46 courses for school leavers across 16 subject areas
Outstanding2025
College
Xaverian College
Manchester, North West
45 courses for school leavers across 15 subject areas
Outstanding2023
College
Cowley International College
St. Helens, North West
42 courses for school leavers across 22 subject areas
Needs attention2026
College
Kendal College
Kendal, North West
42 courses for school leavers across 16 subject areas
Requires improvement2023
College
Sale Grammar School
Sale, North West
40 courses for school leavers across 13 subject areas
Outstanding2022
School or sixth form
Sandbach High School and Sixth Form College
Sandbach, North West
39 courses for school leavers across 17 subject areas
Good2022
Sixth form college
Regent College
STOKE-ON-TRENT, North West
39 courses for school leavers across 3 subject areas
Good2023
College
Brine Leas School
Nantwich, North West
38 courses for school leavers across 17 subject areas
School or sixth form
Archbishop Beck Catholic College
Liverpool, North West
37 courses for school leavers across 14 subject areas
Strong standard2026
College
Birkenhead Sixth Form College
Merseyside, North West
36 courses for school leavers across 16 subject areas
Outstanding2016
Sixth form college
Bishop Heber High School
Malpas, North West
35 courses for school leavers across 16 subject areas
Good2022
School or sixth form