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{{About|a university campus|the boy's grammar school|Buxton College}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Buxton & Leek College
| image_name = Buxton and Leek logo.png
| image_size =
| established = May 2013 (current form). 1868 as Leek School of Art
| type = College of [[Further Education|Further]] and [[Higher Education|Higher]] Education
| website = http://www.blc.ac.uk/
| former_names = Buxton College, Leek College, High Peak College, Leek School of Art, Nicholson Institute of Science and Technology
| director = Heather Marks (from 1st July 2024)
| head_label =
| head =
| academic_affiliation = [[University of Derby]]
| city = [[Buxton]], [[Leek, Staffordshire|Leek]] and [[Derby]]
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'''Buxton & Leek College''' is a
== History ==
Buxton & Leek College was formed in 2013 by the University of Derby bringing together all of their Further Education operations into one branded entity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/business/new-chapter-at-colleges-1-5725368|title=New chapter at colleges|website=www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> Prior to this, the
Buxton College was originally named ''High Peak College'', which was an independent FE College up until 1998, when it was dissolved as an independent entity and merged into the University of Derby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1653/contents/made|title=The High Peak College, Buxton (Dissolution) Order 1998|website=www.legislation.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> ''High Peak College'' originally opened in 1955 in buildings in Buxton town centre, before moving out of the town centre to Harpur Hill in 1964 into what had been RAF buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=
Leek College can trace its history back to 1868 when the ''Leek School of Art'' was founded in the town.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.emfec.co.uk/2016/12/09/new-degree-course-offer-leek-school-art/|title=New Degree Course on Offer at Leek School of Art - emfec|date=2016-12-09|work=emfec|access-date=2018-02-03|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol7/pp84-169#h3-0121|title=Leek: Leek and Lowe {{!}} British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref> ''Leek College of Further Education'' was formed in 1981 from the merger of the ''Leek School of Arts and Crafts'' and the ''Nicholson Institute of Science and Technology''.<ref name=":6" /> The
Even before the mergers with High Peak College and Leek College, the University of Derby had a long history of providing further and adult education, having been founded as a teacher training College in 1851<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Derby|url=https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/derby/|website=The Complete University Guide|
== Campuses ==
[[File:Devonshire Dome 2.jpg|thumb|[[Devonshire Dome]]]]
The Buxton Campus of the
The Leek Campus of the
In the city of Derby, Buxton & Leek College runs a variety of Access to HE and Foundation programme pathways at the University of
== Courses ==
The
A limited number of
Students can progress onto higher education through the University of Derby or any other
== Management and
The
The
The [[Association of Colleges|Association of Colleges (AoC)]] briefs that the running of Buxton & Leek College by the University of Derby has proved 'sustainable’, in an age when other mergers of Further Education Colleges into Universities have failed.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.aoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Merger%20Tips%20Document%20November%202015_0.pdf|title=Briefing Draft - Merger Tips
Buxton & Leek College is currently rated as "Good" by [[Ofsted]] following an inspection in March 2019 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/43/133811|title=Ofsted report - University of Derby, 2019
==References==
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* [http://www.blc.ac.uk Buxton & Leek College homepage]
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