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    Millie Whelan Success

    Millie Whelan successfully completed the Outdoor, Adventure & Leadership course at Buxton & Leek College with Distinction * grades. Since finishing the course in May, she spent the summer teaching canoeing in the Ardeche in France. In a couple of weeks she is returning back to France to work the ski season utilising the skills…


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    Student Simeon secures apprenticeship with District Council

    Simeon never thought he’d be back in education after leaving school, but after support from mentors and teachers, he secured an #apprenticeship with #StaffordshireMoorlands #DistrictCouncil, where he’s been gaining amazing experience ??


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    Emma Barker secures place at Staffs uni

    One of our students, Emma Barker, has secured a place at #Staffordshire #University studying #ParamedicScience ?? Click here to read her #toptips on applying for uni ➡️ https://goo.gl/ntCXvV


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    Congratulations to 2nd Year Outdoor Sports

    Congratulations to our 2nd year Outdoor Sports students who have spent 5 days travelling the length, breadth and heights of Snowdonia National Park ?️ & have all successfully completed their GOLD Duke of Edinburgh ?️ Our students climbed Snowdon, Dlyder Fawr, Glyder FAch & Y Garn ? …but their next trip will be to Buckingham…


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    Apprentice of the Year

    We are delighted to announce that our student Bria won the CACHE Apprentice of the Year award 2017! It is a huge achievement and we could not be more proud of Bria for all of her hard work and dedication. CACHE said “Bria’s attitude enabled her to successfully secure a position with one of the…


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    Adam Robson – Student turned staff member

    Twenty-eight-year-old Adam Robson, from Handforth in Cheshire, began his paddling career as a scout and his love of the great outdoors led him to the BTEC course in Adventure Sport and Outdoor Leadership at the College’s Buxton Campus. Two years on, he is working as Enrichment Co-Ordinator at the College’s Leek Campus and sharing his…