Ashton Under Lyne Sixth Form College

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Ashton Sixth Form College is a sixth form college located in Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, England.Academic performanceAshton Sixth Form College is the highest Ofsted rated institution in Tameside for post-16 provider of education with a 'Good' rating, as of March 2017. In 2015-16, A-Level students achieved a 99% pass rate and Vocational students achieved a 100% pass rate.In January 2017, the Department for Education rated A-Level and Vocational Performance as highest in the Tameside Area for Value Added (the progress of a student from GCSE to A-Level results).HistoryThe building opened in 1928 as the co-educational Ashton-under-Lyne Grammar School. It had around 600 boys and girls in the 1960s, and 800 in the early 1970s, and 950 by the time it closed with 250 in the sixth form. It was run by Lancashire Education Committee until 1974, then Tameside Metropolitan Borough.Sixth Form CollegeIt became a sixth form college in 1980 when most schools in Tameside became 11–16 schools.AdmissionsThe majority of the college's intake come from within the Tameside area. Students from out of area do choose to travel to the college as their choice of A-Level or Vocational provision. Courses offered by the college include A-levels, AGCEs, BTECs, Certificates and Diplomas.Ashton Sixth Form College is situated on Danton Road just off Mossley Road (A670) near the junction with Queen's Road (B6194). The college is in close proximity to Tameside General Hospital.