AccRoss wins national education award

Accrington and Rossendale College has won Outstanding BTEC School/College of the Year 2015 at the National BTEC Awards.

Now in their fifth year, the awards were hosted by comedian Rob Beckett, at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London. Ahead of the awards ceremony, the winners, their family, friends and nominators attended a parliamentary reception in the House of Commons.

To provide real industry experience, the college partners with employers including the BBC, Joma, SuperBreak, Blackburn Rovers and the Army Careers Service and many of its teaching staff are dual professionals - within the teaching body are senior cabin crew, West End performers, TV actors, professional sports athletes and the director of the Pennine Film Festival.

The judges described AccRoss as an outstanding college that works hard to ensure that its BTEC qualifications meet the aspirations of its learners and the needs of future employers.

"We achieved this by recruiting industry leading staff, providing innovative packages of BTEC qualifications which equip our learners for the workplace and through our excellent links with local, regional and national employers."