Students travelling to study at South Cheshire College from September 2017 will receive free transport in a new sustainability scheme.
All 16-19 year old students enrolled on a full-time course will be eligible to access free transport throughout the academic year.
South Cheshire College and West Cheshire College have today formally merged to create a new FE College for Cheshire.
The newly formed college, which will have an annual turnover of £40m with more than 11,000 students and 1,300 apprentices, will retain the existing brands of South Cheshire College and West Cheshire College at its campuses in Crewe, Ellesmere Port and Chester.
Forty pupils from Crewe and Nantwich primary schools enjoyed a taste of what it is like to graduate.
The youngsters attended an amazing graduation ceremony at Reaseheath College in Nantwich.
A dog trainer and manager of an animal feeds shop took top titles at a Reaseheath College awards ceremony celebrating apprenticeships and traineeships.
Sian Howells, 24, who works for WKD Trained Dogs in Stone, was crowned Intermediate Apprentice of the Year.
Campaigners fighting new school funding plans in South Cheshire have hit out at MP Edward Timpson for failing to attend a public meeting.
The protest against the proposed National Funding Formula, which could leave Crewe and Nantwich schools at the bottom of the UK funding table, is gathering momentum.
By Jonathan White
Hundreds of families across Cheshire East took part in a protest march in Sandbach against school cuts under the Government’s planned National Funding Formula.
The march was led by campaign organiser and Nantwich mum and teacher Laura Smith.
Green-fingered Nantwich apprentices helped to renovate a garden for patients at Leighton Hospital.
The Reaseheath College students teamed up for the project as part of National Apprenticeship Week.
Sporty pupils from a Nantwich school gained top tips from the future stars of Crewe Alexandra FC at a football tournament.
Millfields Primary youngsters were part of the tournament which formed an assessment for Crewe Alex apprentices studying BTECs at Reaseheath College.
Campaigners in South Cheshire are planning a second protest against the proposed National Funding Formula which could see budget cuts in schools.
Hundreds of families gathered in Nantwich town square a week ago to voice their anger at the NFF which could see local schools more than 3% worse off.
Hundreds of families flocked to Reaseheath College in Nantwich to welcome the first lambs of the season.
Undeterred by wintry weather, hundreds filled the college’s lambing sheds to meet the newborns and many were lucky enough to experience a live birth.
More than 93% of parents in Cheshire East have been offered their first choice secondary school, today’s 2017 admissions figures show.
This is 9.6% better than the 2016 national average of 84.1%.
Reaseheath College students in Nantwich have joined forces to help a young abandoned dog in desperate need of veterinary care.
Tilly the cross bred terrier is being fostered by Reaseheath lecturer Emma Caskie while she waits for two life-changing operations to ease painful knee joints.
Hundreds of families across Cheshire East gathered in Nantwich today to protest at school cuts under the Government’s planned National Funding Formula.
Teachers and parents in Nantwich and Crewe fear the new NFF will see Cheshire East worse off, facing a 4.5% cut in budgets over the next two years.
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