Bishop Auckland College


Bishop Auckland College is a further education college located in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. It is located on Woodhouse Lane next to St John's Catholic School, and opposite Bishop Barrington School.
Bishop Auckland College began life as a Technical Institute with classes being run in the Mechanics Institute in Victoria Avenue and other town centre locations. In September 1950 the Technical Institute was opened in the old Railway Offices, Station Approach. Enrolment in 1950/51 was 250 part-time day and evening students. Today that figure is almost 8,500.
It was the demand for engineering courses needed by local industry that led to the first buildings for the Bishop Auckland Technical College on Woodhouse Lane. This was formally opened by County Alderman F. Hunt JP on Wednesday 26 February 1958 at 2.30pm.
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Since 1958 there have been only five Principals prior to Natalie Davison-Terranova and these were Joanna Tait, H.F. Tirrell,
H.A. Dickinson, Keith Byfield and Anne Isherwood.
The college has approximately 8,500 students, most of whom are part-time, with around 1000 full-time students.