page_title: City of Bristol College
section_title: College centres
hierarchical_section_title: City of Bristol College / College centres
caption_attribution_description: City of Bristol College, Ashley Down, Bristol.
context_page_description: City of Bristol College is a further education college in Bristol, England.
  It provides courses for young people and adults aged 16 and above in areas such as: A Levels, Animal Care, Floristry, Horticulture, Applied Forensic and Medical Science, Business, Catering and Hospitality, Computing, Construction, Creative and Performing Arts, Engineering and Manufacturing, ESOL and GCSEs, Hair, Beauty and Holistic Therapies, Health and Social Care and Childcare, Motor Vehicle and Transport, Public Services, Health and Fitness, Travel and Tourism and many more.
context_section_description: The college currently has four centres:
  College Green Centre
  Ashley Down Centre
  South Bristol Skills Academy
  Parkway at Filton
  Formerly, there was also a Soundwell centre; it closed in 2015.
  Some of the buildings of the Ashley Down Centre were originally constructed, as the Muller Homes in the middle of the 19th century. In 1958 the buildings became Bristol College of Science and Technology. The site has been used as the film set for the BBC television series Casualty. Muller Road, which runs near the site of the orphanage, is named after its founder. The site includes the college's university centre, classrooms and laboratories for a variety of courses.
  The College Green Centre includes the sixth form centre with around 400 students undertaking A-level courses and 1,200 on vocational courses. The Advanced Engineering Centre offers engineering, aeronautical, manufacturing and automotive courses. The South Bristol Skills Academy opened in 2010 close to Hengrove Leisure Centre and South Bristol Community Hospital.
  The college has a range of partnership agreements with other educational facilities. For 13 years the foundation degree dance programmes were based at the Bristol Community Dance Centre. Diploma and degree courses have also been run at dBs Music. The Skills Centre South West also provides courses to help people get into work, foundation and key skills and English for speakers of other languages. The college has also been an academic sponsor of the Bristol Technology and Engineering Academy a University Technical College.
caption: Ashley Down Centre.
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