page_title: North West England
section_title: Colleges
hierarchical_section_title: North West England / Education / Colleges
caption_attribution_description: English: Carmel College, St Helens. Carmel College was established in 1987 when Catholic secondary education in St Helens was reorganised. Nearly 50% of the students come from St Helens, about 15% from Warrington, it also attracts students from Liverpool, Knowsley, Wigan and other parts of Greater Merseyside
context_page_description: North West England is one of nine official regions of England and consists of the five counties Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. The North West had a population of 7,052,000 in 2011. It is the third-most-populated region in the United Kingdom, after the South East and Greater London. The largest settlements are Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington, Blackpool, Chester, Stockport, Sale and Bolton.
context_section_description: Aquinas College, Stockport
  Ashton Sixth Form College, Ashton-under-Lyne
  Barrow-in-Furness Sixth Form College, Barrow-in-Furness
  Blackburn College, Blackburn
  Blackpool and The Fylde College, Blackpool
  Blackpool Sixth Form College, Blackpool
  Bolton College, Bolton
  Bolton Sixth Form College, Bolton
  Burnley College, Burnley
  Bury College, Bury
  Carmel College, St Helens
  Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College, Cheadle
  Furness College, Barrow-in-Furness
  Hazel Grove High School Sixth Form, Stockport
  Holy Cross College (UK), Bury
  Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale
  Hugh Baird College, Bootle
  Kendal College, Kendal
  King George V College, Southport
  Lancaster and Morecambe College, Lancaster
  Liverpool Community College, Liverpool
  Loreto College, Manchester
  Macclesfield College, Macclesfield
  The Manchester College, Manchester
  Mid Cheshire College, Northwich
  The Oldham College, Oldham
  Oldham Sixth Form College, Oldham
  Preston College, Preston
  Priestley College, Warrington
  Rainford College, St Helens
  Riverside College, Widnes
  Runshaw College, Leyland
  Salford City College, Salford
  South Cheshire College, Crewe
  Southport College, Southport
  Sir John Deane's College, Northwich
  Stockport College, Stockport
  St Helens College, St Helens
  St John Rigby College, Wigan
  St. Mary's College, Blackburn
  St. Wilfrids C of E Sixth Form College, Blackburn
  Thomas Whitham Sixth Form, Burnley
  Trafford College, Trafford
  West Cheshire College Ellesmere Port
  Wigan and Leigh College, Wigan
  Winstanley College, Wigan
  Xaverian College, Manchester
  The two main higher education colleges in the region are Blackburn College and Blackpool and The Fylde College. There are forty three FE colleges. The regional LSC was in central Manchester; this is now the SFA and the YPLA.
caption: Carmel College
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