A college with deteriorating finances has announced plans to close one of its campuses to find savings, in a move that has been met with “incredible concern” from a local MP.
The Sheffield College is proposing to shut the doors to its Peaks campus from September 2023 – an action that puts 83 jobs at risk.
There are currently 300 students studying at the campus, which offers games design, health and social care, high needs, public services and science courses, apprenticeships and the Prince’s Trust programme.
But college chiefs say this is a far cry from its full capacity, with student numbers dropping by more than half from 776 in 2014-15.
