Colleges offer lifeline to beleaguered Newton Rigg students
11 February 2021 |
Two colleges are hoping to sustain land-based education in Cumbria
Two Cumbrian colleges are currently in talks to offer a lifeline to students at Newton Rigg which faces permanent closure this year.
Aspects of Myerscough College and Ullswater Community College s school provision could be extended to provide agriculture and animal management programmes.
Ullswater is the biggest feeder high school for land-based education to the Newton Rigg campus, offering Level 2 (GCSE equivalent) programmes in Animal Studies and Agriculture.
Extending this offer into the sixth form could provide an essential lifeline to allow land-based education to continue, both colleges say.