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Starring role on Granada TV

A group of brave Runshaw stars appeared live on Granada TV as the cameras followed them through the nerve-wracking hours before they received their A level results. The film crew started off in Jess Luhar’s home at 6.00 am as she and Mila Garcia and Robert Cooke discussed the possible outcomes over...more info

A Sizzling Summer Extravaganza!

An extravaganza of 'Arts in the Park' took place last week in Worden Park – featuring Runshaw’s finest Musicians and Performing Artists – and a fashion show of student work, alongside street entertainers, flower fairies, the Anvil Street Drummers and much much more. All based around the Arts Centre...more info

Runshaw at the National Tennis Finals 2010

Runshaw played Reed’s School (The World Schools Winners 2010) in the Great Britain Schools Final. Reed’s boast the top Tennis Academy Programme in the country, producing the likes of Tim Henman. Each Reed’s student pays a minimum of £20,000+ a year to be in their academy. In what was always going to...more info

Visual Arts End of Year Show

On Thursday 17th June, on a hot summer’s evening, the Visual art department held their annual end of year show to celebrate the excellent work produced by A level and Vocational students. Over 500 parents, students, governors and guests from local partner schools came to look at the work prod...more info

Basketball Success

The start of the 2010-2011 season sees Runshaw at the Anthony Walker invitational tournament. Last year Neal and the team had their eyes opened at the standard of play required to compete with the national league teams; Cheshire Jets, Liverpool, Oldham and Sefton. In what proved to be a baptism by f...more info

Higher and Higher

On Thursday last week, over 1,000 balloons were released in honour of all our students completing vocational qualifications this year; this was part of the national VQ day initiative. College principal Kathy Passant gave a talk to the students and balloons were released by personal tutor representat...more info

Runshaw supports Paralympic Runner

Chorley Paralympic runner, Graeme Ballard, was recently presented with a cheque for £500 which has been donated to him by students and staff at Runshaw Adult College to help him get to the 2012 London Paralympics. The money raised will go towards Graeme’s travel, accommodation and training costs....more info

Back to College to work in Partnership

Members of South Ribble Partnership, the local strategic partnership for South Ribble, recently held their meeting at Runshaw College in Euxton Lane where the newly appointed External Funding Officer and an ex-student of Runshaw College, Howard Anthony was introduced to the Partnership members. ...more info

Students participate in Film Academy's Summer Camp

Runshaw students are really stepping into the limelight as they join the British Youth Film Academy’s summer camp in a few weeks time. ’’ We are the British Youth Film Academy’s only partner college in the North of England,’’ explains Martin Gaskell, Runshaw’...more info

Accountants win first prize!

What a fantastic win, a fantastic afternoon and what a fantastic achievement for 6 of our A level Accounting students who were invited along to one of the 23 Regional Heats of the ICAEW National Business Game Competition, (BASE) held at Edge Hill University last week BASE is an interactive day or...more info

Runshaw Students in the Lions' Den

Some Runshaw students go on to become doctors, lawyers, architects, teachers etc. and some go on to....... work with lions! After studying A-levels at Runshaw between 2002-04, twins Emma and Sara Blackburn took a year out volunteering then both chose to go on to the University of London. Emma ...more info

International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander MP Visits

International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander MP made a special visit to the Foxholes Restaurant on 11th February. The Senior Government Minister was invited by South Ribble MP David Borrow. During his half hour speech Douglas Alexander gave the invited audience an update on the current sit...more info

England Call-up for goalkeeper

A Chorley goalkeeper has been called up to the England Colleges football squad ahead of their international game against Australia on February 4. Runshaw College student Danielle Gibbons is part of a 20 strong party of players selected to take part in two training camps in London and Birmingham lat...more info

Putting the wow into Student Services

Here at Runshaw we have been working hard to improve our facilities so that we can give our students the best learning experience that we possibly can. The first stage of these improvements can now be seen in the impressive, modern, two-storey frontage to the Mardale Restaurant and in the re-mode...more info


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