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The college was created in 2009 as a result of a merger of Cannock Chase Technical College, Rodbaston College and Tamworth and Lichfield College. It now operates over five sites in Lichfield, Rodbaston , Cannock and 2 campuses in Tamworth. The Cannock campus was closed in July 2017 but re-opened as the Skills and Innovation Hub in August 2018.
Rodbaston is a village in Staffordshire, England. The population as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Penkridge . It is the location of a campus of South Staffordshire College .
Stafford College is a large college of further education. It also provides some higher education courses on behalf of Staffordshire University, focusing on computing and engineering. South Staffordshire College has a base in the village of Rodbaston on the edge of Stafford. It is largely an agricultural college.
Penkridge is a parish unit within the East Cuttleston Hundred [4] of Staffordshire. Its boundaries have varied considerably over the centuries. The ancient parish of Penkridge, defined in 1551, although it existed in much the same form throughout the Middle Ages, was made up of four distinct townships: Penkridge itself, Coppenhall, Dunston, and Stretton.
On 22 October 1960, the foundation stone of the college was laid by Dom Basil Griffin OSB (died 1963). He was a monk at Douai Abbey in Woolhampton, Berkshire, [3] and twin brother of Cardinal Griffin, who the college was named after. The college was built to educate the children of the four Catholic parishes in Cannock Chase. [4]
While 16.9% of households did not have access to a car or van, [42] 84.6% of people in employment travelled to work by car or van. [43] 79.1% of residents described their health as good or very good. [3] The proportion who described themselves as White British was 96.9%, with all white ethnic groups making up 97.9% of the population.
Early human occupation of the immediate area around Penkridge has been confirmed by the presence of a Bronze or Iron Age barrow at nearby Rowley Hill. [3] A significant settlement in this vicinity has existed since pre-Roman times, with its original location being at the intersection of the River Penk and what became the Roman military road known as Watling Street (today's A5 trunk road).
Shifnal (/ ʃ ɪ f n əl /) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) east of Telford, 17 miles (27 km) east of Shrewsbury and 13 miles (20 km) west-northwest of Wolverhampton.