<strong>Ashton and the ‘art of acceptance’</strong>

AN ARTIST who studied at Priestley College has been included on a list that once featured the likes of David Hockney and Damien Hirst. Ashton Blyth, who studied Fine Art at Priestley, has been included on the list of emerging talent produced by New Contemporaries – a prestigious organisation that has supported young artists for […]

Powering through

A YOUNG entrepreneur is hoping his dream of creating a gymwear brand will work out and lead to a successful business. Angus Cheyne, a student at Priestley College, has launched his Power Through clothing range in Warrington and hopes the brand will grow over the coming months. “I wanted to give myself a go at […]

Walking the distance for charity

Public Services students from Priestley College tackled a 14-mile walk to raise money for three worthy causes. Over two days, 150 students walked from the college to Lymm Dam and back – the equivalent of trekking to the Trafford Centre from the campus. Students raised around £1,500 for their chosen charities: Jump, Warrington Foodbank and […]

Priestley passes go

Priestley College has landed a place on the Warrington Monopoly board. Priestley occupies one of the prestigious green squares with players having to fork out 320 Monopoly dollars to buy the ‘property’. Winning Moves UK – who make the game – first visited Priestley to find out why the college deserved a spot on the […]

Priestley take on Papua New Guinea

An unreal experience for our Rugby Development Academy – run in partnership with Warrington Wolves – as they trained with the Papua New Guinea rugby league team ahead of the World Cup. Good luck to PNG as they take on Tonga tomorrow and for the rest of the tournament. Previous Next

Priestley Alumni Success

We continue to celebrate the success of our alumni. Here are three talented Film & Media students who have moved on to great things Catherine Bolton Catherine went to Edge Hill University to study Drama and Media Studies. She has worked in TV for the last 5 years on shows like The Voice Kids. Zak […]

Celebrating alumni success

Here at Priestley, we like to celebrate the success of our alumni. Here are just three of our talented performers who studied Musical Theatre, Dance or Drama. Paige Fenlon Paige Fenlon who studied Musical Theatre, Dance and Drama went on to Bird College in London and has since worked on the West End in shows […]