Editing Colne (section)

==Education==

===Colne Grammar School===
Colne Grammar School was a focus for education from the [[Middle Ages]] and had [[John Tillotson]] an [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (1691–1694) amongst its alumni. Construction of the 'new school' on Barrowford Road was completed 1941. It finally closed in the late 20th century when [[Nelson and Colne College]], which then occupied the building, consolidated its operations on a site in nearby Barrowford. The red brick building, was converted to apartments in 2009 and now forms the centrepiece of an executive housing development known as The Locks.

===Pre-schools===
There are several pre-schools in the area which are spread across the town.

=== Primary schools ===
There are several primary schools in the Colne area, one of which is a [[Catholic school]]. The schools in the town are:
*Colne Lord Street Primary School
*West Street Community Primary School
*Sacred Heart Catholic school
*Colne Primet Primary School
*Colne Park Primary School
*Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School<ref name="schools-search">{{cite web|title=Schools within 5 miles of BB8 9AN|url=http://www.schools-search.co.uk/school-search.php?Soutcode=BB8+9AN&type=Primary&radius=5|access-date=5 August 2014|website=SchoolsSearch|publisher=Schools-search.co.uk}}</ref>

Schools in the immediate area include:
*Foulridge St Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School
*Trawden Forest Primary School
*Laneshaw Bridge Primary School<ref name="schools-search" />

For details of more schools around Colne see [[Foulridge]], [[Trawden]], [[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]], [[Laneshaw Bridge]] and [[Brierfield, Lancashire|Brierfield]].

=== High schools ===
There are also three [[Comprehensive school|high schools]] in Colne: [[Colne Primet Academy]], [[Park High School, Colne|Park High School]] and [[Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School|Ss John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School]].<ref>{{cite web|title=EduBase|url=http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729025832/http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml;jsessionid=6FE953E7E6E0A9C20F1AEB6DE93F7F51|archive-date=29 July 2012|access-date=20 January 2012|publisher=Department for Education}}</ref>

===Colleges and further education===
[[Nelson and Colne College]] is the main provider of post-16 education in the area – there is no [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|grammar school]] or continuing [[sixth form]] centre, the nearest being in [[Burnley]] and [[Skipton]]. Nelson and Colne College offers [[GCE Advanced Level|AS-level]] and [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-level]] qualifications, as well as [[Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC)|BTEC]], [[City and Guilds]], Open College of the [[North West England|North West]] and some [[professional qualifications in the United Kingdom|professional qualifications]]. The college also has tie-ins with some higher education institutions.