{{multiple issues| {{COI|date=August 2018}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2018}} {{more footnotes needed|date=June 2012}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use British English|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox school | name = Rotherham College | image = | motto = Skills for your future | established = 1853: Rotherham School of Science and Art<br>1981: Rotherham College of Arts and Technology<br>2016: Rotherham College | closed = | type = [[Further Education]] college | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Chief Executive | r_head_label = Chief Executive | r_head = John Connolly | chair_label = | chair = Ken Barrass | founder = | specialist = | address = | city = [[Rotherham]] | county = [[South Yorkshire]] | country = England | postal_code = S65 1EG | local_authority = [[Rotherham]] | urn = 130527 | ofsted = Good with outstanding features | staff = 400+ | enrolment = 7,000 | lower_age = 16 (does sometimes accept from 14) | gender = Mixed | houses = | colours = {{color box|blue}} Blue | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = https://www.rotherham.ac.uk }} [[Image:Rotherham Town Centre.gif|thumb|View of Rotherham College main building]] '''Rotherham College''' (formerly '''Rotherham College of Arts and Technology''' shortened to '''RCAT''') is a [[further education]] college in [[Rotherham]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[England]]. It was established as Rotherham School of Science and Art in the 19th century.
From the 1930s, it provided technical-orientated education from the Howard building on Eastwood Lane, Rotherham. In 1981, three neighbouring colleges of arts, technology and adult education were merged into one. As a result, the college became known as Rotherham College of Arts and Technology (RCAT).
In August 2004, Rotherham College merged with the [[Dinnington, South Yorkshire|Dinnington]]-based further education provider, Rother Valley College.
On 1 February 2016, Rotherham College merged with North Notts College to create a new education and training organisation, the RNN Group. The name, Rotherham College, was retained for the two campuses.
On 1 February 2017, Dearne Valley College joined the RNN Group. Alongside the three colleges, the RNN Group also incorporates an apprenticeship business, RNN Training, and a number of subsidiary companies which cover a range of specialist training sectors. The RNN Group was criticised by OFSTED, for its poor oversight of subcontractors in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://feweek.co.uk/2018/04/13/ofsted-watch-college-group-criticised-for-poor-oversight-of-subcontractors/ |title=Ofsted watch: RNN Group criticised for poor oversight of subcontractors |date=13 April 2018 |website=FE Week |access-date=10 September 2018 |archive-date=10 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910131522/https://feweek.co.uk/2018/04/13/ofsted-watch-college-group-criticised-for-poor-oversight-of-subcontractors/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Campuses == Rotherham College has two campuses, Rotherham Town Centre campus (TCC) and Dinnington campus (DC). The Town Centre campus is situated on Eastwood Lane and the Dinnington campus on Doe Quarry Lane, Dinnington.
The Town Centre campus contains four buildings, the Eastwood Building, the Wentworth Building and the Clifton building (the latter two of which are connected to each other), and the Construction Centre, which is on the other side of town near [[Rotherham Interchange]], towards the [[Parkgate, South Yorkshire|Parkgate]].
== Notable alumni == * [[Sean Bean]] – actor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8463167.stm|title=Sean Bean honoured on Sheffield walk of fame|date=16 January 2010|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 April 2013|archive-date=15 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215161047/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/8463167.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Howard Webb]] – professional football referee<ref>{{cite web|url=https://feweek.co.uk/high-profile-football-referee-honoured-at-old-college/|title=High profile football referee honoured at old college|date=1 June 2015|work=FE Week|accessdate=26 April 2023}}</ref> * [[Peter Elliott (athlete)|Peter Elliott]] – Olympic distance runner<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/universities-and-colleges/8525716/Rotherham-College-of-Arts-and-Technology-guide.html|title=Rotherham College of Arts and Technology guide|last=Gockelen-Kozlowski|first=Tom|date=7 July 2011|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=16 September 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531224306/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/universities-and-colleges/8525716/Rotherham-College-of-Arts-and-Technology-guide.html|archivedate=31 May 2012}}</ref> * [[Lee Malia]] - guitarist for Bring Me The Horizon<ref name="Horizon">{{cite web|url=https://www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/award-on-the-horizon-for-rotherham-rockers-4295059|title=Award on the horizon for Rotherham rockers|date=1 February 2016|work=Rotherham Advertiser|accessdate=8 September 2025}}</ref> * [[Matt Nicholls]] - drummer for Bring Me The Horizon<ref name="Horizon"/>
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== External links == *{{Official website|https://www.rotherham.ac.uk}}
{{Schools in Rotherham}} {{Universities and colleges in Yorkshire and the Humber}} {{Authority control}}
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