With an Apprenticeship, you can earn money while you’re learning and gain recognised qualifications as you work.
As employees, Apprentices earn a wage and work alongside experienced staff to gain job-specific skills. Off the job, usually on a day-release basis, Apprentices receive training to work towards nationally recognised qualifications. Apprenticeships can take between one and four years to complete depending on the level of Apprenticeship, the Apprentices’ ability and the industry sector.
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College Mission
"Delivering Excellence in Learning, Skills and Employability."
Strategic Aims
Aim 1: Deliver Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Aim 2: Put our learners and customers first
Aim 3: Invest in an efficient, sustainable & profitable organisation
Aim 4: Optimise business growth opportunities
Creative industries such as music and theatre are growing fast, providing a great choice of jobs. Career types are wide ranging and take in people with a variety of different skills and
experiences, from theatre technicians or musicians to dancers, TV directors or actors. Stoke on Trent College is a Founder College of the National Skills Academy Creative and Cultural, as well as a member of the British Youth Film Academy. Many tutors have real industry experience, and our courses offer great chances of progression to further study and employment.
We also have fantastic fully equipped facilities across subject areas such as a recording studio, rehearsal rooms and a theatre. Regular dance, drama and music performances help students to fulfill their potential, and we also have close links with local theatres such as the New Vic and Regent.
These highly popular courses allow for further development in your chosen area. The courses equip you with an understanding of industry processes and skills required to advance to the next level.
The Performing Arts (Performance) course includes developing students appreciation of dance, drama and musical theatre, through further practical activities.
These highly popular courses allow for further development in your chosen area. The courses equip you with an understanding of industry processes and skills required to advance to the next level.
Performing Arts (Production) teaches skills in stage design, lighting, sound, stage management, prop and model making, and scenic painting and construction.
These highly popular courses allow for further development in your chosen area. The courses equip you with an understanding of industry processes and skills required to advance to the next level.
This exciting vocational course provides an introduction to the challenging, yet enjoyable key elements of music technology; sound creation and production. Through practical projects you will learn and develop skills in musicianship, composing and arranging songs, and using MP3, CD or Podcast to promote your own work on-line.
Level 3 courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
The Performing Arts (Dance) course is aimed at those with real passion and flair for a career in dance with a focus on classical ballet, jazz dance and urban and tap dance styles. The course is taught by outstanding professionals who are currently working in the dance and performance industry and are a collaboration between Stoke on Trent College, Steelworks Dance Academy and the London Studio Centre.
These introductory level courses offer an exciting opportunity to learn and develop skills in your chosen subject. Through practical projects you will learn to develop group skills and individual confidence. This is achieved through excellent teaching and top-of-the-range facilities.
Performing Musician students learn musicianship, composing and arranging songs, and using MP3s, CDs or Podcasts to promote work.
These introductory level courses offer an exciting opportunity to learn
and develop skills in your chosen subject. Through practical projects you will learn to develop group skills and individual confidence. This
is achieved through excellent teaching and top-of-the-range facilities.
The Performing Arts Diploma develops skills in dance, drama and musical theatre, preparing students for a full-scale production.
Vocational Studies (Music) offers an exciting opportunity to learn and
develop skills in your chosen subject. Through practical projects you will learn to develop group skills and individual confidence.
This course allows further development in your chosen area. The courses equip you with an understanding of industry processes and skills required to advance to the next level. These courses maximise your own potential by integrating the marketing and promotion with the creation and performance elements.
Level 3 Courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
Music Technology and Music Performance courses fully prepare students for employment, or further study, in the music industry by bringing their skills acquired in earlier levels up to industry approved levels.
Level 3 courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
The Music Technology course fully prepares students for employment, or further study, in the music industry by bringing their skills aquired in earlier levels up to industry approved levels.
Level 3 Courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
Performing Arts students will further enhance and broaden their skill-set aquired at Levels 1 and 2, ensuring smooth progression onto a large number of possible career paths.
Level 3 Courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
Performing Arts students will further enhance and broaden their skill-set aquired at Levels 1 and 2, ensuring smooth progression onto a large number of possible career paths.
These introductory level courses offer an exciting opportunity to learn
and develop skills in your chosen subject. Through practical projects you will learn to develop group skills and individual confidence. This
is achieved through excellent teaching and top-of-the-range facilities.
The Performing Arts Diploma develops skills in dance, drama and musical theatre, preparing students for a full-scale production.
Vocational Studies (Music) offers an exciting opportunity to learn and
develop skills in your chosen subject. Through practical projects you will learn to develop group skills and individual confidence.
Level 3 courses offer a broader spectrum of options, allowing for a greater degree of specialisation. You are taught about and use current techniques to develop your own work.
Production Arts students will enhance their existing broad - skill set even more, bringing their abilities in line with professional industry standards.
The HND in Performing Arts covers a wide range of disciplines and skills and is designed to further develop the skills learnt at Level Three diploma level or equivalent.
The course will cover Dance and Drama, Movement and Voice Skills and Rehearsal skills. In addition learners will cover units on professional practice and research skills.
Stoke on Trent college has a fully equipped theatre space designed to be useable for a wide range of different performance styles, with improvements being made on an ongoing basis, in the past, performers have been involved in Musicals, Dance Shows, Drama performances, Music Gigs, Presentation Evenings, Children’s Shows and Awards Evenings as well as product launches and exhibitions.
Recent additions to the theatre techno logy have enhanced the quality of performances and have included upgrades of Lighting Control to industry standard. The sound system is of exceptional quality and back up systems including an intercom system and brand new q light system are integrated to make all experiences in the theatre space as close to professional quality as possible. Performers are also encouraged to take part in a diverse range of performances including the possibility of small scale touring.
The HND in Production Arts covers a wide range of disciplines and skills and is designed to further develop the skills learnt at Level Three diploma level or equivalent.
The course will cover Production and Stage Management, Set design realisation and production skills, as well as small scale touring and lighting design. In addition learners will cover units on professional practice and research skills.
Stoke on Trent college has a fully equipped theatre space designed to be useable for a wide range of different performance styles, with improvements being made on an ongoing basis, in the past it has been used for Musical’s, Dance Show’s. Drama’s, Music Gig’s, Presentation Evening’s, Children’s Shows and Awards Evenings as well as product launches and exhibitions. Lighting Control has recently been updated to industry standard and a range of new lighting equipment is being introduced. The sound system is of exceptional quality and back up systems including an intercom system and brand new q light system are integrated to make all experiences in the theatre space as close to professional quality as possible. In addition the theatre has a fully equipped workshop area used to construct scenic items and props and the facilities to paint and decorate according to the designs of the shows.
We also have a touring rig which we are able to take out to support performances outside of the college, including a brand new touring stage.
The production courses at Stoke on Trent College have enjoyed particularly good success in progressing students on to the next stage of their chosen career whether this be in higher education, including the top drama schools in the country, or into a theatre or production company.
KEY FACTS ABOUT MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
Creative industries are worth billions of pounds a year
Sound Engineers can earn up to £30,000 a year
Starting salaries for Assistant and Deputy Stage Managers can be up to £23,000 a year
