Parson's Walk, WN1 1RS
3.8160 reviews
22nd July 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
Grace Banks, a former St Peters Catholic High School student is setting her sights on a successful career in the engineering industry, whilst smashing her way onto the try line
17th June 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
The esports industry is massive, with global revenues in the billions and millions of fans worldwide. For UK college leavers and adults looking to enter this exciting sector, the Higher
16th May 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
Are you passionate about working with animals and ready to turn that into a career? We have a brand new HND Animal Management course, based at our Leigh Campus, starting
2nd May 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
We were thrilled to take home a magnificent three awards at a glitzy Apprenticeship Guide Awards evening held at the Hilton Deansgate Hotel in Manchester. We were named Best College
3rd April 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
We had much to celebrate at this year’s Apprenticeship Awards as the event followed news that we became the number one college provider for apprentices in Greater Manchester. The Department
4th March 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
Our new T Level Textile & Fashion Maker course has already proved to be an invaluable experience for student Jess Hill. The former Shevington High School pupil chose the new
3rd March 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
Last year, research by tech start-up Multiverse showed that Wigan was the best place to be an apprentice in England. Here at Wigan & Leigh College, we’re proud to be
28th February 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
For wider context, Greater Manchester was identified as an area where productivity could be improved within small to medium sized employers and a fund was made available by Innovate UK
13th February 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
A host of top employers from engineering and construction sectors descended on Wigan & Leigh College’sFestival of Engineering & Construction on February 10th. Taking place during National Apprenticeship Week, this
5th February 2025 by Wigan and Leigh College Adult Learning Centre
Construction trade apprentices, Cameron Aket, Callum Rigby and Marc McLaughlin are loving their apprenticeships with Wigan Council. The trio, who attend our Centre of Excellence in Construction & Engineering are
The tutors at this college are unprofessional and allow the bullying and isolation of their students whilst not supporting students who are struggling in their classes due to coming from disadvantaged backgrounds
Live, vibrant and full of activities
Since the begining of this year my mental healths been fine, when i stopped getting the support from here for my bad anxiety, it has massively effected me, im too scared to go in because im terrified of my department lead, i dont speak to people that much Im tired, i do not reccomened any one to do the animal care course if you have a speech imped, anxiety adhd or autism you'll just be the start for jokes. I have a support plan on my student profile which they dont follow, they told my mum to wait for someone to ring back regarding my sick note and no one ever got back to her They care more about their brand than students mental and physical wellbeing.
All the staff and teachers are just amazing .
Absolutely horrendous place.my son lasted 1 month there.avoid this college at all costs anybody thinking of sending a family member there
the vending stole my crisp i am severely unhappy i want my cheese and onion walkers… ALSO STOLE MY FRIENDS TWIX (different vending machine i know right🙄)
Whoever is the operations manager for this college should be embarrassed. Whilst we appreciate there are 100's of pupils- All the literature claims they encourage communication with parents/ pupils yet when you ask very simple questions over the phone they huff & puff & say " they dont take calls". How the he ll are we suposed to get answers from the relevant department then!? . If youre so busy - take on more staff to cope its not rocket science. The last receptionist kept hanging up ?Over email they won't get back to you for days & in person they don't have the answer or blame " new systems". Enrolment was chaotic & disorganised . We had an awful woman who asked my child a question she was unsure of & she said '"its not a trick question " sarcastically.. The website needs a huge improvement to actually inform you about everything that may apply to you once you're at the college. The site often crashes & some of the info isn't up to date or it's vague . No one seems to know what they're doing & just muddle through like they probably have for years with no accountability. How can parents or pupils " work" with you when you are obnoxious, unhelpful & ignorant. My child enjoys the course & has been assertive in asking for help with head of studies who were rude & dismissive. Disgusting behaviour towards new starters.
Great college, the manager Sharon today went above and beyond to help my daughter enrol at the college. Thankful .
Just wanted to say that i couldn’t have been welcomed more to Wigan and Leigh college and i look forward to attending next week .
Very poor communication. Discrimination against mental health
Studied the CIPD course with John M. John is an excellent teacher who goes above and beyond for his students. Learnt a lot and really enjoyed being in his class. Met lovely students who turned into great friends. Had an amazing experience at Wigan. Would highly recommend John and Wigan and Leigh College.
awful place. made my child cry. went for a music interview and didn’t even give them time to do the things they were told. extremely unprofessional. rushed. teachers are cruel and expect professional quality from a child. would not recommend
Not a positive experience. Applied for a job position in early 2022 (feb). Heard in the October they'd received my application and then nothing was mentioned or apologised for the long wait, was offered remote interview and then onsite interview and removed sending the remote offer and then asked ME why I wanted a remote based interview. Yet had themselves taken 8 months and I should be the one asking the "why" Thankfully already secured a position!
Extremely supportive A Level staff. A big thanks to you all who helped and supported us (and still are) during our current circumstances. I can't thank you all enough, for helping my son in many ways.
Absolutely fantastic this college, I’ve studied maths and English here, and I can’t thank the staff, tutors and other mentors enough, they have all done so much for me and to have that belief of me actually passing my courses is just amazing
I love this college cuh. Fun time with the lads have a few pints amazing colly.
This college can’t even keep their own proper records and incessantly email me about my children attending. Not only do I not have children, I live 400 miles away. Despite endless messages asking them to remove me from their subscription list, it goes ignored and I continue to be pestered on a regular basis. How they can claim to teach anyone when they themselves are quite inept is beyond me.
It's an amazing college for learning. Staff and teachers are friendly
to be honest, it’s a great college. Amazing even, got me to uni and helped a lot. However, I would avoid the Media department like the plague; that part could do with new staff. One teacher there, Natasha Hart is a complete weirdo. Started crying when some students decided to leave cause she was more than 15 minutes late to class, only to say she was right next door lol. Could’ve told the students, doesn’t take 5 seconds. I’ve heard another story about how to said a student threw a chair at her but that was a lie. She’s very controlling and cries when students stick up for themselves.
I am a student at page field and its great
Wigan and Leigh college is simply a Business first college second establishment who simply need bums on seats to make every class viable and no real effort is made if students are on a course that a future apprenticeship requires them to have an equivalent maths English c grade or above in older gcse grades and although on full time attendance they provide tuition for maths and English the teachers are from an agency and virtually every week there is a different teacher making progress very difficult with them not knowing where the pupil is at properly . Do yourself a favour go to any other college outside of Wigan borough as they are terrible ! Only when I left to another college that I progressed and continued with out problems to complete my apprenticeship which I was struggling to even get to level 1 with Wigan due to the above issues and even the assessors failing to visit me enough times at work to complete my required units towards my apprenticeship. If you complain they have this slimey man who’s job is to protect the college not help you ! All in all a total waste of time ….. believe me if your having problems leave Wigan and go to any nearby one like Bolton Warrington St. Helens and see the difference you will flourish with the support they provide with out the failures of Wigan business first college !
Easy to get to from either car or public transport. Took child to enrol, staff were fantastic and friendly.
Very Nice and comfortable place to study and staff is really nice and friendly .
I would highly avoid studying at this college, I should of posted this sooner but never found the time. 3 years ago I was once a student here studying Health and Social level 1 and childcare level 1. Health and social was good but not the best, then when I studied childcare as they said my health and social grades wasn't good which prevented me from progressing. During childcare i received high levels of bullying and also got homophobicaly attacked by a so called friend at the time. When the college found out very little action was taken against the bullys which means they have no bullying policy what's so ever. The a few weeks later I was being talked about in class and when I attempted to defend myself they sent me out of class to go and see the head of the course and I was suspended then excluded by the heads of the course who was present at the time, but the bullys was still allowed to study there?? awful place I'm so glad I've moved on to a new environment who treat me alot better than this place did.
Awful awful awful place to work for. No appreciation, they just close your email and suspend your account without saying thank you or goodbye. Horrible people!
The staff and students at The Wheel restaurant in Wigan served a wonderful three course Christmas lunch for 36 members of the Macular Support Group. Thank you so much. See you next year!
Open evening looks really good placw
It's great for learning
Went to Wigan College of Technology 1976 - 1977 in Library Street. Had a great year and failed my subjects. Love the people of Wigan!
Very good college
At the beginning of the year at the college I had really looked forward to my course and was really disappointed after the first couple of months. Some times the staff would just turn up late or decide to go for wonders during lessons. We then came to see their true colours and how fake their attitudes were. at points they made us come in on our days off to then turn up for 5 minutes not even set any work and then wonder off out of the classroom and leave us there for up to an hour. I didn't find many of the tutors to be helpful and some of the teaching assistants we had even felt the same as us. We were fed up of the way they was. Im pretty sure it was a group of 16 of us to which only a 2 or 3 decided to continue with the course and a few even decided to leave the college. Wouldn't recommended this place to anyone, very run down building with very hot classroom with only a couple of them having air con that works or even having Aircon fitted.
mans got coughed in lesson on and big man didnt do nowt, gutted :(
meeh, its ok to get certificates and stuff, but this really shows how much a certificate to get a job is a pointless formality... you dont learn anything here, i wouldnt rate it any stars at all for the sake of being a place of education because you dont be educated or learn anything here, you sign papers and listen to someone speak a bit all for the sake of signing off tick lists to get a certificate you wanted. this is not education.... and our certificate focused culture is going to be the reason why the entire west will have a massive decline in intelligence and in defence of the place though, looking at the other reviews though "you should already know this" id say the teacher is right... because they dont teach you anything here, so you really should already know everything because nothing is complex here, its just a case of signing off forms and signing that you have listened to a teacher speak on something. if you dont know something here then im sorry to say the teacher is right, you should already know, because they dont take you through anything complex, so the student in that case is thick, for there is nothing challenging here, there is no real education or learning, its just signing forms, if the student doesnt know something its because they wasnt listening and its something very basic and yes they should already know that and they are a bit thick and yet this college will still allow them to sign the paper and get the certificate despite them proving that they are very thick. the state of the education system is shocking, no wonder we have children leaving school these days without the ability to read or write... they should know how to read and write, and they will be the types that the teachers say "you should already know this to" lol they are right though, you should know basic stuff, if you dont know basic things then your high school you need to put a bad review in for because they havent taught you basic entry level knowledge you should already know
Amazing College in providing the education, I found that mentors and faculty members are really knowledgeable and interactive. I did Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management in Marketing where I studied Digital Marketing. I developed confidence with the assessments and projects they provide. I used to have class from Netherlands, Germany, London, and India.
Lovely staff and great lessons
The staff are absolutely amazing
Wigan and Leigh College is a state General Further and Higher Education College based at six locations in the towns of Wigan and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Currently there are over 1,000 staff members employed, and more than 17,000 students enrolled in full-time or part-time courses. The college's programmes of study include: General Certificate of Education (GCSEs), BTEC First Diplomas, Advanced Level (UK), National Diplomas, Higher National Diplomas and First Degrees. Wigan and Leigh College was formed in April 1992 through the merger of Wigan College of Technology (formerly Wigan Mining and Technical College) and Leigh College.
I've only done one year so far and at the beginning of the year I was really enjoying it but we got a new teacher and any time you feel like you're doing good, he puts you down. It just isn't a nice environment anymore I don't enjoy going here anymore, can't wait to leave next year. Although I have met amazing people, and made fantastic friendships ☺️ that's probably the one good thing to come from this college.
| Monday | 8:30am - 5:00pm |
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| Tuesday | 8:30am - 5:00pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30am - 5:00pm |
| Thursday | 8:30am - 5:00pm |
| Friday | 8:30am - 4:30pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
