Tyne Metropolitan College

Tyne Metropolitan College is a college of further education in North Tyneside, England. About Tyne Metropolitan College Tyne Metropolitan College is a General Further Education College located in the borough of North Tyneside (one of five metropolitan districts that make up the Tyne and Wear conurbation) and predominantly serves the borough of North Tyneside and the wider hinterland including the Newcastle City Region, Northumberland and South Tyneside. The College is a major employer in the borough with around 300 employees. History and Campus Locations Tyne Metropolitan College, Coast Road Campus, Wallsend TyneMet was established in March 2005 as a result of the amalgamation between Tynemouth Sixth Form College and North Tyneside Further Education College. TyneMet operates from three principal sites; the Coast Road Campus, which predominantly provides a vocational based curriculum with a number of higher education pathways, the Queen Alexandra Campus, located in North Shields, which offers A Level provision and a range of arts based qualifications at The Creative Studios (see further information below under Queen Alexandra Campus), and TMC in Benton, which focuses on training for the construction and building industries with a range of employment-focused vocational training programmes at levels 1, 2 and 3 (see further information below under TMC Benton). The address for the Coast Road Campus is: Battle Hill Drive, Wallsend, Tyne & Wear NE28 9NL.