Holy Cross College is a Roman Catholic sixth-form college located in Bury, Greater Manchester. It was founded in 1878 by the Daughters of the Cross of Liège. The college attracts a range of learners, over a third of whom are from different religions or have no religious beliefs. The college predominantly provides a broad range of A levels and a small number of level 3 vocational courses in applied science, business, criminology, health and social care, information technology (IT) and sound engineering. The A-level subjects with the largest number of students are art and design, biology, business, chemistry, English, history, law, mathematics and psychology. Students who have not yet achieved GCSE English and/or mathematics follow a GCSE resit programme that includes English and mathematics, psychology and sociology and a range of level 2 vocational subjects, such as applied science, business and IT. At the time of the inspection, there were 2,287 students enrolled at the college. Of these, 2,184 students were on programmes at level 3 and 103 were on programmes at level 2. There were 11 students who were in receipt of high-needs funding.