Clay College

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In short

Clay College is a not-for-profit pottery school at Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent, which opened in September 2017 and grew out of the charity Adopt a Potter's apprenticeship scheme. Its two-year full-time Diploma teaches throwing, hand building, decoration, glaze technology, kiln building and firing in electric, gas, soda and wood kilns, together with business and marketing. The college also runs evening classes, masterclasses with visiting potters and a gallery of selling exhibitions.

Where

Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Founded

2017

Crafts

Ceramics and porcelain

Website

claycollegestoke.co.uk

Email

contact@claycollegestoke.co.uk

Source

School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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