Loreto College is a Roman Catholic sixth form college in Manchester, England. The schoolis situated on the western edge of Manchester LEA (and unitary authority), next to Trafford and St Mary's church. It is accessed via Princess Road (A5103) at the Asda junction. Loreto College was founded in 1851 by the Loreto Sisters, who were called upon to help overcome the challenges faced in Manchester, which had not yet been recognized as a city, by Irish immigrants who had fled poverty and famine. In 1977 it became a co-educational STATE LEA-controlled sixth form college, called Loreto Sixth Form College. Manchester LEA's state schools had earlier become comprehensive in 1967. On 1 April 1993, like all sixth-form colleges, it left Manchester LEA, and became funded like FE colleges via the Further Education Funding Council for England (FEFC) until 2001, then funded by the regional LSC. The state system funds those who cannot afford private education. The college has earned The Queen's Anniversary Prize for College Education Improvement. The college has had 5 students gaining places on the prestigious Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme.