It had around 450 boys in the 1960s and was administered by the County Borough of Dewsbury Education Committee.

[clarification needed][7] The Dewsbury centre has two campuses in and around Dewsbury: Former centres were previously known as Dewsbury and Batley Technical and Art College (DABTAC) The main site is a new campus off Manchester Road,[10] adjacent to the River Colne, just outside the Huddersfield town centre, at a cost of £74 million, in 2013 it replaced the New North Road Campus .

[clarification needed][11][12] There are 4 additional satellite sites in Huddersfield: Engineering and adjacent Process Manufacturing Centres,[13] provides full and part time courses in engineering related fields including manufacturing, welding and motor vehicle.

[16] Since its creation in 1998 by Eve Jones and Richard Gray, students have gone on to study at The Royal College of Art, won the Unilever graduate of the year award and many other national and international prizes.

The course exhibited in London every year at Free Range at the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane.