Boston College is a predominantly

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Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

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, England. It is a

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(CoVE) for Early Years Care.

History

In 1957 construction was planned to start in 1959-60, to cost £208,967. By 1960 it was to cost £249,650, with furniture to cost £70,000. In early April 1962 a contract for £255,368 was given to J.T. Barber & Sons of Boston. It opened on Monday 14 September 1964, built by JT Barber & Sons of Boston. It provided A-level courses for those not attending the town's two

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s. It became an associate college of

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. In 2007 a scheme for college redevelopment on West Street was abandoned through a lack of usable space. In 2008 the college planned for a £79m expansion of the college to replace the Skirbeck Road and Mill Road sites. A smaller redevelopment of the Skirbeck Road site was undertaken, funded by selling the building on Mill Road. The Mill Road building at the east of Boston was a former

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campus, and before that,

Kitwood Boys School Kitwood Boys School was a secondary modern school for boys in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, which began life in the early 1950s as part of the new Attlee Labour government's education programme (as did the nearby Kitwood Girls School). Initially ...

, now

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. The adjacent Mill Road sports fields were not included in the sale.

Visits

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visited the De Montfort Campus on Thursday 7 December 2000

Sites

The college is currently spread over five sites: * Rochford Campus – engineering workshops, beauty therapy, swimming facilities and halls of residence for 200 students. Skirbeck Road, Boston, next to the Maud Foster Drain and the Geoff Moulder Leisure Complex. * Sam Newsom Centre – music and performing arts facilities. South Street, Boston. * Peter Paine Performance Centre – centre for sports and exercise science. Rosebery Avenue, Boston. * Ingelow Centre – centre for students with Special Educational Needs. Rowley Road, Boston. *Boston College Spalding – Red Lion Street, Spalding.

Principals

* 1964 – 86 – Alan Moon * 1986 – 2001 – David Pursell * 2001 – 05 – David Pomfret * 2005 – 11 – Sue Daley * 2011 – 17 – Amanda Mosek * 2017 – 2020 – Jo Maher * 2020 – 2025 – Claire Foster

Notable alumni

Jason Atherton Jason Atherton (born 6 September 1971) is an English chef and restaurateur. His flagship restaurant Pollen Street Social gained a Michelin Star in 2011, its opening year, and retained it until its closure in 2024. He was the Executive Chef at ...

– chef

References

External links

The college's website

EduBase

News items

Plans for food centre in Spalding in July 2009

Abi Titmuss musical banned in May 2006

Video clips

Breakfast competition at Bishop Grossteste College in October 2009
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