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, London, founded in 1978, with an average intake of 200 students aged 13 – 19. The College offers over 25 A-level subjects in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and 15 subjects at GCSE. Students entering Year 9 follow an academic curriculum alongside creative subjects, art, music and drama. Fine Arts runs a one year Portfolio course to prepare students for degree courses at university and art school. The Principal is Candida Cave and the Head is Emmy Schwieters.

History

The College was founded in 1978 by artists Nicholas Cochrane and Candida Cave and was originally located in the YMCA on Tottenham Court Road and specialised in the teaching of Art and History of Art. In 1982, the College relocated to Belsize Park and expanded its curriculum to cover the 25 subjects it teaches today. In 1994, the GCSE department opened, followed by Year 9 entry in 2018. In 2002 the College moved to Centre Studios, a converted Victorian dairy in Englands Lane, which remains its main site today. In 2015 the College became part of the Dukes Education Group.

Buildings

The College operates across three separate sites within about 200 yards of one another, located between Belsize Park, Chalk Farm and Swiss Cottage tube stations. The main site, Centre Studios, houses the academic departments and the Fine Art, Graphics, Music, Music Technology, Media, Textiles, Film Studies, and Drama studios. The two other sites are the Photography studios and Maths and Science departments in Lambolle Place.

Notable former pupils

Theo Adams Theo Adams (born 29 September 1989 in London, England), is a performance artist and director of the contemporary theatrical performance group Theo Adams Company. Biography Education Adams studied at Fine Arts College, Hampstead. He left the f ...

, artist and director *

Alfie Allen Alfie Evan Allen (born 12 September 1986) is an English actor. He portrayed Theon Greyjoy on all eight seasons of the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), for which he received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outs ...

, actor *

Brooklyn Beckham Brooklyn Joseph Peltz Beckham (born 4 March 1999) is an English media personality and former model. He is the eldest son of former England footballer David Beckham and English singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham. Early life Beckham ...

, model and photographer, son of

David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham (; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Known for his range of passing, crossing ability and bending fr ...

and

Victoria Beckham Victoria Caroline Beckham (; born 17 April 1974) is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spice. Wi ...

* Sara Berman & Aimee Berman, fashion designers *

Orlando Bloom Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001), ''The Two Towers'' (2002), a ...

, actor *

Helena Bonham Carter Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award a ...

, actress *

Johnny Borrell Jonathan Edward Borrell (born 4 April 1980) is an English guitarist and singer, currently the frontman of the rock band Razorlight. Early life and career Borrell was born in Sutton, London. His father, New Zealand-born John Borrell, was a war ...

, guitarist and singer *

JJ Feild John Joseph Feild (born 1978) is a British-American film, television and theatre actor. He started his television career in 1999. Feild played Fred Garland in Philip Pullman's ''The Ruby in the Smoke'' and ''The Shadow in the North'' television ...

, actor *

Kayvan Novak Kayvan Novak ( fa, کیوان نواک; born 23 November 1977) is a British actor and comedian.Kadivar, DariuSyriana breaks Iranian stereotypes, ''Persian Mirror''. Retrieved 3 August 2007. He co-created and starred in the comedy series ''Fone ...

, actor and director *

Mel Raido Mel Raido (born 1977) is a Jamaican-born English actor. Raido moved to London at three years old. After taking elocution lessons, he started to become hooked by the acting bug at school and studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.< ...

, actor * Coco Sumner, singer *

Amelia Warner Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982) is an English musician, composer, and former actress. Early life Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, the only child of actors Annette Ekblom and Alun L ...

, actress * Liam Watson *

Mae Muller Holly Mae Muller (born 26 August 1997) is an English singer-songwriter. She released an album titled ''Chapter 1'' with Capitol Records in 2019 and released an EP, ''No One Else, Not Even You,'' in 2020. Career In 2007 as a child, Muller app ...

, singer

References

External links

School website
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