Gateway Sixth Form College is a
sixth form college
A sixth form college is an educational institution, where students aged 16 to 19 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A Levels, Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) and the International Baccalaureate Di ...
in Hamilton, Leicester, England.
The college used to be housed in the city centre of Leicester, adjacent to the main campus of
De Montfort University and located by other buildings of academic interests such as the Daneil Lambert Museum, Newarke House, Leicester Castle and Castle Gardens. The bridge from where the deceased body of
Richard III
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was said to have been thrown from (prior to being found elsewhere) is also a short walk from the original site. It has since moved to a new, £33 million campus built in the Hamilton suburb of the city.
History
The school began as Gateway Grammar School for boys. It was founded in 1928 and located in Skeffington House which is now the home of the Newarke Houses Museum. The school was established primarily to feed the Colleges of Art and Technology (later Leicester Polytechnic and now De Montfort University) and the curriculum showed a significant bias towards Craft and other practical subjects.
In 1933 it moved across the road to the site it occupied until 2009, which comprised a three-storey house dating from 1772 with a purpose-built extension and additional buildings for science, and art and design.
Its first head master (1928–31) was
Harold Dent who went on to become editor of ''
The Times Educational Supplement
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'' and
professor of education at the
University of Sheffield
, mottoeng = To discover the causes of things
, established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions:
– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
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. Dent was succeeded by E C White (1931-1952) and then H Frazer (1952–71). In Frazer's time the Gateway (as it was known by locals) became more like a conventional grammar school but retained its commitment to teaching crafts. It was also progressive in its acceptance of 11+ exam "failures" at 13+ and 15+, some of whom achieved distinction and are among those listed in alumni below. M H Bailey (1971-1990) saw the school through its transformation into a mixed sixth form college in 1976. After Bailey's retirement the college principals were A Sortwell (1990–97), N A Goffin (1997-2009), S Overton-Edwards (2009-2016). The current principal is J Bagley.
Gateway joined Better Futures Multi Academy Trust in April 2019.
Courses
The student body consists of approximately 1,200 students aged 16–18 and 400 adult students. The college is highly diverse with 75% of all learners from minority ethnic backgrounds. This is representative of the diversity in Leicester.
Alumni
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Matt Lloyd, ice sledge hockey Paralympian
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Claudia Webbe, Labour MP
Gateway Technical Grammar School
* Sir
Damon Buffini
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Education and early life
Born in Leicester in 1962, the son of an African-American s ...
, head of private equity firm
Permira
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*
Greg Clarke
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, chairman of the FA from 2016 to 2020 and Chairman of the Football League, 2010-2016; CEO of the
Lend Lease Corporation
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History Founding
The company was establ ...
, 2002-2009; CEO of
Cable & Wireless, 1999-2000
*
Malcolm Clarke (composer)
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Biogra ...
, of the
BBC Radiophonic Workshop, composed music for
Doctor Who
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in the early 1980s
*
Harold Hopkins, physicist; developed the
zoom lens
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; did significant work on
fibre-optics
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*
Henry Lowther, jazz and classical trumpet player
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Tony Selvidge, original keyboard play of prog rock band
Yes
Yes or YES may refer to:
* An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no
Education
* YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US
* YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...
(as Tony Kaye)
*
Tom Rand, Oscar-nominated costume designer, ''The French Lieutenant's Woman''
*
Colin Wilson, writer
See also
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Regent College, Leicester
Regent College was a sixth form college in Leicester, England. The college was formed in 1976 as the ''Wyggeston Collegiate Sixth Form College'' and was renamed ''Regent College'' in 1996. It was merged into the nearby Wyggeston and Queen El ...
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Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College
Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College () is a sixth form college, located in Leicester, England. The college is led by Paul Wilson who was appointed the eighth principal in March 2018. The college merged with the nearby Regent College in 2018 ...
External links
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Ofsted Report for Gateway Sixth Form CollegeEduBase
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Education in Leicester
Sixth form colleges in Leicestershire