Huddersfield New College is a former
grammar school
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and current
sixth form college
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located in
Salendine Nook
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on the outskirts of
Huddersfield
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, in the county of
West Yorkshire
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, England. The current principal is Angela Williams.
On 17 May 2016 the college was assessed as 'Outstanding' in all 6 inspection domains following an
OFSTED
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review. They are the first
Sixth Form College
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to receive such an accolade under the new (September 2016) inspection framework.
Huddersfield New College is situated to the west of the town, on '' New Hey Road'' (
A640) less than a mile from junction 23 of the
M62. It should not be confused with Huddersfield Technical College, which became
Kirklees College
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History
The college was formed on 1 August 2008 after the Dewsbury College Dissolution order approved t ...
in 2008.
History
Huddersfield College
Huddersfield College was founded in 1839.
Henry Ernest Atkins
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, the chess master, was principal from 1909 to 1936.
Huddersfield New College as a boys grammar school
![Huddersfield New College 2005](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Huddersfield_New_College_2005.JPG)
Huddersfield New College was founded in 1958 when the existing Huddersfield College was merged with Hillhouse Technical School to form a new boys' grammar school at a new campus at Salendine Nook with 950 boys. In 1959, the girls-only Longley Technical High School moved to the campus, with a new school called Huddersfield High School also on New Hey Road with 700 girls run by Huddersfield Education Committee. Princess Margaret opened the girls' school on the campus on 14 November 1958. The whole site, including Salendine Nook High School, had cost £1 million. Sir
Edward Boyle opened Huddersfield New College on 26 March 1958.
The last admission of 11-year-olds was in 1972, and the college then began a gradual transition from a boys only grammar school to a co-educational sixth form college. During the dissolution of the grammar schools under Harold Wilson's watch, (an old boy of the nearby
Royds Hall Grammar School), he infamously said that ''grammar schools would be dismantled over his dead body''. However the sixth form college has retained much of the academic-minded ethos of his former school.
Huddersfield New College as a co-educational sixth form college
It became a sixth form college when the two grammar schools, Huddersfield New College and Huddersfield High School, gradually merged from 1973. In 1974 it was administered by Kirklees Metropolitan Council until 1993 when funded by the
FEFC. In 2001 it was administered by West Yorkshire LSC, whose executive director was Margaret Coleman, a former principal of the college.
Buildings
More recently, the eastern half of the original 1958 built building has been demolished, and replaced with a modern construction grafted onto the remaining half of the original building.
In January 2007 building works commenced to expand the current school to increase capacity. New buildings will house additional classrooms for Geography, Art, Psychology, Textiles, Modern Languages, IT, Media Studies and a new student dining area (known as the IT Café by students). Additional expansion to 'The Boiler House' - the current performing arts area is also commencing, yielding increased classrooms a recording studio and a new theatre. There has also been expansion to the sports centre, which now houses: Sports Studies, Travel and Tourism, Sociology, Health and Social Care, Children's Learning, Care and Development. Also a large gym with state-of-the-art equipment, and a large sports hall.
In September 2012 the college completed the construction of a £100,000 3G AstroTurf pitch which is also used by the neighbouring Salendine Nook High School.
Academic performance
In October 2011 the college was formally inspected by
Ofsted
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, who praised the college and rated it as "a good college with outstanding features". Ofsted said that the college was showing a lot of improvement year-on-year and that the quality of teaching across all areas was good. All courses have high success rates, and students enjoy their time at the college.
On 17 May 2016 the college was assessed as 'Outstanding' in all 6 inspection domains following an
OFSTED
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review. They are the first
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 ...
to receive such an accolade under the new (September 2016) inspection framework.
Notable alumni
Huddersfield New College
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Bob Cryan
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, vice-chancellor of the
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, Conservative MP since 2005 for
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, clergyman and
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and professor of theoretical physics at the
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Gary Ramsden, cricketer
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George Sheldrick, Professor of Structural Chemistry since 1978 at the
University of Göttingen
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Huddersfield College
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William Broadbent, President from 1895 to 1896 of the Neurological Society and from 1887 to 1888 of the Clinical Society, and father of
Walter Broadbent
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Joseph Coates, Australian schoolmaster and cricketer.
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Roger Fletcher, Professor of Mathematics from 1993 to 2005 at the
University of Dundee
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Geoffrey Fryer
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, and president of
Huddersfield Town F.C.
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["Sir Amos Hirst." '']The Times
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, Director of Programmes at
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from 1997 to 2002, and member of the
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, Liberal MP for
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from 1916 to 1922
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Sir William Middlebrook, Liberal MP from 1908 to 1922 for
Leeds South
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Walter Parratt
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, Liberal MP from 1882 to 1919 for
Spen Valley
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William Willis, Liberal MP from 1880 to 1885 for
Colchester
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* Sir
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, President of the
Royal Medical Society
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in 1878 and the
Royal Microscopical Society
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from 1890 to 1899
Hillhouse Technical School
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David Bonser
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,
Bishop of Bolton
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from 1991 to 1999
See also
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List of schools in Kirklees
This is a list of schools in Kirklees in the English county of West Yorkshire.
State-funded schools Primary schools
*All Hallows' CE Primary School, Almondbury
*Ashbrow School, Huddersfield
* Batley Grammar School, Batley
*Batley Parish CE ...
References
External links
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Huddersfield New College websiteEduBase
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Schools in Huddersfield
Educational institutions established in 1958
Sixth form colleges in West Yorkshire
Defunct grammar schools in England
Education in Kirklees
1958 establishments in England