Worthing College is a sixth form college. The College is situated in Broadwater, in the town of

Worthing Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...

on the south coast of England.

History

Grammar school

The school directly descends from the former Worthing High School for Boys on ''Bolsover Road'', also known as Worthing Grammar School. It had been on that site since 1963, changing to 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 1974. Worthing High School for Boys had opened on ''Broadwater Road'' in 1924. The girls' grammar school, Gaisford Girls' High School, previously Worthing High School for Girls, located on a separate site in Gaisford Road, became Worthing High School in 1974. At the same time Worthing Technical High School became Durrington High School. In July 2013 the college moved to a new campus at 1 Sanditon Way, which was converted from Aviva's Regional Headquarters.

Admissions

It offers a range of courses and facilities for sixth form students, adult students, those in employment and visiting international students, offering over 65 AS/A Level, BTEC courses and from 2020 new T-level courses. Worthing College has classrooms and laboratories, 8 Learning Zones designed to develop independent learning skills, a Performing Arts Centre known as the Sealight Theatre, Art and Design, Media and Film Studies. It has a Sports Academy and an on site fitness gym, open to all students and staff.

Academic performance

The 2016 Ofsted report gave a number of findings for the college being a good provider and others showing why it was not yet an outstanding provider. Overall it was good. The 2013 Ofsted report had said it required improvement in several areas. In 2016 the College recorded its 'best ever'

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Results with a 98.8% Pass Rate.

Notable alumni

Worthing High School for Boys

* Sir

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CMG, Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1985-7 * Rt Rev Frederick Andrew Amoore,

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from 1967–82 *

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, journalist, author and singer *

Martin Fleischmann Martin Fleischmann FRS (29 March 1927 – 3 August 2012) was a British chemist who worked in electrochemistry. By Associated Press. Premature announcement of his cold fusion research with Stanley Pons, regarding excess heat in heavy wa ...

, Professor of Chemistry at

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from 1983-7, and President of the

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from 1970-2 *

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, Professor of Computing from 1964-70 at

, and President of the

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from 1967-8, and invented the first computer

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(William Broad), Worthing High School for Boys, circa 1974 *

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, Worthing High School for boys early 1970s then the Sixth-Form College 1974-76 * Ed Mitchell, business journalist * Admiral

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OBE,

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of the

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. *

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cricketer

References

External links

Worthing College

Plans for new college building

EduBase

News items

Asda in 2006
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