Portsmouth College is a

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on Tangier Road, Baffins, in the city of

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, England.

Admissions

The principal at Portsmouth College is Simon Barrable. The college i
located
just off the ''Eastern Road'' which provides an easy way to get to the college from inside and outside the city. This i
near
the A2030 east of Baffins, south of Great Salterns lake and golf course. It is one of two post-16 colleges in Portsmouth, the other being

Highbury College Highbury College is a further education college in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It offers vocational and academic education and training, including apprenticeships, A-levels and foundation degrees. The college is a member of the Collab G ...

. Comprehensive schools in Portsmouth do not have sixth forms.

History

The site of what is now Portsmouth College started out as marsh land on the edge of Portsmouth and was reclaimed in 1705. One name for the area, Salterns, reflects its past use for salt pans, evaporating sea water to make salt. In November 1888 Portsmouth Higher Grade School was formed. It was later to become a boys'

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before becoming a comprehensive and then becoming a college.

Grammar school

It became the Southern Grammar School for Boys after moving from ''Highland Road'' in 1956.

Comprehensive school

Great Salterns Secondary School was formed in 1975, a coeducational comprehensive school

Sixth form college

In 1984 secondary education in Portsmouth was reorganised. All the existing comprehensive schools lost their sixth forms, which were combined into a new sixth form college in the buildings previously belonging to Great Salterns School. Portsmouth College provides a variety of courses from GCSEs, A – Levels, and BTECs in a wide range of subjects. The college has a new Computing and Library facility which has got a high speed network with Internet connections. There are a wide range of computer facilities available to students. The college has a good drama section which has its own studio theatre which has sound and light systems, along with a full sized dance studio with mirrors. The college provides education for anyone of any age and there are many subjects taught at the college including Physics, Art, Graphic Design, Chemistry, Sport, Biology, Geography, Leisure, Travel and Tourism, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts and many others.

Former teachers

* Anthony Tuckwell, Headmaster from 1984–99 of King Edward VI Grammar School (taught history from 1966–9 at the boys' school)

Academic results

The College has just won the 2009 Beacon Award by the AoC for the College School Partnerships. It gets A-level results under the England average. The most recent

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inspection graded the college as 'satisfactory' and noted that "success rates are rising but they are still below national averages for sixth form colleges".

Alumni

Southern Grammar School for Boys

* Prof James Barber,

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Professor of Biochemistry since 1989 at

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* Robert Brash, Ambassador to Indonesia from 1984–88 * Prof

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, Professor of Psychology from 1991–2000 at the

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, and Editor from 1988–94 of the

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CBE, computing pioneer, who invented

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, a central foundation of the architecture of

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(TCP), at the National Physical Laboratory in the late 1960s *

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(''Fritz'') MBE, PhD Scientist and explorer (with

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) and

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* Ian Mikardo, Labour MP from 1945–87 *

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MBE, 400m hurdler * Rear-Adm David Sherval CB *

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, musician with Simon Dupree and the Big Sound * General Sir

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OBE,

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from 1993–9 * Keith Thomas CB OBE, chief executive from 1979–83 of

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s and of the

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Portsmouth College

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, singer-songwriter, présenter, and YouTuber * Stephen Morgan, Labour MP * Alexander Evans (diplomat), former Deputy and Acting High Commissioner to India

References

External links

Portsmouth College website

Former school

Aerial photograph
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