Varndean College
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- See also: Varndean Secondary School
Varndean College [1] is a college in Brighton serving the needs of sixth form and adult students.
Its current principal is Dr Philip Harland, appointed in 2006.
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[edit] History
The college was founded in 1884 in York Place, Brighton as a Boys' Secondary School and moved to its current site overlooking the city and the sea in 1932, later attaining grammar school status. In 1972 the first girls were admitted to the school, and in 1975 it became a sixth form college under its first principal, David A.G. Turner.
Since its foundation the institution has been known by the following names:
1884-1888 York Place Board School
1888-1902 York Place Higher Grade Board School and Organised Science School
1902-1905 York Place Higher Grade and Secondary Day School
1905-1910 Municipary Secondary School, York Place
1910-1928 Municipary Secondary School for Boys, Brighton
1928-1946 Varndean School for Boys (Municipal Secondary School) Brighton
1946-1955 Varndean School for Boys (County Secondary) Brighton
1955-1972 Varndean Grammar School for Boys
1972-1975 Varndean Grammar School
1975 on Varndean Sixth Form College, later Varndean College
The Headmasters of the School were:
1884-1901 Edwin H. Lethbridge (died 1932)
1902-1932 William J. Stainer (died 1937)
1932-1963 Eric J. Hutchins (died 1972)
1963-1970 John E. Mollison
1970-1975 David A.G. Turner
The Principals of the College were: 1975-1985? David A.G. Turner
1985?-2006 Alan Jenkins
2006 on Philip Harland
[edit] Location
Varndean College is situated in Surrenden Road, in the northern part of Brighton. It shares a campus with Balfour Junior School, Balfour Infants School, Dorothy Stringer High School and Varndean High School.
[edit] Alumni
The Old Varndeanian Association [2] exists to maintain a network between former pupils and students of both the school and college, as well as former pupils of Varndean Girls School. The association maintains contact with thousands of Old Varndeanians and organises regular reunions and other functions.
Famous alumni of the old Boys' School include:
Steve Ovett, Olympic athlete
Des Lynam, television presenter
Frank Bridge, composer
Paul Scofield, actor
Major-General Sir (Herbert) Ralph Hone, Governor of North Borneo 1949-54
Bishop Walter Hubert Baddeley, Bishop of Melanesia, Ripon, Blackburn and Adelaide
Simon Schaffer, historian
David Blanchflower, economist
Famous alumni of the College include:
Natasha Kaplinsky, television presenter
Darren Freeman, footballer (Brentford, Fulham and Brighton and Hove Albion)
Russell Martin, footballer (Wycombe Wanderers)
Tommy Fraser, footballer (Brighton and Hove Albion)
[edit] References
Onward and Upward, York Place to Varndean 1884-1975 by Tony Allt and Brian Robson. Published privately in 1993 by the Old Varndeanian Association.
