Barnet College

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Barnet College is a Further education college in North London, England in the United Kingdom. It has 5 main sites spread out across the London Borough of Barnet.

Courses taught include academic studies such as GCSEs, AS and A Levels, to more vocational studies such as City and Guilds courses and BTEC diplomas. The college also has some Higher education courses in HNCs and HNDs in a number of subjects. It has a little over 30,000 students all together and retains a budget of over £30 million a year, making it one of the largest colleges in England and the largest college in London.

[edit] College sites

Wood Street Centre, Barnet (includes "Tudor Hall", originally Queen Elizabeth's School) (Soon to be demolished and rebuilt, students being relocated at NLBP)
Grahame Park Centre, Grahame Park (formerly Hendon College)
North London Business Park Centre, Brunswick Park (at the former Nortel site)
Stanhope Road Centre, North Finchley
Montagu Road Centre, Hendon (formerly Hendon College)

Performing arts courses are based in the artsdepot in North Finchley.

The Russell Lane Centre was opened in 1986 in the buildings of the former Southaw Girls School. This site closed in December 2005 and was sold for housing redevelopment with most classes moving to the North London Business Park centre and some to the Grahame Park centre.