Westminster Kingsway College

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Westminster Kingsway College is a general further education college in Central London. It is the result of a merger of Westminster College and Kingsway College in September 2000. The college has some 19,000 students^[1], based in six different centres around London, each of which specialises in different specific areas of education^[2]:

• The Gray's Inn Centre, in King's Cross, which is the largest, and offers GCSEs and A-Levels in academic subjects such as sciences and modern foreign languages.
• The Vincent Square Centre, in Victoria, the hospitality centre which was commended by OFSTED during their inspection of the college in 2004.
• The Regent's Park Centre, which offers courses in Music, Media and the Performing Arts, as well as English courses for speakers of other languages.
• The Kentish Town Centre, which offers courses in Art, Design and Multimedia
• The Peter Street Centre, in Soho, offering English courses for speakers of other languages, and also housing a small film studio in the basement.
• The Castle Lane Centre, in Victoria, which is the administrative centre of the college.

A temporary centre has also been recently opened in Highbury while refurbishment works are being carried out on the Gray's Inn Centre.

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Jah Wobble - Bassist
• Jamie Oliver - Celebrity chef
• Ainsley Harriott - Celebrity chef
• Antony Worrall Thompson - Celebrity chef
• Michelle Collins - Actress
• Steve McFadden - Actor
• Kathy Burke - Comedian
• Trevor Nelson - BBC Radio DJ

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