| Closed | 1978 |
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| Type | Public FE |
| Principal | Vacancy |
| Location | Windmill Avenue Kettering Northamptonshire NN15 6ER England |
| Local authority | East Midlands LSC (although situated in Northamptonshire LEA) |
| DfE number | ???/8009 |
| DfE URN | 130771 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 3000 (13,000 part-time) |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 16+ |
| Sites | Corby, Wellingborough, Kettering & Silverstone Circuit |
| Affiliations | De Montfort University, Thames Valley University, University of Bedfordshire and University of Northampton |
| Website | Tresham College |
Tresham College of Further and Higher Education (Formally Tresham Institute of Further and Higher Education) is a further education college in the East Midlands of England.
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The college headquarters are on the former site of Kettering Grammar School, which originally opened around 1965 on that site. The former buildings were demolished in 2007.
It has three main campus locations in:
The Tresham College Silverstone Centre, based at Silverstone motor racing circuit, is Britain's National College for Motorsport and is classed as a centre of excellence.
Tresham College has also been a delivery partner for the Prince's Trust (http://www.tresham.ac.uk/pt) Team programme since 1999 and in September 2009 have begun to deliver the Prince's Trust XL programme to 14-16 year olds.
Tresham College is partnered with De Montfort University, Thames Valley University, University of Bedfordshire and University of Northampton.
The college opened in 1978 when Kettering and Corby further education colleges merged. When Wellingborough College merged on 1 April 1992, the college became Tresham Institute of Further and Higher Education.
It took over the site of Kettering Boys' School in 1993, which became its headquarters in September 1994. The college is named after the Northamptonshire dynasty and lineage of Tresham. The Rutland College merged with Tresham Institute in 2000.
On 8 July 2009 'Tresham Institute' became 'Tresham College' after a rebrand. Mark Silverman, Principal of Tresham said:
"Tresham's new brand and identity is the next stage of the College's movement forward to becoming an outstanding provider of further and higher education. I am extremely pleased with our new identity and feels that it portrays our fresh approach to learning and providing quality learning experiences to all."
The Corby campus is currently subject to redevelopment plans, with an entirely new building planned on a different site to open September 2011. An extension has also been proposed for the new Kettering campus and redevelopment plans for the Wellingborough Campus.
As well as Kettering Grammar School, whose site was seconded in 1993, the former Corby Community College in Corby was taken over in 2009. This school had originated as Corby Grammar School, a grammar school on Oakley Road which became the comprehensive Southwood School in 1973, then the Queen Elizabeth School in 1982. John Sutton CBE was headmaster of these schools from 1973-88. He later became General Secretary from 1988-98 of the Secondary Heads Association (became the Association of School and College Leaders in 2006). John Kempe was headmaster of Corby Grammar School from 1955-67; he was later headmaster of Gordonstoun from 1968-78. Colin Dexter, the author, taught Classics at Corby Grammar School from 1959-66. As well as Corby Grammar School, there was Kingswood Grammar School in the town (now The Kingswood School), which opened in 1965.
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