Paston College

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Sketch of the original Paston building

Paston Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in the town of North Walsham in the English county of Norfolk. It was created in 1984 from a merger between the Paston School and North Walsham High School for Girls.

Students come to Paston from a wide geographical area of rural, coastal and Broadland Norfolk: from nearby high schools in Acle, Aylsham, Cromer, Martham (Flegg), North Walsham, Sheringham, Stalham and Wroxham (Broadland), and also from North Norwich, Reepham and further afield in Norfolk.

Curriculum

The curriculum is wide for a college of its size with over 60 AS/A courses AS and A level and 4 BTEC Extended Diplomas [equivalent to A-level]. Performing Arts are a feature of Paston with its own student theatre company. "Far East Theatre".

The college occupies the buildings of its 2 predecessor schools. The two sites include buildings dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, set in extensive lawns in the centre of the town.

Paston School

The Paston School, a grammar school was founded in 1606 by Sir William Paston, a libertarian, local magistrate, landowner and a member of an important local family. The emblem of the school was the griffin, which, along with six fleur de lys and the motto De mieux en mieux pour tout ("From good to better everywhere"), featured on the school coat of arms.^[1]

North Walsham High School for Girls

The grammar school for girls was founded in the early years of the 20th century, becoming a Norfolk county girls grammar school in 1919. The present College's Lawns Site was the site of the school. The founders of the school were the Misses Cooke and the girls were known locally as "Cookies".

Notable former pupils

The school is famous as the school of Admiral Lord Nelson, who attended the school with his brother William 1768-1771. The college still holds a small collection of artefacts relating to Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar. It was also attended by William Hoste, a naval commander who served under Nelson. Another famous old boy is Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury - 1691-1715. Later former pupils include the actor and writer Stephen Fry,^[2] Robin Nash, Head of Variety and then Head of Comedy at the BBC, Clive Baker, former goalkeeper with Norwich City, Barnsley F.C., Coventry City and Ipswich Town,^[3] Allan Smethurst, The Singing Postman and Craig Murray, activist and former ambassador.

Amongst those who attended North Walsham High School for Girls are Baroness Gillian Shephard, politician and former Conservative Secretary of State for Education and Employment and Carole Walker a BBC political correspondent. Sam Kelly, a musician who appeared on Britain's Got Talent, attended the school in its current form.

References

↑ A History of the Paston School - Charles Forder, second edition 1975
↑ Moab is my Washpot - Stephen Fry
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External links

Paston College Website

Schools in Norfolk

Secondary

High schools	Acle Academy Alderman Peel High School Archbishop Sancroft High School Attleborough High School Aylsham High School Broadland High School Caister High School City Academy Norwich City of Norwich School Cliff Park Ormiston Academy Cromer Academy Dereham Neatherd High School Diss High School Downham Market Academy Fakenham Academy Flegg High School Framingham Earl High School Great Yarmouth High School Hellesdon High School Hethersett High School The Hewett School Hobart High School Iceni Academy King Edward VII School King's Lynn Academy Litcham School Long Stratton High School Lynn Grove High School Marshland High School The Nicholas Hamond Academy North Walsham High School Northgate High School Notre Dame High School Old Buckenham High School Open Academy Ormiston Venture Academy Ormiston Victory Academy Reepham High School St Clement's High School Sewell Park College Sheringham High School Smithdon High School Springwood High School Sprowston Community High School Stalham High School Taverham High School The Thetford Academy Thorpe St Andrew School Wayland Academy Wymondham College Wymondham High School

Colleges	College of West Anglia City College Norwich Easton College

Sixth form colleges	Dereham Sixth Form College East Norfolk Sixth Form College Paston College Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form

Independent

Preparatory	Glebe House School Hethersett Old Hall School Town Close School

Senior	Gresham's School Hethersett Old Hall School Langley School Norwich School Norwich High School for Girls Thetford Grammar School

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Defunct

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Universities	Anglia Ruskin Bedfordshire BPP Cambridge Cranfield East Anglia Essex Hertfordshire Norwich

Other higher education	University Centre Peterborough University Campus Suffolk

Further Education colleges	Barnfield Bedford Braintree Cambridge Central Bedfordshire Chelmsford Colchester Easton Epping Forest Great Yarmouth Harlow Hertford Huntingdonshire Lowestoft North Hertfordshire Norwich Oaklands Otley Peterborough SEEVIC Shuttleworth South Essex Suffolk New West Anglia West Herts West Suffolk

Sixth form colleges	Braintree Colchester Dereham East Norfolk Hills Road Kimberley Long Road Lowestoft Luton Palmer's Paston Sir Isaac Newton Suffolk One

Coordinates: 52°49′13″N 1°23′10″E / 52.8204°N 1.3861°E / 52.8204; 1.3861

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