Harrow College
Harrow College is the largest college in the London Borough of Harrow.[1] It opened in 1999 following a merger of two local sixth-from colleges, Greenhill College (located in the centre of Harrow Town) and Weald College in the neighbouring town of Harrow Weald.
| Harrow College | |
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| Address | |
Lowlands Road , , HA1 3AQ | |
| Coordinates | 51°36′46″N 0°20′21″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Further Education |
| Established | 1999 |
| Local authority | Harrow |
| Department for Education URN | 131864 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal & CEO | Pat Carvalho |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 16 to 19 |
| Website | http://www.harrow.ac.uk/ |
More than 2,000 full-time and 7,000 part-time, students join Harrow College for sixth form and adult courses.
Location
Teaching takes place at the Harrow on the Hill campus on Lowlands Road and at the Harrow Weald campus in Harrow Weald as well as two smaller, dedicated construction-focused units; Whitefriars Centre and Harrow Skills Centre.[2]
In 2015, the College opened two new buildings: The Enterprise Centre at the Harrow on the Hill campus and Spring House for supported learning at the Harrow Weald campus.[3]
Harrow College has been awarded a Centre of Excellence for the Hearing Impaired, which is the only centre of its kind in North West London.[4] The college is also a member of the Westminster Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training (CETT).
It holds the Pre School Learning Alliance kite mark.
Curriculum
Harrow College provides academic and vocational courses for young people and a range of professional and non-professional programmes for adult students. The college is highly regarded for its ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) courses. The EFL programmes are accredited by the British Council. The Learning Links programme has set a standard in the community for providing courses for students with learning disabilities and difficulties.
Alumni
The list includes former students of Greenhill College and Weald College.
- Jon Foo, actor and martial artist
- Shami Chakrabarti, former director of Liberty
- Tom Fletcher, guitarist in McFly
- Richard Hounslow, British slalom canoeist[5]
- Matt Lucas, comedian
- Faye McClelland, British triathlete
- Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer
- Master Shortie, rapper
- Paul Staines, political blogger under the name Guido Fawkes
- Jordanne Whiley, paralympian
Harrow Weald County Grammar School
- Michael Annals, costume designer
- Sir John Baker CBE, former Chief Executive from 1990–95 and Chairman from 1995-97 of National Power
- Dudley Bright, Principal Trombone, London Symphony Orchestra
- Spencer Campbell, television producer and director
- Ken Follett, spy novel author
- Robert Glenister, actor
- Gareth Hadley, Chairman of the General Optical Council
- Christopher Isham, theoretical physicist at Imperial College London, who investigates quantum gravity
- Prof Anne Jones FRSA, Professor of Lifelong Learning from 1995-2001 at Brunel University
- Prof Roger Kain CBE, Montefiore Professor of Geography at the School of Advanced Study (SAS)
- Ronald Lacey, actor, who played Harris in Porridge
- Prof David Pearce (economist), Professor of Economics from 1983-2004 at UCL
- Merlyn Rees, Home Secretary from 1976–79 and Labour MP from 1962-83 for Leeds South and from 1983-92 for Morley and Leeds South (and later taught Economics at the school for eleven years throughout the 1950s)
- Michael Rosen, author
- Prof Anthony Thirlwall, Professor of Applied Economics from 1976-2004 at the University of Kent, known for Thirlwall's Law
- Nigel Waymouth, designer
Former teachers
- James N. Britton, taught English at Harrow Weald GS from 1933–38
- Harold Rosen (educationalist) (Harrow Weald Grammar School)
References
- http://www.educationuk.org/pls/hot_bc/bc_profile.page_pls_profile_details?x=133784075207&y=0&a=0&z=869&p_prof_id=5546&p_lang=31 British Council - Education UK
- https://www.harrow.ac.uk/campus-information.html
- https://www.aaprojects.co.uk/blog/harrow-college-opens-new-centre
- https://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/1451133.harrow-colleges-recognised-as-centre-of-excellence/
- "FE students add to Team GB Olympic medal haul". FE Week. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
