Leyton Sixth Form College

Leyton Sixth Form College
Address
Essex Road Waltham Forest , Greater London , E10 6EQ England
Information
Type	Sixth form college
Motto	Success at a Caring College
Religious affiliation(s)	Mixed
Established	1929
Local authority	Greater London LSC & Waltham Forest LEA
Department for Education URN	130457 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Principal	Doctor Kevin Watson
Gender	Co-educational
Age	16 to 23
Enrollment	2100+
Houses	3
Colour(s)	White & Blue
Website	http://www.leyton.ac.uk

Leyton Sixth Form College is a public tertiary educational institution located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.

This college is the second sixth form college in Southern England to reach a licence, and from 2011, it has been the only college in London to acquire their own operating warrant for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award project.

The college has achieved the Investors in People Gold Award, one of the most prestigious honors that is obtained by 1% of United Kingdom’s corporations.

In 24 April 2013, when Leyton Sixth Form College won the British Colleges Sport’s award, it has been nominated as the best college in London for sport.

Courses and specialisms

The college offers a wide mix of academic and vocational full-time courses, containing more than 25 A level subjects, 15 BTEC subjects, some International GCSE subjects, GNVQ subjects and ESOL programmes. The college has formal partnerships with Imperial College London, Queen Mary University of London and the University of Westminster.

Management

All the employees are committed to parity of occasion. Executives and educators are thoughtful to the cultural needs of students. For example, the chemistry security policy recognises the head casing worn by many female Muslim students. Yearly course analyses are extensive and burdensome.

The college holds more than 2100 full-time students. The largest groups of students are British South Asians, White British, Black British and Turks British. Most of them are Muslims, in fact, Leyton Sixth Form College serves one of the United Kingdom's biggest Islamic society of College.

History

Leyton County High School for Boys, was formed in 1916 by amalgamation of Leyton and Leytonstone high schools. The school occupied temporary premises at Connaught Road until 1929, when it moved to new buildings in Essex Road. The opening was performed by the Prince of Wales. It was a selective grammar school for boys aged 11 to 18. The analogue of this school was the Leyton County High School for Girls on Colworth Road. Head Master for the school in the 1940-1949 period was Dr Couch, a cousin of Dr Quiller-Couch. He presided over the school while it housed first-year pupils at Ruckholt Road annex, a building partly damaged in the World War 2 air raids on the nearby Temple Mills marshalling yard. The site is now a car sales outlet. No doubt there was an influx of pupils at the end of the war that could not be accommodated in other Grammar Schools that had been damaged in that area of South West Essex.

The main campus on Essex Road

Sixth form college

In 1968, Waltham Forest adopted of the comprehensive system and in its new guise it catered for mixed-ability 14-18 year-old boys as Leyton Senior High School for Boys before a re-organisation in 1985 led a change of role as a co-educational sixth form college.

Building Project

The college's fourty million pounds building programme has been finished with all our students being able to access their fantastic new facilities. The brand new state of the art theatre has become the venue for a wide range of high quality drama and musical performances. Our purpose built TV studio has been installed with industry standard equipment, which will be a fantastic resource for both its students and local schools.

A superb new sports hall and fitness suite have seen a large rise in student and staff participation in sport as well as providing excellent opportunities for local schools and community groups.

The Street which now links all college buildings has also proved to be popular with events as varied as a World Food Day and the annual Higher Education fair taking place in it.

The last phase of the project involved a large extension to the existing Meridian House and the complete refurbishment of the original college building. The extension now houses the Business, Travel and Care departments as well as providing outstanding new facilities for Art & Design. The refurbished building has provided an excellent new library as well as a large drop-in IT centre called the Hub and refurbished Science and Maths areas.

Former notable teachers

• Sir William Emrys Williams, Editor in Chief from 1935-65 of Penguin Books (taught English in the 1920s)
• Phil Woosnam, footballer for West Ham (taught Physics in the late 1950s)
• David Flaxen, Director of Statistics from 1989-96 at the Department of Transport (taught in 1963)

Alumni

• Lomana LuaLua, footballer
• Tim Stoner, painter
• Sir George Bolton, Chairman from 1957-70 of the Bank of London and South America
• Alan Booth, travel writer
• Prof Sir Giles Brindley, Professor of Physiology in the University of London at the Institute of Psychiatry from 1968–91
• Prof Bernard Corry, economist at Queen Mary College
• Prof Robert Gibson, Professor of French from 1965-94 at the University of Kent at Canterbury
• Prof Laurance Hall, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry from 1985-2004 at the University of Cambridge, who worked on early NMR spectroscopy
• Steve Harris of Iron Maiden
• Frank Hawkins, Chairman from 1959-73 of International Tea Co. Stores
• Sir Derek Jacobi CBE, actor
• Prof Ralph Kekwick, Professor of Biophysics from 1966-71 at The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine (part of London University), who pioneered blood plasma fractionation
• John Lill CBE, pianist
• Philip Burton Moon, Poynting Professor of Physics in the University of Birmingham from 1950–74, part of the Manhattan Project
• Frank Muir, broadcaster
• Zulfiqar Hussain, Chairman of Raeburn Energy Limited.[2]
• Jonathan Ross, former BBC presenter
• Paul Ross, radio presenter
• Eric Shilling, bass-baritone
• Sir Philip Wilkinson, Chief Executive from 1983-7 of NatWest
• Peter Winch, philosopher
• Nick Logan, former editor NME, founder editor Smash Hits, editor/publisher The Face, Arena, Arena Homme Plus
• Bobby Crush entertainer.

External links

• Leyton SFC
• OFSTED report
• EduBase