Brooklands College
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| Brooklands College | |
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| Motto | Outstanding Every Day |
| Established | 1951[1] |
| Principal | Christine Ricketts |
| Staff | Over 500 |
| Enrollment | 5,000+ |
| Website | brooklands.ac.uk |
Brooklands College is a further education college in Weybridge and Ashford, England.
In August 2007 Brooklands merged with Spelthorne College in Ashford.[2] In 2016 the Ashford Campus moved to a new building and the former Spelthorne College site was demolished. The Weybridge campus is in the grounds of Hugh F. Locke King's historic mansion at Brooklands;[3] the Ashford campus is adjacent to Thomas Knyvett College, Ashford.
The college provides courses for those leaving school after GCSEs, vocational subjects, A-levels, apprenticeships, and professional courses for adults including foundation degrees.[citation needed]
There are approximately 5,000 students attending the college; of these about 2,500 are full-time.[citation needed]
Alumni
[edit]This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (September 2014)
- Tom Chilton, racing driver[4]
- Martin Freeman, actor[5]
- Gary Numan, musician[6]
- Arthur Palmer, Labour MP 1945-50 for Wimbledon; 1952-9 for Cleveland; 1964-74 for Bristol Central; 1974-83 for Bristol North East[citation needed]
- Lucie Silvas, singer-songwriter[citation needed]
- Wendy Smith-Sly, athlete who competed mainly in the 3,000 metres; silver medallist at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles; 1983 World Champion in the World 10 km road race championship[citation needed]
- Irene Thomas[citation needed]
- Norman Willis, General Secretary of the TUC, 1984–93[citation needed]
- Sean Lock, Stand-up comedian & TV panel show regular.[citation needed]
- James Purefoy, actor.
In popular culture
[edit]- The 2007 film, I Want Candy, starring Carmen Electra, was filmed at Brooklands College.[7]
- Four members of the pop punk band You Me at Six attended Brooklands College.[8][9]
- A 2018 Waitrose Christmas advert was filmed at Brooklands College
References
[edit]- ^ "About". Brooklands College. 6 July 2021. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Brooklands and Spelthorne colleges merger is complete". Surrey Live. 3 July 2013 [22 August 2007]. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ Camden, Billy (11 October 2019). "Brooklands College may be forced to sell historic building". FEWeek. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Tom and Max Chilton - Reigate's motor racing brothers". Great British Life. 8 May 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Hobbit and Sherlock star Martin Freeman recounts first brush with fame in Surrey Comet". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Simpson, Dave (4 August 2022). "Gary Numan: 'I thought my comeback would take four years – not 41!'". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (May 2007). "I want Candy". Sight and Sound. Vol. 17, no. 5. London. p. 66.
- ^ Proto, Laura (7 February 2014). "Album-topping success for Brooklands College students – You Me at Six". Sutton & Croydon Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Smurthwaite, Tom (3 November 2015). "You Me At Six go back to college to discuss old times". Surrey Live. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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