This site was opened in 1913 as Weymouth Secondary School, which in 1927 became known as Weymouth Grammar School. In 1939, the school began sharing this site with South Dorset Technical College. In the 1960s, the school moved to new premises in Chickerell Road, leaving the technical college with sole use of the site. The grammar school was co-educational with around 1,050 boys and girls administered by the South Dorset Divisional Executive of Dorset Education Committee.
Merger and formationedit
1985 saw the creation of the modern Weymouth College, a tertiary college,[3] with the merging of the technical college with Weymouth College (the former Weymouth College site became known as the Cranford Avenue campus).
New siteedit
In 2001, the Newstead Road site was sold for housing development, and all students based there were transferred to new facilities at the Cranford Avenue campus, creating the college as it exists today.
Recently,[when?] Weymouth College has expanded provision beyond its traditional curriculum offering. A sports centre and gym facility for public use was opened at the Cranford Avenue site, with the college additionally taking over the operation of the former Weymouth Sports Club site on Dorchester Road, now renamed as Redlands Community Sports Hub.
Flight Sergeant Dudley Heal (5 August 1916 - 7 February 1999), who flew with the Dambusters Raid as a navigator in Lancaster AJ-F with the third wave taking off at 12 minutes after midnight; the aircraft was the second to hit the Sorpe Dam, and returned safely[5]
weymouth, college, this, article, about, college, former, public, school, public, school, further, education, college, located, weymouth, england, college, over, students, studying, wide, range, practical, academic, courses, many, subjects, college, part, univ. This article is about the FE college For the former public school see Weymouth College public school Weymouth College is a further education college located in Weymouth England The college has over 4 000 students 1 studying on a wide range of practical and academic courses in many subjects The college is part of The University of Plymouth Colleges network Weymouth CollegeAddressCranford AvenueWeymouth Dorset DT4 7LQEnglandCoordinates50 37 23 N 2 27 07 W 50 623 N 2 452 W 50 623 2 452InformationTypeFE CollegeEstablished1985Local authorityDorsetDepartment for Education URN130653 TablesOfstedReportsPrincipal and CEOJulia HoweGenderMixedAge16 Former nameWeymouth Grammar SchoolWebsiteOfficial websiteThe college previously had a second site on Newstead Road but consolidated to a single main campus at Cranford Avenue in 2000 There was a private school Eng public school of the same name from 1862 to 1940 in Weymouth 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Grammar school 1 2 Merger and formation 1 3 New site 2 Alumni 2 1 Weymouth Grammar School 3 References 4 External linksHistory editGrammar school edit This site was opened in 1913 as Weymouth Secondary School which in 1927 became known as Weymouth Grammar School In 1939 the school began sharing this site with South Dorset Technical College In the 1960s the school moved to new premises in Chickerell Road leaving the technical college with sole use of the site The grammar school was co educational with around 1 050 boys and girls administered by the South Dorset Divisional Executive of Dorset Education Committee Merger and formation edit 1985 saw the creation of the modern Weymouth College a tertiary college 3 with the merging of the technical college with Weymouth College the former Weymouth College site became known as the Cranford Avenue campus New site edit In 2001 the Newstead Road site was sold for housing development and all students based there were transferred to new facilities at the Cranford Avenue campus creating the college as it exists today Recently when Weymouth College has expanded provision beyond its traditional curriculum offering A sports centre and gym facility for public use was opened at the Cranford Avenue site with the college additionally taking over the operation of the former Weymouth Sports Club site on Dorchester Road now renamed as Redlands Community Sports Hub Alumni editMark Hix chefWeymouth Grammar School edit See also Category People educated at Weymouth Grammar School Charles Bawden professor of Mongolian from 1970 84 at the School of Oriental and African Studies Brian Carter former professional footballer 4 Flight Sergeant Dudley Heal 5 August 1916 7 February 1999 who flew with the Dambusters Raid as a navigator in Lancaster AJ F with the third wave taking off at 12 minutes after midnight the aircraft was the second to hit the Sorpe Dam and returned safely 5 Prof Graham Hutchings CBE FRS chemist Regius Professor of Chemistry since 2016 at Cardiff University Prof Nick Jennings CB FREng FRS Vice Chancellor and President Loughborough University Michael Middleton priest Gilbert Jessop cricketer Air Vice Marshal Victor Otter CBE chief engineering officer 1956 59 of RAF Bomber Command and project director 1963 66 of the Hawker Siddeley P 1127 P 1154 Harrier Sue Porto Chief Executive since 2018 of the Brandon Trust Maj Gen Alec Walkling CB OBE Colonel Commandant from 1973 to 1986 of the Royal ArtilleryReferences edit About Weymouth College Retrieved 22 October 2014 Web page Old Weymouthians Club REPORT FROM THE INSPECTORATE PDF Retrieved 28 October 2023 Byrne Stephen Jay Mike 2018 Bristol Rovers Players Who s Who 1946 2018 p 47 ISBN 978 1 5272 2371 4 Grantham Journal Friday 14 May 1993 page 95External links editWeymouth College website EduBase Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Weymouth College amp oldid 1182314605, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
