Scarborough Sixth Form College
Scarborough Sixth Form College is located on the outskirts of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.
Background
The Sixth form college offers a variety of study courses to around 1,000 mostly 16- to 19-year-olds. Courses range from level 2 to level 3. A 2001 Ofsted inspection described the college as "a particularly successful college", being rated 23rd in a list of the United Kingdom's most successful colleges in that year.An Ofsted inspection from 2016 said the college was a "good college" and it "displays elements that are outstanding".
Students take AS or A2 qualifications, as well as BTECs and GCSEs.
In 2012 the college opened a new study space called "The Hub"; it was opened by former students, Howard Wilson and Toby Jepson.
The £3 million refit of the college, including the library facility, was fully completed in November 2012.
Notable former students
- Eliza Carthy, folk musician
- John Fendley, television presenter & former producer of Soccer AM
- Toby Jepson, singer and songwriter
- Melanie Leng, isotope geoscientist
- Mikey North, actor in Coronation Street
- Timothy Sheader, artistic director at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
- Little Angels, hard rock band of the late 1980s to mid-1990s
- Howard Wilson, professor of plasma physics
- Gavin Williamson, Conservative MP former Secretary of State for Defence, and former Secretary of State for Education