Redcar & Cleveland College

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Redcar & Cleveland College is a further education college, based in Redcar, North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A1085 between Westfield and West Dyke, and very near Redcar Central railway station. It is in an area historically known as Coatham.

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History

Grammar schools

Historically, the campus began as the Sir William Turner's Grammar School in Coatham. Sir William Turner left money to form a school in Kirkleatham in 1709, which was rebuilt on Coatham Road in 1868. In 1963 it moved to buildings on Corporation Road, opposite the current college. The boys' grammar school and the Cleveland Grammar School for Girls, on Redcar Lane, went comprehensive in 1975, with both sixth forms merging to form the Sir William Turner's Sixth-Form College located on Redcar Lane. The girls' grammar school became Rye Hills School. The original school charity was the Sir William Turner Foundation.

College merger

In 1994, the sixth form college moved back to Corporation Road and merged with Cleveland Technical College to form the current college.

Former campuses

The main college was the Corporation Road Campus of the College. The Connections Campus was on Redcar Lane (B1269), at the southern end of Redcar Racecourse. This site was planned to become 187 new houses. The Loftus Campus was in the Centre of Opportunity & Partnership on High Street in Loftus, North Yorkshire.

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Notable former pupils

Sir William Turner's Sixth Form College

Stephen Grainger, Chief Executive from 2004-11 of the Youth Sport Trust

Sir William Turner's Grammar School

Ian Bancroft, Baron Bancroft CB (of Coatham in the county of Cleveland), President from 1987-93 of the Building Centre Trust
John Baycroft, bishop
Frank Brenchley CMG, Ambassador from 1972-74 to Poland, and from 1968-72 to Norway
Sir George Malcolm Brown FRS, geologist, Director from 1979-85 of the British Geological Survey
Sir Steve Bullock
Paul Daniels, magician
Ralph Davison OBE, Chief Constable from 1968-76 of Cleveland Constabulary
Colin Diggory, Headmaster from 2002-10 of Alleyn's School
Prof Harry Elderfield FRS, Professor of Ocean Geochemistry and Palaeochemistry from 1999-2010 at the University of Cambridge, and 2003 winner of the Geological Society of London's Lyell Medal
Sir Rex Hunt CMG, Commander-in-Chief from 1980-85 of the Falkland Islands
Alan Keen, Labour MP from 1992-2011 for Feltham and Heston
John Lister CBE, chief executive from 1987-89 of British Shipbuilders
Raymond Pennock, Baron Pennock (of Norton in the county of Cleveland), President from 1978-79 of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), and from 1980-82 of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), and Chairman from 1980-84 of BICC plc
Sir Thomas Rapp CMG, Ambassador from 1947-50 to Mexico
Sir Robert Stopford, Bishop of London from 1961-73
John Talling FRS, botanist with the Freshwater Biological Association
Donald Tyerman CBE, Editor from 1956-65 of The Economist
Tim Williamson, footballer
Roger Woolhouse, philosopher
Kenneth Young, Editor from 1960-64 of the Yorkshire Post