:Collingham College
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Collingham College is a private, co-educational school, founded as Collingham Tutors in 1975, by Old Etonian John Marsden and Nicholas Browne.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1456124/John-Marsden.htmlDaily Telegraph Obituaries John Marsden 5 March 2004]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Collingham is situated in London's Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is directly between Earl's Court and Gloucester Road stations, both served by the District and the Piccadilly lines. Collingham's campus includes the sixth form building at 23 Collingham Gardens, and the GCSE school occupying a Georgian townhouse on Young Street by Kensington Palace.File:Collingham Gardens SW5.jpgThe Principal of Collingham is Sally Powell, BA PGCE MPhil Oxon and the Deputy Principal is James Allder BA. Many of the tutors at Collingham are expert academics, who join the school after professional careers in their field.{{Cite web|title=Collingham Independent College|url=https://www.cife.org.uk/choose-the-right-cife-college/collingham-independent-college/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=CIFE|language=en-GB}} Mock admissions tests and interviews are available for Oxbridge applicants. There are about two hundred and fifty students at Collingham. Pupils come from a range of academic abilities and backgrounds, with many joining from public schools. They run Christmas and Easter revision courses near to exams which are available to the public. File:London Queen's Gate -20130715-RM-144920.jpg
According to the Good Schools Guide, "You go to Collingham for two things - the academics and the sense of being independent while, in reality, being nurtured and carefully monitored. The level of support given to students is exceptional, reflected in a growth of confidence and the desire to succeed."{{cite web |url=http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/collingham.html |title=Collingham Independent GCSE and Sixth Form College | London | LEA:Kensington & Chelsea | | the Good Schools Guide |access-date=2008-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709070916/http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/collingham.html |archive-date=2012-07-09 }} Collingham was originally founded from Gibbs' Preparatory School.
Former pupils include Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, Robert Kennedy, Ted Kennedy and Frederick Tennyson.
The Boltons Garden Party
Collingham students support and attend the annual St Mary The Boltons summer fair, held in The Boltons garden square every June.
Alumni
(Collingham and as it was previously known Gibbs Prep)
= Royalty and Nobility =
- Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
- David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
- Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, British Army Officer, Grenadier Guards
- Anthony Havelock-Allan, 4th Baronet
= Politicians =
= Film directors and actors =
= Novelists =
- Sir John Mortimer
- Christopher Robin Milne, the inspiration for Christopher Robin from Winnie-the-Pooh
- Anthony Powell
= Other =
- Sir Richard Doll FRS, Epidemiologist
- Georgia May Jagger, designer, model, and socialite
- Matthew Warburton
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.collingham.co.uk/}}
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Category:1975 establishments in England
Category:Educational institutions established in 1975
Category:Private co-educational schools in London
Category:Private schools in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea