Brooklands College

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|staff = Over 500

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|location = Weybridge, Surrey, England

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Brooklands College is a further education college in Weybridge and Ashford, England.

In August 2007 Brooklands merged with Spelthorne College in Ashford.{{cite news |author= |date= 3 July 2013 |orig-date= 22 August 2007 |title= Brooklands and Spelthorne colleges merger is complete |url= https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/brooklands-spelthorne-colleges-merger-complete-4833323 |work= Surrey Live |access-date= 2 September 2021 |archive-date= 1 December 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201201023935/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/brooklands-spelthorne-colleges-merger-complete-4833323 |url-status= live }} 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;{{cite news |last= Camden |first= Billy |date= 11 October 2019 |title= Brooklands College may be forced to sell historic building |url= https://feweek.co.uk/brooklands-college-may-be-forced-to-sell-historic-building/ |work= FEWeek |access-date= 19 September 2021 |archive-date= 22 September 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210922204032/https://feweek.co.uk/brooklands-college-may-be-forced-to-sell-historic-building/ |url-status= live }} 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|date=September 2014}}

There are approximately 5,000 students attending the college; of these about 2,500 are full-time.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

Alumni

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  • Tom Chilton, racing driver.{{cite news |title= Tom and Max Chilton - Reigate's motor racing brothers |date= 8 May 2013 |work= Great British Life |url= https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/news/22597725.tom-max-chilton---reigates-motor-racing-brothers/ |access-date= 27 December 2022 }}
  • Martin Freeman, actor.{{cite news |title= Hobbit and Sherlock star Martin Freeman recounts first brush with fame in Surrey Comet |date= 30 April 2014 |url= https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/11182407.hobbit-and-sherlock-star-martin-freeman-recounts-first-brush-with-fame-in-surrey-comet/ |work= Sutton & Croydon Guardian |access-date= 27 December 2022}}
  • Gary Numan, musician.{{cite news |last= Simpson |first= Dave |date= 4 August 2022 |title= Gary Numan: 'I thought my comeback would take four years – not 41!' |work= The Guardian |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/aug/04/gary-numan-comeback-tubeway-army-death-threats-synthpop-superstar |access-date= 27 December 2022 }}
  • Lucie Silvas, singer-songwriter.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
  • 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|date=August 2021}}
  • Norman Willis, General Secretary of the TUC, 1984–1993.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
  • James Purefoy, actor.

See also

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