Clarendon Sixth Form College is a sixth-form college on Camp Street in
Ashton-under-Lyne in the metropolitan borough of
Tameside.
In October 2015, the college relocated to a new building in Ashton town centre, from the previous site on Clarendon Road in Hyde.
History
Originally Hyde County Grammar School for Boys, this educational establishment closed its doors to 11-year-olds in 1979. When the last intake had progressed to the Sixth Form, the Sixth Form college was formally established. It was during this period that the now highly acclaimed "Dominion" rock band was formed by students at the college. The Brand Name 'Hyde Clarendon' was added some years later and derives from the college's location on Clarendon Road.
Clarendon Sixth Form College delivers a mixture of
A-Level
The A-Level (Advanced Level) is a subject-based qualification conferred as part of the General Certificate of Education, as well as a school leaving qualification offered by the educational bodies in the United Kingdom and the educational aut ...
and
vocational qualifications
Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an ind ...
.
It is now part of
Tameside College, a larger further education college based on Beaufort Road in
Ashton-under-Lyne.
Alumni
Hyde County Grammar School for Boys
*
Warren Bradley, footballer
*
Air Vice-Marshal John Cliffe CB OBE, Station Commander of
RAF Leeming from 1999–2000
* Prof Christopher Collier, Professor of Environmental Remote Sensing at the
University of Salford since 1995, and President of the
Royal Meteorological Society from 2004-6
*
Ronnie Hazlehurst, conductor and composer of many TV themes such as ''
Yes Minister'', and three times Musical Director of the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
(left at the age of 14)
* Brian Kent, President of the
Institution of Mechanical Engineers from 1994-5
*
Timmy Mallett
* Prof Louis Wain CBE, Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at
Wye College from 1950–78, and winner of the
Mullard Award in 1988
Clarendon Sixth Form College
*
Tom Cassell (better known as Syndicate or The Syndicate Project), popular gaming commentator on
YouTube. He left the college to pursue his YouTube career and has since amassed over 12.5 million subscribers.
*
Col Needham, English entrepreneur who is known as the founder and CEO of
IMDb. He has been general manager of
IMDb since its acquisition by
Amazon in 1998.
External links
Tameside College
News items
Teacher suspended in 2007
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Education in Tameside
Sixth form colleges in Greater Manchester