John Leggott College
The John Leggott Sixth Form College | |
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Address | |
West Common Lane ,, DN17 1DS England | |
Coordinates | 53°34′28″N0°40′07″W/ 53.5745°N 0.66857°W |
Information | |
Type | Sixth form college |
Motto | Inspiring Education |
Established | 1968 |
Local authority | North Lincolnshire |
Department for EducationURN | 130588Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Principal | Leon Riley |
Staff | 170 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 16+ |
Enrolment | 5146 |
Website | http://www.leggott.ac.uk |
John Leggott Collegeis asixth form collegeon West Common Lane, in Old Brumby,Scunthorpe,North Lincolnshire,England.
History
[edit]Technical school
[edit]The earliest predecessor to the college was known asScunthorpe Technical High SchoolonCole Street,run by Lindsey County Council Education Committee, based inLincoln,although its Scunthorpe Divisional Executive was based on Wells Street; this followed on from the Central School in Scunthorpe. There were 500 boys and girls, and the headmaster was John R. Leggott BSc. It had a sixth form. The school focused on technical skills which were of help to Scunthorpe's steel industry, the main employer at the time and for many years afterwards.
Grammar school
[edit]The college was founded in 1958 asJohn Leggott Grammar Schoolwith 600 pupils aged 11–18. Plans from the new site of the grammar school were ready by August 1960, to start building in April 1961, and to open by 1963. The building was to cost £250,000, with an octagonal hall and a swimming pool, but would be largely a copy of the Bottesford Grammar School (renamed theFrederick Gough Grammar Schoolin 1960).[1]Plans for comprehensive education in Scunthorpe were being discussed, and the original plan was for comprehensive education by 1965, with the three grammar schools being 11–19 schools, and the secondary modern schools being for ages 11–16. By December 1962, the cost would be £300,000.[2]
The new grammar school opened on Tuesday 10 September 1963. The next phase would open in June 1964, for a roll of 720, with six science laboratories, woodwork and metalwork rooms, and a housecraft room. The coat of arms featuredBrumby Hall.The staircase andbalustradingwas made by Metalcraft of Stamford.[3]The first headteacher was Eric Charlesworth. The grammar school catchment area was from the north-east of the borough, towards Winterton and beyond.
Sixth Form College
[edit]The Sixth Form College was established in September 1968 due to a reorganisation of education in Scunthorpe. It is commonly known asJLCand now has more than 1600 students. In 1971 there were 500 sixth formers, and by 1973 it was run by the Borough of Scunthorpe Education Committee, in April 1974 run by the Scunthorpe Division of Humberside Education Committee, and in April 1996 byNorth Lincolnshire.On 30 November 2010 a number of students from the college participated in the nationwide2010 UK student protestsagainst the rise in University Tuition Fees. In 2010 John Leggott principalNic Dakinretired from his role to represent the Scunthorpe constituency for theLabour Party.David Vasse succeeded him as principal in 2010, to be replaced in 2016 by new principal Leon Riley.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Martin Simpson,guitarist (1969–70)
- James McDonald,polymath (1970–72)
- Phil Neale,cricketer (1970–72)
- Gordon Dougan[4]Head of Pathogen Research at theWellcome Sanger InstituteinCambridgeshire
- Kevin Doyle,actor (1977–79)
- Nina Nannar,ITNcorrespondent (1980–82)
- Darren Bett,BBC weather forecaster (1984–86)
- Joanna Makel, of the local BBC (and her older sister Andrea from 1983-85, now an English teacher; their father was the vicar ofEpworth);[5]she went to Bristol, with a degree in English and Philosophy in 1993[6][7][8]
- Sheridan SmithOBE, actress (1997)
- Ryan J. Brown,Screenwriter (2008–2010)
- Stephen Fretwell,songwriter (1998–2000)
- Matt Sparrow,footballer until 2010 forScunthorpe United(1998–2000)
- LtLee Vessey, theRoyal Navy's youngest ever captain (27), taking command ofHMS Puncher(1998–2000)
- Jen Pringle,presenter since 2006 ofMilkshake!(2000–02)
- Gina Bramhill,actress[9]
John Leggott Grammar School
[edit]- SirRalph Waller,Principal from 1988 to 2018 ofHarris Manchester College, Oxford,and knighted in the2018 Birthday Honours(in the sixth form only from c.1962–64)
- Roger Davies,Philip Wetton Professor of Astrophysics since 2002 at theUniversity of Oxford,and Professor from 1994 to 2002 of Astronomy atDurham University(1965–72)
- Mark Millar, former Chief Executive from 2010 ofMilton Keynes University HospitalNHS Foundation Trust, and from 2007 to 2010 ofHinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust(1965–72)[10]
Scunthorpe Technical High School
[edit]- Wallace L. W. Sargent(fromWinterton), astrophysicist, and Director from 1997 to 2000 of thePalomar Observatory,married toAnneila Sargent(1946–53)
Former teachers
[edit]- Christina Baxter(1969–73, Head of Religious Education from 1973 to 1976)
- Richard Vergette,playwright
References
[edit]- ^Scunthorpe Evening TelegraphMonday 22 August 1960, page 5
- ^Scunthorpe Evening TelegraphThursday 27 December 1962, page 4
- ^Scunthorpe Evening TelegraphMonday 9 September 1963, page 7
- ^Anon (2014)."Dougan, Prof. Gordon".Who's Who(onlineOxford University Pressed.). A & C Black.doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U281223.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^Scunthorpe Evening TelegraphFriday 6 May 1988, page 7
- ^Scunthorpe Evening TelegraphTuesday 27 July 1993, page 9
- ^Axholme HeraldThursday 29 July 1993, page 6
- ^Scunthorpe Evening TelegraphFriday 15 July 1988, page 8
- ^"From Coronation Street to Cleethorpes via Los Angeles".Grimsby Telegraph.23 July 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 13 August 2014.Retrieved9 November2023.
- ^Bio