Collingham College, Kensington.

Collingham College is a private, co-educational school, founded as Collingham Tutors in 1975, by Old Etonian John Marsden and Nicholas Browne.[1] 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.

Christmas at Collingham Gardens.

The 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.[2] 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.[2] They run Christmas and Easter revision courses near to exams which are available to the public.

17 Queen's Gate Place, Old College before Young Street.

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."[3] 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.

Thackeray's House, Kensington. Present site of GCSE school.

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

Politicians

Film directors and actors

Novelists

Other

References

  1. ↑ Telegraph Obituaries John Marsden 5 March 2004
  2. 1 2 "Collingham Independent College". CIFE. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Collingham Independent GCSE and Sixth Form College | London | LEA:Kensington & Chelsea | | the Good Schools Guide". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

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