Barton Peveril College
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| Established | 1904 |
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| Type | Sixth Form College |
| Principal | Jonathan Prest |
| Chair of the Corporation | Roger Brown |
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Chestnut Avenue Eastleigh Hampshire SO50 5ZA England Coordinates: 50°57′43″N 1°21′57″W / 50.9620°N 1.3657°W |
| Local authority | Hampshire County Council |
| DfE number | 850/8602 |
| DfE URN | 130701 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 167 teachers, 105 support |
| Students | 4000 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 16–18 |
| Website | Barton-Peveril |
Barton Peveril Sixth Form College is the seventh largest sixth form college in the UK, located in Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK with approximately 4,000 students. It is part of the Wessex Group of Sixth Form Colleges.
Originally Barton Peveril School was a temporary school, founded in 1904 by the local County Education Authority, to meet the demands of the new railway town of Eastleigh. It had two long-serving head teachers, with Miss Annie Smith at the reins from the start until her retirement in 1936 and then Mr H. N. R. Moore, who again only left to retire in 1963. He was succeeded by Mr R. E. Bowyer.
As the school expanded, larger premises were required, with a house named Barton Peveril purchased by 1918, which later gave its name to the institution officially recognised as Eastleigh County Secondary School, Barton Peveril. In 1932 there was another move, this time to a building in Desborough Road that had previously been used for a school, with the move marked by the name Eastleigh County High School. In 1957, the school moved to its current site and returned its original name of Barton Peveril School.
The last intake to the state coeducational grammar school was in 1972. Since 1973, only sixth form students have been enrolled.
The current Principal is Jonathan Prest, who was preceded by Godfrey Glyn OBE who held the post from 1996 to 2008. Peter Happé was principal between 1980 and 1989.
The campus is situated in the south of Eastleigh. Large playing fields are shared with the adjacent secondary school, Quilley School. Further education college Eastleigh College is a third establishment on Chestnut Road. The college site has a second entrance on Tennyson Road, which makes Eastleigh high street accessible.
In addition to regular public bus routes, over twenty bus routes are contracted and subsidised exclusively for college pupils. The site is equidistant from Eastleigh and Southampton Airport Parkway railway stations, both of which are within walking distance. A number of students arrive by bicycle, moped or motorbike. Due to space limitations, students are not able to park on-site, although the college has arranged use of car park that is a few minutes walk away.
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