Palmer's College
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| Motto | Monumentum Aere Perennius ("A memorial more enduring than bronze") |
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| Established | 1706 |
| Type | Sixth form college |
| Coach | Nick |
| Founder | William Palmer |
| Location |
Chadwell Road Grays Essex RM17 5TD England  51°28′57″N 0°21′10″E / 51.4825°N 0.3528°ECoordinates: 51°28′57″N 0°21′10″E / 51.4825°N 0.3528°E |
| Local authority | Thurrock |
| DfE number | 883/8602 |
| DfE URN | 130682 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | Smiv |
| Students | 2000+ |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 16–19 |
| Former name | Palmer's Grammar School |
| Website | www |
Palmer's College is a sixth form college for 16- to 19-year-olds in Thurrock, Essex, England. It offers a wide range of courses including A-levels, BTECs and Secretarial.
The college is situated on Chadwell Road (B149) next to the A1089 just north of the A126 junction (Marshfoot Interchange). It is close to the boundary between Little Thurrock (to the west) and Chadwell St Mary. It is administratively in Thurrock and although its postal address is Grays, it is located in the religious parish of St Mary the Virgin, Little Thurrock.
Palmer's was first opened in 1706 when the merchant William Palmer founded a charity school for "ten poore children" of the parish of Grays Thurrock, endowing it with valuable property in the town and Lombard Street, in the heart of the City of London. Initially located in a small building inside the churchyard, the school evolved into a boys' school of modest merit. However, in response to the changing educational landscape initiated by the 1870 Education Act, the trustees of Palmer's charity re-launched the school on a new site on the hill above the town in 1874. To this a girls' school was added in 1876. As grammar schools both boys' and girls' establishments flourished during the twentieth century, variously referred to as William Palmers' School and the Palmer's Endowed School. William Strang, 1st Baron Strang, perhaps Palmer's most distinguished alumnus, recalled it in 1905 as 'a modest establishment, modest that is in size and in material equipment, but not at all modest in the opinion which it held of itself'. However, the boys school, which admitted both day pupils and boarders until 1970, achieved the status of a public school, 1931–46, and went on to become a notable centre of sporting and musical activity in south Essex.
In 1972, as part of the reorganisation of education in Essex, the boys' and girls' schools amalgamated, together with Aveley Technical High School, to constitute a sixth form college. During the mid-1970s, the boys' and Aveley schools relocated to the College's present site (until then occupied by the Girls' School alone). The College is still supported by the William Palmer College Education Trust, the direct successor of the trustees William Palmer appointed to administer his charity. Artifacts from the schools' past can be seen in the College library.
2008 saw a record number of students applying to the College with over 2000 students enrolling. The College is equipped with modern teaching facilities set in beautiful grounds. Both students and the general public have access to a newly refurbished sports and fitness centre (including gym), and Palmer's hosts a variety of events for children from local schools on its playing fields.
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