Collingwood College, Surrey

Collingwood College is a Private secondary school located in Surrey, England for multiple genders, 11- 18 year-olds. Collingwood college is a school for peopleAdmissionsCollingwood is the largest secondary school in Surrey, with over 2, 000 pupils, including more than 400 in the sixth form. It occupies a 30acre campus and is divided in the three main areas 'Kingston' (Years 10 & 11) and 'Barossa' (Years 7-9), and the new, purpose-built, sixth form centre. This was funded by the sale of land, on which the college's previous sixth form centre (named 'Ballard') was situated. Collingwood College is a DfE designated high-performing specialist academy, specialising in technology and vocational-education. It is situated just north of the A30, near the Jolly Farmer roundabout on the Old Dean Estate, Camberley. HistoryEarlier schoolThe school derives itself from the Frimley and Camberley County Grammar School, the Bagshot County Secondary School, and the Barossa County Secondary School. In July 1970, Surrey County Council wavered over whether to go ahead with the comprehensive plan. ComprehensiveThe first Headmaster in 1971 was Mr. Leonard Roe, who had previously been Headmaster of the grammar school. He was followed by Peter Halls-Dickerson, who was a major advocate of the idea of direct grant schools. Collingwood was one of the earliest direct grant schools to be created after the passage of the legislation by the then Conservative government. The headmaster from 1974 until the 1990s was Peter Halls-Dickerson.

Collingwood College is a Private secondary school located in Surrey, England for multiple genders, 11- 18 year-olds. Collingwood college is a school for peopleAdmissionsCollingwood is the largest secondary school in Surrey, with over 2, 000 pupils, including more than 400 in the sixth form. It occupies a 30acre campus and is divided in the three main areas 'Kingston' (Years 10 & 11) and 'Barossa' (Years 7-9), and the new, purpose-built, sixth form centre. This was funded by the sale of land, on which the college's previous sixth form centre (named 'Ballard') was situated. Collingwood College is a DfE designated high-performing specialist academy, specialising in technology and vocational-education. It is situated just north of the A30, near the Jolly Farmer roundabout on the Old Dean Estate, Camberley. HistoryEarlier schoolThe school derives itself from the Frimley and Camberley County Grammar School, the Bagshot County Secondary School, and the Barossa County Secondary School. In July 1970, Surrey County Council wavered over whether to go ahead with the comprehensive plan. ComprehensiveThe first Headmaster in 1971 was Mr. Leonard Roe, who had previously been Headmaster of the grammar school. He was followed by Peter Halls-Dickerson, who was a major advocate of the idea of direct grant schools. Collingwood was one of the earliest direct grant schools to be created after the passage of the legislation by the then Conservative government. The headmaster from 1974 until the 1990s was Peter Halls-Dickerson.