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Further education college in Southport, Merseyside, England
King George V Sixth Form College
(KGV) is a
sixth form college
in
Southport
,
Merseyside
,
England
. It provides
A-level
and
BTEC
education, and between 2009 and 2012 offered the
International Baccalaureate Diploma
. It was previously a
grammar school
for boys. The college has the distinction of being placed consistently in the top 10 sixth form and further education colleges in the country for A-level results, and has won a number of Good Schools Guide awards.
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King George V College merged with
Southport College
in January 2018. The combined colleges maintain their separate identities and offer A-level and Vocational education.
History
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The college opened in September 1920 as
Southport Municipal Secondary School for Boys
. New buildings were constructed at the current site on Scarisbrick New Road in 1926, in preparation for a reopening by the
Earl of Derby
on 16 October of that year, when the institution was rechristened
King George V Grammar School
. In September 1979 the college assumed its current name; in 1982 its school section ceased to exist.
In October 2014,
Ofsted
placed KGV ? previously a grade 1 'outstanding' college ? in the 'inadequate' or grade 4 boundary for education providers. The report cited a lack of effective leadership and severe staff cuts as reasons for its poor findings. In June of the following year, Ofsted upgraded the college's 'inadequate' grade after a second report announced significant improvement. Since 2014 several of the site's buildings have been refurbished, including the sports hall and the humanities building. During this renovation the two-room
Classics
building, then the longest-standing building on the campus, was demolished.
Academic structure
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The main college building in 2013.
The college no longer uses the house system established when it also served as a secondary school. It previously opted for five subject specific faculties, namely:
- AE - Arts and English Subjects.
- BI - Business and Information Subjects.
- HL - Humanities and Languages Subjects.
- MS - Maths and Science Subjects.
- SO - Social Science Subjects, including sociology, psychology and the PASE scheme.
Students' union
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The college hosts an independent
students' union
which is a member of the
National Union of Students
. The student union is run by the Student Council, which meets at least once a month. Student Council members are typically second-year students elected by members of their tutor groups. The council's two co-chairpersons are elected in a college-wide student election, and are members of KGV's governing body as required by the
Education Act 1994
.
Notable alumni
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King George V College
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King George V Grammar School
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- Marc Almond
of
Soft Cell
.
- John Culshaw
OBE, classical record producer and Head of Music Programmes at the BBC from 1967 to 1975.
- Arthur Davidson
, Member of Parliament for
Accrington
from 1966 to 1983.
- Air Vice-Marshal
Peter Dodworth
CB OBE, Station Commander of
RAF Wittering
from 1983 to 1985.
- Michael English
, Member of Parliament for
Nottingham West
from 1964 to 1983.
- Ronnie Fearn, Baron Fearn
, Member of Parliament for
Southport
from 1987 to 1992 and 1997-2001.
- Frank Hampson
, artist and creator of
Dan Dare
.
- Michael Weston King
, singer.
- David Lonsdale
, actor.
- Michael Meadowcroft
, Member of Parliament for
Leeds West
from 1983 to 1987.
- John Pickard
FRCS
FMedSci
,
professor emeritus
of neurosurgery at the
University of Cambridge
.
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