Gateway College

Gateway Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in Hamilton, Leicester, England.

For the group of colleges in Sri Lanka with the same name, see Gateway Group.
For the community college in Connecticut, United States, see Gateway Community College.
For the community college in Arizona, United States, see GateWay Community College.

Gateway College
Address
Colin Grundy Drive

Hamilton
,
Leicester
,
LE5 1GA

England
Coordinates52.6309°N 1.1418°W / 52.6309; -1.1418
Information
TypeFE college
Local authorityLeicester
PrincipalSuzanne Overton-Edwards
GenderCoeducational
Age16+
Websitegateway.ac.uk

The college used to be housed in the city centre of Leicester, adjacent to the main campus of De Montfort University and located by other buildings of academic interests such as the Daneil Lambert Museum, Newarke House, Leicester Castle and Castle Gardens. The bridge from where the deceased body of Richard III was said to have been thrown from (prior to being found elsewhere) is also a short walk from the original site. It has since moved to a new, £33 million campus built in the Hamilton suburb of the city.

History

The school began as Gateway Grammar School for boys. It was founded in 1928 and located in Skeffington House which is now the home of the Newarke Houses Museum. The school was established primarily to feed the Colleges of Art and Technology (later Leicester Polytechnic and now De Montfort University) and the curriculum showed a significant bias towards Craft and other practical subjects.

In 1933 it moved across the road to the site it occupied until 2009, which comprised a three-storey house dating from 1772 with a purpose-built extension and additional buildings for Science and Art & Design.

Its first Head Master (1928–31) was Harold Dent who went on to become Editor of The Times Educational Supplement and Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield. Dent was succeeded by Mr E C White (1931-1952) and then Dr H Frazer (1952–71). In Dr Frazer's time the Gateway (as it was known by locals) became more like a conventional grammar school but retained its commitment to teaching crafts. It was also progressive in its acceptance of 11+ exam "failures" at 13+ and 15+, some of whom achieved distinction and are among those listed in alumni below. M H Bailey (1971-1990) saw the school through its transformation into a mixed sixth form college in 1976. After Bailey's retirement the College Principals were A Sortwell (1990–97) and N A Goffin (1997-2009). The current Principal is S. Overton-Edwards.

Courses

The student body consists of approximately 1,200 students aged 16–18 and 400 adult students. The college is highly diverse with 75% of all learners from minority ethnic backgrounds. This is representative of the diversity in Leicester.

Alumni

Gateway Grammar School

See also
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