Varndean College

Varndean College is a sixth form college in Brighton and Hove that serves the needs of sixth form students and adults.

See also: Varndean Secondary School

Varndean College
Address
Surrenden Road

Brighton
,
East Sussex
,
BN1 6WQ

England
Coordinates50.8516°N 0.1435°W / 50.8516; -0.1435
Information
TypeSixth form college
Established1884
Department for Education URN130668 Tables
OfstedReports
PrincipalDonna-Marie Janson
GenderCoeducational
Age16+
Enrolment1800
Websitehttp://www.varndean.ac.uk

Location

Varndean College is on Surrenden Road, in the northern part of Brighton. It shares the Surrenden campus with Balfour Junior School, Balfour Infants School, Dorothy Stringer High School and Varndean Secondary School.

History

The college was founded in 1884 in York Place, Brighton, as a boys' secondary school and moved to its current site (overlooking the city and the sea) in 1932, later attaining grammar school status, becoming Varndean Grammar School for Boys, administered by the Education Committee for the County Borough of Brighton. In 1972 the first girls were admitted to the school (a small number of girls attended A level physics classes at the school in 1970–71), and in 1975 it became a sixth form college under its first principal, David A.G. Turner.[1]

Former Headmasters and Principals

Varndean Grammar School for Boys

  • 1884–1901 Edwin H. Lethbridge (died 1932)
  • 1902–1932 William J. Stainer (died 1937)
  • 1932–1963 Eric J. Hutchins (died 1972)
  • 1963–1970 John E. Mollison
  • 1970–1975 David A.G. Turner (died 1997)

Varndean College

  • 1975–1988 David A.G. Turner (died 1997)
  • 1988–2006 Alan Jenkins (died March 2020)
  • 2006–2020 Dr Philip Harland
  • 2020–present day Donna-Marie Janson

Notable alumni

The Old Varndeanian Association exists to maintain a network between former pupils and students of both the school and college, as well as former pupils of Varndean Girls' School. The association maintains contact with thousands of Old Varndeanians and organises regular reunions and other functions.

Varndean Grammar School for Boys

References
  1. 'Onward and Upward, York Place to Varndean 1884–1975' by Tony Allt and Brian Robson. Published privately in 1993 by the Old Varndeanian Association.
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