Gateway College
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| Gateway Sixth Form College | |
| Type | FE college |
| Principal | Mr Nicholas Goffin |
| Location | The Newarke Leicester LE2 7BY England  |
| LEA | Leicester |
| Gender | Coeducation |
| Website | Gateway College |
| Coordinates: 52°37′51″N 1°08′30″W / 52.6309°N 1.1418°W | |
Gateway Sixth Form College is a further education college in Hamilton, Leicester, England. It is currently in its first year at a new site in Leicester, after being situated for years near the centre of Leicester, adjacent to the main campus of De Montfort University,
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[edit] History
It was previously known as Gateway Grammar School. It became a sixth form college in the 1970s.
[edit] College future
The school was established as a technical grammar school in the late 1920s. In its early life it was known as the 'Junior Art and Technology College'. The school educated the managers of Leicester's, hosiery and shoe factories, as well as the supporting printing, design and light engineering industry of the City.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Champions
The current top scorer of the Gateway football Team is Abdirahman Suldan with 33 goals to his name.
[edit] Alumni
[edit] Gateway Grammar School
- Damon Buffini, head of private equity firm, Permira
- Gregory Clarke, CEO of the Lend Lease Corporation since 2002, CEO of Cable & Wireless from 1999-2000
- Peter Coley, leader of the Lib Dems on Leicester City Council
- Maj-Gen Ian Dale CBE, Director General Land Equipment
- David Fish, Chairman of United Biscuits 2004-
- Colin Greenhalgh CBE, Principal of Hills Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge from 1984-2002
- Harold Hopkins, important physicist who developed the zoom lens, and did significant work on fibre-optics
- Prof Trevor Stuart, Professor of Theoretical Fluid Mechanics, Imperial College London from 1966-94, President of the London Mathematical Society from 2000-2
- Rear-Admiral John Warsop CB, Naval Base Commander of HMNB Portsmouth 1983-5
- Colin Wilson, writer and 'angry young man'
- Matt Lloyd (Paralympian)(Ice Sledge hockey)
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Coordinates: 52°37′50″N 1°08′25″W / 52.6306°N 1.1403°W
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