Shooters Hill Sixth Form College

Shooters Hill Sixth Form College is a large mixed further education college for students aged 16–19, located in Shooter's Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, England.

Shooters Hill Sixth Form College
Address
Red Lion Lane Shooter's Hill , London , SE18 4LD England
Information
Type	Academy 16-19 Converter[1]
Local authority	Greenwich
Department for Education URN	138966 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Head teacher	Janet Atkinson[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	16 to 19
Enrolment	1500[1]
Website	http://www.shc.ac.uk/

History

The college opened in 2002, and occupies some buildings previously used for secondary school education since 1928.

The school was initially Woolwich County School (created when Woolwich Polytechnic Boys Secondary School, a secondary school established alongside Woolwich Polytechnic in 1897, split into two sites in 1928; the other is now Woolwich Polytechnic School),[2] and later (1935) became Shooter's Hill Grammar School.[3] This amalgamated with Bloomfield Road School (Woolwich Secondary School for Boys) in 1973[4] and reopened as Eaglesfield Secondary School in November 1978,[5] becoming a sixth form campus in 2002.[6]

It is a member of the Sixth Form Colleges' Association.[7]

Notable alumni

Shooter's Hill Grammar School

Ginger Baker (drummer) in 1968

Replica of the Colossus computer in October 2009, designed by Tommy Flowers at Dollis Hill in 1944

• Ginger Baker, drummer with Cream
• Adrian Biddle, famous cinematographer
• Jools Holland, musician and TV presenter[8]
• Frankie Howerd, actor and comedian[9]
• Graham Johnson, Kent cricketer
• Philip Mackie, screenwriter with the Ministry of Information films, and grandfather of actress Pearl Mackie
• Prof Terence James Reed, Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature from 1989–2004 at the University of Oxford
• Jack Rose, RAF fighter pilot and colonial administrator[10]
• William G. Stewart, television producer
• Steve Peregrin Took, musician with T. Rex (band)[11]
• Steve White, drummer with The Style Council in the 1980s

Woolwich County School

• Tommy Flowers MBE, who designed and built the WWII Colossus computer at the Post Office Research Station
• Prince Littler CBE and Emile Littler, both theatrical impresarios

Eaglesfield School

• Lee Murray, MMA fighter and mastermind behind the Tunbridge Wells Securitas depot robbery
• Marvin Humes, member of JLS, television presenter and radio host

References

1. "Shooters Hill Sixth Form College". Department for Education: Edubase. Department for Education. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
2. "Woolwich Polytechnic Day Schools". AIM25. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
3. "Shooters Hill RFC". Pitchero. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
4. "Woolwich (10 January 2015)". Edith's Streets. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
5. "Shooter's Hill Grammar School". Schoolius. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
6. "2017 - 2018 prospectus". Shooters Hill Sixth Form College. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
7. "Member Finder". sixthformcolleges.org. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
8. Holland, Jools; Vyner, Harriet (2008). Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts. London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141026770.
9. Howerd, Frankie (1976) On the Way I Lost It, W.H. Allen, ISBN 0-491-01807-X
10. "Wing Commander Jack Rose". Daily Telegraph. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
11. "Home". Retrieved 1 May 2017.