# Collingham College > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Collingham_College > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Collingham_College.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingham_College > Source revision: 1339003956 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|School in Kensington and Chelsea, UK}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Collingham College | native_name = | image = | alt = | caption = | motto = | motto_translation = | location = London's [Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea](/source/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea) | country = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) | coordinates = | other_name = | former_name = | type = Private, co-educational school | religious_affiliation = | established = 1975 | founder = | closed = | school_board = | district = | authority = | oversight = | principal = | head = | staff = | faculty = | grades = | gender = | age_range = | enrollment = | language = | campus_size = | campus_type = | colors = | accreditation = | publication = | newspaper = | yearbook = | affiliation = | website = | footnotes = }} thumb|Collingham College, Kensington. '''Collingham College''' is a [private](/source/Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom), co-educational school, founded as '''Collingham Tutors''' in 1975, by [Old Etonian](/source/Eton_College) [John Marsden](/source/John_Marsden_(rower)) and Nicholas Browne.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1456124/John-Marsden.htmlDaily Telegraph Obituaries ''John Marsden'' 5 March 2004]{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Sixth Form is situated in London's [Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea](/source/Kensington). It is directly between Earl's Court and [Gloucester Road](/source/Gloucester_Road_tube_station) stations, both served by the District and the Piccadilly lines. Collingham's campus includes the sixth form building at 23 [Collingham Gardens](/source/Collingham_Gardens), and the GCSE school occupying a Georgian [townhouse](/source/Townhouse_(Great_Britain)) on Young Street by [Kensington Palace](/source/Kensington_Palace), once home to the author William Thackeray.thumb|Christmas at Collingham Gardens. The college is still privately owned with the current Directors being the son and grandson of its founders. True to its founding principles, Collingham prides itself as being a home for independent minds — a school where bright, curious, unconventional thinkers find space to belong and space to excel. Classes are small, lessons are long and discussion and debate is encouraged. Each year, students move on to some of the UK's top universities. The Principal of Collingham is James Allder BA, who the ''[Good Schools Guide](/source/Good_Schools_Guide)'' describes as'an extraordinarily responsive and incredible human’ who ‘understands kids’;‘He is just a very special man… and he is not at all pretentious.’ Many of the tutors at Collingham are expert academics, who join the school after professional careers in their field.{{Cite web|title=Collingham Independent College|url=https://www.cife.org.uk/choose-the-right-cife-college/collingham-independent-college/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=CIFE|language=en-GB}} Mock admissions tests and interviews are available for [Oxbridge](/source/Oxbridge) applicants. There are about two hundred and fifty students at Collingham. Students come from a range of academic abilities and backgrounds, with many joining from [public schools](/source/Public_school_(United_Kingdom)). They run Christmas and Easter revision courses near to exams which are available to the public. thumb|17 Queen's Gate Place, Old College before Young Street. According to the ''[Good Schools Guide](/source/Good_Schools_Guide)'', "You go to Collingham for two things - the academics and the sense of being independent while, in reality, being nurtured and carefully monitored. The level of support given to students is exceptional, reflected in a growth of confidence and the desire to succeed."{{cite web |url=http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/collingham.html |title=Collingham Independent GCSE and Sixth Form College | London | LEA:Kensington & Chelsea | | the Good Schools Guide |access-date=2008-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709070916/http://goodschoolsguide.co.uk/school/collingham.html |archive-date=2012-07-09 }} Collingham's sixth form was originally Gibbs' Preparatory School whose former pupils include [Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh](/source/Prince_Edward%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh), [David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon](/source/David_Armstrong-Jones%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Snowdon), [Robert Kennedy](/source/Robert_F._Kennedy), [Ted Kennedy](/source/Ted_Kennedy) and [Frederick Tennyson](/source/Pen_Tennyson). thumb|Thackeray's House, Kensington. Present site of GCSE school. == The Boltons Garden Party == Collingham students support and attend the annual [St Mary The Boltons](/source/St_Mary_The_Boltons) summer fair, held in [The Boltons](/source/The_Boltons) garden square every June. == Alumni == (Collingham and as it was previously known Gibbs Prep) === Royalty and Nobility === *[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh](/source/Prince_Edward%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh) * [David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon](/source/David_Armstrong-Jones%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Snowdon) * [Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan](/source/Thomas_Corbett%2C_2nd_Baron_Rowallan), British Army Officer, Grenadier Guards * [Anthony Havelock-Allan, 4th Baronet](/source/Anthony_Havelock-Allan) === Politicians === * [Ted Kennedy](/source/Ted_Kennedy) * [Allan Henry Hoover](/source/Allan_Hoover) * [Herbert Hoover Jr.](/source/Herbert_Hoover_Jr.) *[Claiborne Pell](/source/Claiborne_Pell) *[The Lord Grimond](/source/Jo_Grimond) *[John Profumo](/source/John_Profumo) === Film directors and actors === * [Frederick Tennyson](/source/Pen_Tennyson) * [Sir Peter Ustinov](/source/Peter_Ustinov) * [Richard Armitage](/source/Richard_Armitage_(actor)) * [Anthony Asquith](/source/Anthony_Asquith) * [Minnie Driver](/source/Minnie_Driver) === Novelists === * [Sir John Mortimer](/source/John_Mortimer) * [Christopher Robin Milne](/source/Christopher_Robin_Milne), the inspiration for Christopher Robin from [Winnie-the-Pooh](/source/Winnie-the-Pooh) * [Anthony Powell](/source/Anthony_Powell) === Other === * [Sir Richard Doll FRS](/source/Richard_Doll), Epidemiologist *[Georgia May Jagger](/source/Georgia_May_Jagger), designer, model, and socialite *[Matthew Warburton](/source/Warburtons) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{official website|http://www.collingham.co.uk/}} {{Schools and colleges in Kensington and Chelsea}} {{coord |51|29|31.5|N|0|11|18|W|type:edu_region:GB-KEC|display=title}} {{authority control}} Category:1975 establishments in England Category:Educational institutions established in 1975 Category:Private co-educational schools in London Category:Private schools in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Collingham College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingham_College) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingham_College?action=history)). 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