Harrow College

Harrow College

Established	1999
Type	Further Education
Principal & CEO	Pat Carvalho
Location	Lowlands Road Harrow Middlesex HA1 3AQ England Coordinates: 51°36′46″N 0°20′21″W / 51.6129°N 0.3392°W / 51.6129; -0.3392
Local authority	Harrow
DfE number	310/8005
DfE URN	131864 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	16–no upper age limit
Website	www.harrow.ac.uk

Harrow College is the largest college in the London Borough of Harrow.^[1] It opened in 1999 following a merger of two former local colleges, Greenhill College (located in the centre of Harrow Town) and Weald College neighbouring town Wealdstone.

More than 2,000 full-time and 7,000 part-time learners join Harrow College for sixth form and adult courses. Harrow College is also an associate college of Westminster University^[2] and Middlesex University.^[3]

History and location

Teaching takes place at the Harrow-on-the-Hill campus on Lowlands Road and at the Harrow Weald campus in Brookshill, Harrow Weald as well as two smaller, dedicated Construction-focused units at Whitefriars Centre and Harrow Skills Centre. The College also teaches in community locations around the London Borough of Harrow.

College standards

In its most recent inspection, Ofsted rated the college as 'Good' for overall effectiveness.^[4] It has been awarded a Centre of Excellence for the Hearing Impaired, which is the only centre of its kind in North West London. The college is also a member of the Westminster Centre of Excellence in Teacher Training (CETT).

The college was successfully validated against the Matrix standard for its information, advice and guidance services. It holds the Investors in People quality standard and the Pre School Learning Alliance kite mark.

Curriculum

Harrow College provides academic, vocational and occupational courses in its sixth form centre for young people aged 14 to 19 years and a range of vocational, work related, professional and non-professional programmes for adult learners. The college is highly regarded for its ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) courses. The EFL programmes are accredited by the British Council and English UK. The Learning Links programme has set a standard in the community for providing courses for students with learning disabilities and difficulties.

Alumni

The list includes former students of Greenhill College and Weald College.

Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty
Tom Fletcher, guitarist in McFly.
Matt Lucas, comedian.
Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer.
Master Shortie, rapper.
Paul Staines, political blogger.
Joanne Whiley, paralympian.
Howard Lamb, former rugby union player.

References

↑ http://www.educationuk.org/pls/hot_bc/bc_profile.page_pls_profile_details?x=133784075207&y=0&a=0&z=869&p_prof_id=5546&p_lang=31 British Council - Education UK
↑ http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-189 Westminster University Affiliates
↑ http://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/partners/academic/uk.asp Middlesex University - UK Academic Partners
↑ http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/files/2223745/urn/131864.pdf

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Schools and colleges in Harrow

Primary schools	Krishna Avanti Primary School

Secondary schools	Bentley Wood High School Canons High School Harrow High School Hatch End High School Nower Hill High School Park High School Rooks Heath College Sacred Heart Language College St Gregory's RC Science College Salvatorian College Whitmore High School

Independent schools	Harrow School The John Lyon School North London Collegiate School Orley Farm School

FE & sixth form colleges	Harrow College St Dominic's Sixth Form College Stanmore College

Defunct schools	Pinner County Grammar School Heathfield School for Girls (GDST)

Universities and colleges in London

Education in London

Universities

University of London	Birkbeck Central School of Speech and Drama Courtauld Institute of Art Goldsmiths Heythrop College Institute of Cancer Research King's College London London Business School London School of Economics London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Queen Mary Royal Academy of Music Royal Holloway Royal Veterinary College School of Advanced Study St George's SOAS University College London

Other	University of the Arts London BPP University Brunel University City University London University of East London University of Greenwich Kingston University Imperial College London University of Law London Metropolitan University London South Bank University Middlesex University Regent's University London Richmond, The American International University in London Roehampton University Royal College of Art St Mary's University University of Westminster University of West London

Other university-level colleges

Further Education colleges

Sixth form colleges

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