History
In 1957 construction was planned to start in 1959-60, [2] to cost £208,967. [3] By 1960 it was to cost £249,650, with furniture to cost £70,000. [4] In early April 1962 a contract for £255,368 was given to J.T. Barber & Sons of Boston. [5]
It opened on Monday 14 September 1964, built by JT Barber & Sons of Boston. [6] [7] [8]
It provided A-level courses for those not attending the town's two grammar schools.
It became an associate college of Leicester Polytechnic.
In 2007 a scheme for college redevelopment on West Street was abandoned through a lack of usable space. [9] In 2008 the college planned for a £79m expansion of the college to replace the Skirbeck Road and Mill Road sites. [10] A smaller redevelopment of the Skirbeck Road site was undertaken, funded by selling the building on Mill Road. [11] [12] The Mill Road building at the east of Boston was a former De Montfort University campus, and before that, Kitwood Boys School, now Haven High Academy. The adjacent Mill Road sports fields were not included in the sale. [13] [14]
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