Brooklands College

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Brooklands College
Location
Brooklands College
Weybridge, Surrey, England

United Kingdom
Information
MottoOutstanding Every Day
Established1951 [1]
PrincipalChristine Ricketts
StaffOver 500
Enrollment5,000+
Website brooklands.ac.uk

Brooklands College is a further education college in Weybridge and Ashford, England.

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In August 2007 Brooklands merged with Spelthorne College in Ashford. [2] In 2016 the Ashford Campus moved to a new building and the former Spelthorne College site was demolished. The Weybridge campus is in the grounds of Hugh F. Locke King's historic mansion at Brooklands; [3] the Ashford campus is adjacent to Thomas Knyvett College, Ashford.

The college provides courses for those leaving school after GCSEs, vocational subjects, A-levels, apprenticeships, and professional courses for adults including foundation degrees.[ citation needed ]

There are approximately 5,000 students attending the college; of these about 2,500 are full-time.[ citation needed ]

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