Kirby College of Further Education

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Kirby College of Further Education, formerly girls-only Kirby Grammar School, is a campus in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. Founded in 1910 with the benefaction of Alderman Kirby, in its recent history it was part of Middlesbrough College, created via a merger of Kirby and Acklam Sixth Form College. This was further expanded with the inclusion of Teesside Tertiary College in 2002. In summer 2008, the various sites were consolidated onto a single site at Middlehaven. [1]

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Current status

After several years of abandonment, the site has now been bought and is currently under redevelopment as The Old College - a set of residential apartments. [2]

The developer, Green Lane Capital, plans to use the building to create 'upmarket' apartments.

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References

  1. "Home page". Middlesbrough College. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  2. "The Old College". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.

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