Regent College, Leicester

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Regent College, Leicester
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Regent College, Leicester

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Former nameWyggeston Collegiate Sixth Form College
School type Sixth form college
Established1976
Closed2018 (merged with Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College

Regent College was a sixth form college in Leicester, England. The college was formed in 1976 as the Wyggeston Collegiate Sixth Form College and was renamed Regent College in 1996. It was merged into the nearby Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College in 2018. It was originally The Wyggeston Grammar School for Girls, for many years before it was a Sixth Form College. It was selective on the basis of academic ability. The girls all had to pass an entrance exam.

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Regent College playing fields, providing camping space for festival goers attending the Big Session, an annual folk festival held at the nearby De Montfort Hall Regent College Campus - geograph.org.uk - 635296.jpg
Regent College playing fields, providing camping space for festival goers attending the Big Session, an annual folk festival held at the nearby De Montfort Hall

Alumni

Wyggeston Girls' Grammar School

Former teachers

References

  1. (1955-62)Keep Britain Tidy Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Bhupinder Sandhu". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

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