Shooters Hill Sixth Form College Explained

Shooters Hill Sixth Form College
Established:	2002
Type:	Academy 16-19 Converter^[1]
Head:	Janet Atkinson
Address:	Red Lion Lane
City:	Shooter's Hill
County:	London
Country:	England
Postcode:	SE18 4LD
Local Authority:	Greenwich
Urn:	138966
Ofsted:	Yes
Enrolment:	1500
Lower Age:	16
Upper Age:	19
Gender:	Coeducational
Website:	http://www.shc.ac.uk/

Shooters Hill Sixth Form College is a large mixed further education college for students aged 16–19, located in Shooter's Hill in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, England.

History

The college opened in 2002, and occupies some buildings previously used for secondary school education since 1928.

The school was initially Woolwich County School (created when Woolwich Polytechnic Boys Secondary School, a secondary school established alongside Woolwich Polytechnic in 1897, split into two sites in 1928; the other is now Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys),^[2] and later (1935) became Shooter's Hill Grammar School.^[3] This amalgamated with Bloomfield Road School (Woolwich Secondary School for Boys) in 1973^[4] and reopened as Eaglesfield Secondary School in November 1978,^[5] becoming a sixth form campus in 2002.^[6]

It is a member of the Sixth Form Colleges' Association.^[7]

Notable alumni

Woolwich County School

• Tommy Flowers MBE, who designed and built the WWII Colossus computer at the Post Office Research Station
• Prince Littler CBE and Emile Littler, both theatrical impresarios

Shooter's Hill Grammar School

• Ginger Baker, drummer with Cream
• Adrian Biddle, cinematographer
• Jools Holland, musician and TV presenter^[8]
• Frankie Howerd, actor and comedian^[9]
• Graham Johnson, Kent cricketer
• Philip Mackie, screenwriter with the Ministry of Information films, and grandfather of actress Pearl Mackie
• Terence James Reed, Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature from 1989–2004 at the University of Oxford
• Jack Rose, RAF fighter pilot and colonial administrator^[10]
• William G. Stewart, television producer
• Steve Peregrin Took, musician with T. Rex (band)^[11]
• Steve White, drummer with The Style Council in the 1980s

Eaglesfield School

• Craig Fairbrass, actor (EastEnders, Cliffhanger)
• Marvin Humes, member of JLS, television presenter and radio host
• KRSNA, rapper
• Lee Murray, MMA fighter and mastermind behind the Tunbridge Wells Securitas depot robbery

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shooters Hill Sixth Form College. Department for Education: Edubase. Department for Education. 21 April 2017.
2. Web site: Woolwich Polytechnic Day Schools. AIM25. 24 April 2017.
3. Web site: Shooters Hill RFC. Pitchero. 21 April 2017.
4. Web site: Woolwich (10 January 2015). Edith's Streets. 21 April 2017.
5. Web site: Shooter's Hill Grammar School. Schoolius. 21 April 2017.
6. Web site: 2017 - 2018 prospectus. Shooters Hill Sixth Form College. 21 April 2017.
7. Web site: Member Finder. sixthformcolleges.org. 1 May 2017.
8. Book: Holland. Jools. Vyner. Harriet. Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts. 2008. Penguin. London. 9780141026770.
9. Howerd, Frankie (1976) On the Way I Lost It, W.H. Allen,
10. News: Wing Commander Jack Rose. 21 April 2017. Daily Telegraph. 10 November 2009.
11. Web site: Tyrannosaurus Rex . MarcBolan.net . 1 July 2021.