The College of Richard Collyer, or Collyer's, is a coeducational sixth form college in Horsham, West Sussex, England. Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women at the same school facilities; co-ed is a shortened adjectival form of co-educational. ... England, Wales, Northern Ireland The sixth form, in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, is the term used to refer to the final two years of secondary schooling (when students are about sixteen to eighteen years of age), during which students normally prepare for their GCE A-level... Horsham is a market town in West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 50,000. ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004...

The College was founded in 1532 under the terms of the will of Richard Collyer, a member of The Mercer's Company of the City of London. The Mercers' Company are still the school's trustees, and have a close relationship with the school. Events May 16 - Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. ... The Worshipful Company of Mercers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ... The word trustee is a legal term that refers to a holder of property on behalf of some other beneficiary. ...

Collyer's has slowly evolved from an exclusive, all-male boarding school to the equal opportunity institution it is today. In 1944 it became a voluntary-aided grammar school, in 1976 a voluntary-aided sixth form college, and in 1993 a designated sixth form college. A boarding school is a school where some or all students not only study but also live, amongst their peers but away from their home and family. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries; some of which date back to earlier than the 16th century. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Today, Collyer's serves about 1200 students between 16 and 19 years of age. It offers AS and A-level courses in 45 different subjects. 20 further subjects are offered towards AVCE, BTEC, GNVQ and vocational certifications and GCSE examinations. An A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education usually taken during Further Education and after GCSEs. ... Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education, usually shorted to Advanced VCE or AVCE, is a vocational qualification available in British Further Education institutions. ... The Business & Technology Education Council (BTEC) was a subdegree conferring council in the United Kingdom until 1996, when its functions were transferred to Edexcel. ... A General National Vocational Qualification, or GNVQ, is a certificate of vocational education in the United Kingdom. ... A blacksmith is a traditional trade. ... GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

In the early 2000s, annual reports from the Office for Standards in Education have deemed the school outstanding overall and in most areas, and in a few areas good, with room for improvement. A new £ 2 million Learning Resources Centre was unveiled during this period. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ofsted logo The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial government department, established in 1993 under the Education (Schools) Act 1992. ... GBP redirects here. ...

A wide variety of adult education classes are offered at Collyer's in the evenings. Libraries are a useful resource for adult learners. ...

Notable alumni

• Harry Enfield - contemporary British entertainer
• Simon Nye - author of Men Behaving Badly
• Paul Parker - Sussex cricketer
• Eric Thompson - actor, and voice of the Magic Roundabout.

Harry Enfield Harry Enfield (born May 30, 1961 in Sussex, England) is a comedian educated at Derwent College at the University of York who quickly came to prominence after appearing on Channel 4s Saturday Live in a number of different personae created with Paul Whitehouse. ... Eric Thompson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

External links

• The College of Richard Collyer
• The Old Collyerians' Association (Association for alumni)
• Press release announcing 2005 OFSTED school inspection results
• A Brief History of Richard Collyer's School 1532-1964