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The college's new building in about 1890. Founded in 1675, Buxton College was a boys' Public School and, from 1923, a grammar school in Buxton, Derbyshire whose site has been expanded since 1990 to be used as the fully co-educational comprehensive Buxton Community School.
Devonshire Dome. The Buxton Campus of the college is situated within the Devonshire Dome, with outdoor sports facilities at Northwood House in Buxton (now closed), [13] sports and gym facilities at the former High Peak College site in Harpur Hill (now closed) [13] and a "specialist training centre for Motor Vehicle Engineering and Welding" at Harpur Hill Industrial Estate.
The town hosts a University of Derby campus at the site of the former Devonshire Royal Hospital, as well as the Buxton & Leek College formed by the August 2012 merger of the university with Leek College. Secondary schools include Buxton Community School, at the former College Road site of Buxton College, and St. Thomas More Catholic School. [78]
Buxton Community School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Buxton, Derbyshire, England. The school was officially opened on 19 October 1993 achieving the consolidation of four former Buxton schools on the site of the previous Buxton College. [1] The school is a specialist sports college. The headteacher is Sam Jones. [2]
Interior. The Devonshire Dome building (previously known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital) is a Grade II* listed [1] 18th-century former stable block in Buxton, Derbyshire.It was built by John Carr of York and extended by architect Robert Rippon Duke, [1] who added what was then the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft).
Former pupils of Buxton College in Derbyshire, England. Pages in category "People educated at Buxton College" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
On its website, Buxton University stated that it was established in 1991 [6] and had awarded a total of 54,000 degrees by 2002. [8]In August 2004, a San Antonio, Texas, television station investigating bogus academic credentials had an employee order a degree from the InstantDegrees.com website.
In October 2004 the college changed its name to CAMSFC (Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College). [9] It was the largest further education college in the country in 2004, with around 9001 students. [10] In 2016, Marple Sixth Form College completed an extension and refurbishment of the Buxton Lane site, enabling all provision to be based at one site.