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'''Brockenhurst College''' is a large [[tertiary college]] situated in [[Brockenhurst]], [[Hampshire]]. Co-educational since the 1920s, Brockenhurst College accepts students over the age of all16 or year 12 students, whichever occurs first due to safeguarding agespolicies.

The college has over 2,700 full-time students and over 8,000 part-time adult learners from as far andplaces widesuch as The New Forest, [[Bournemouth]], [[Poole]], [[East Dorset]], the Waterside area of [[Southampton]], South [[Wiltshire]], [[Eastleigh]], and the [[Isle of Wight]]. Brockenhurst College has been an accredited [[Investors in People]] since 1996, and in 2004 was awarded by the [[AoC Beacon Awards|AoC Beacon Award]] and is also rated 'Good' by [[Ofsted]].<ref name="BomoEcho20170309"/>

The College, with its many different buildings and uses, is divided up into A, B, E, M, S and T blocks. In addition to the Main Hall and Foyer, there are also other blocks given full names, such as the Sports Centre, the '''Hard Brock Café''', the Learning Care Centre, and the LRC (Learning Resources Centre).

There is also the '''Highwood Nursery''' located between the sports centre and the car park. The college has adult learning centres in Brockenhurst, [[Lymington]] and [[New Milton]] along with the [[Hengistbury Head]] Outdoor Activity Centre and the Marchwood Marine and Construction Centre.

M Block, standing forThe Main Building,Block is the oldest section of the college which includes the original hall, now called the SEC, used as a secondary room for exams and enrichment programmes. Also within the block, besides the main reception area, are much of the non-teaching staff at Brock as well as the main division offices and the Principal's offices. The offices are also used by [[connexions (agency)|Connexions]] and EMA ([[Education Maintenance Allowance]]) attendants located at Student Services. Based also in this block are a highly skilled team of IT professionals who are in charge of the college network system and maintenance of all college's IT equipment.

The Errington Block, which was named after an ex-governor of the college, holds additional classrooms for [[Language]], [[Sociology]], [[Psychology]], [[Business Studies]], ChildEarly CareChildhood, Health & Higher Education, [[Key Skills]] and [[GCSE]] courses. Each room is fitted with digital projectors and computers.

Brockenhurst College began its existence in 1909 as a [[pupil teachers-teacher]]s' centre]] – a school where girls from age 13 learned to be teachers. The classes were held in the [[Methodist Church of Great Britain|Wesleyan Church]] [[Sunday School]], with only 18 children attending under the head mistress, Miss Moore. Although classes were first held in the church Sunday school, Brockenhurst never had any religious affiliation or received any funding from ecclesiastical authorities. It was always funded by the [[Hampshire Education Authority]], and the Sunday school room was used simply because it offered suitable accommodation. Between 1913 and 1935 the school moved location twice and changed head mistress to Miss Emma Clara Ward. During this time the school increased further with more problems continuing for teaching space.

In 1950 the [[headmaster]] decided that the school should be turned into a [[grammar school]] and students would therefore have to pass the [[eleven-plus exam|11-plus]] to join. At this stage the school was still taking inaccepting both sexes and was resisting the change wanted by the local community. It was also at this time that the headmaster changed Brock's motto to what it is today without any warning to staff or pupils.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}} The motto in the early 50s was "Manners Makyth Man", borrowed from Winchester College (the school song "Forty Years On" was borrowed from Harrow). The new motto "Inter Silvas Quaerere Verum" (Seek Truth [or Learning] Amongst the Trees), an adaptation from Horace's Epistles, refers to the school's location in the New Forest. In spite of the borrowings from boys' public schools it is said that Dr Wood, formerly of Bedales school, accepted the post of Headmaster only on the condition that Brockenhurst remained co-educational rather than becoming boys only as had been proposed.

In 1953 the headmaster made another unexpected decision changed the name back to a highHigh schoolSchool. The name remained for seven years until the [[Hampshire Education Authority]] sanctioned the change to a grammar school.

The school was converted into a [[sixth form [[college]] in 1969, leaving all the surrounding schools to continue lower school education in the area, and became a [[tertiary college]] in 1985.<ref>{{cite web | last =Merry | first =Louise | title =Brockenhurst college guide | work =The Telegraph | publisher =Telegraph Media Group | date =6 July 2011 | url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/universities-and-colleges/8480291/Brockenhurst-college-guide.html | accessdateaccess-date =26 January 2013 }}</ref>

* Di Roberts CBE 2006–present2006–2020 (Principal)<ref name="BomoEcho20170309"/>

*[[Tom Friend]] (born 1991), cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mccuniversities.org/cardiff-glamorgan/player-profiles/tom-friend,214,PP.html |archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20130113031832/http://www.mccuniversities.org/cardiff-glamorgan/player-profiles/tom-friend,214,PP.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 January 2013 |title=Player profile: Tom Friend |publisher=mccuniversities.org |accessdateaccess-date=29 July 2012 }}</ref>

*[[Patrick Harverson]] (born 1962), personalpublic assistantrelations toexecutive [[Charles,and Princeformer of Wales]]journalist

<ref name="BomoEcho20170309">{{cite news|url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15144167.college-has-its-ofsted-rating-downgraded-after-10-years-of-being-outstanding/|title=Brockenhurst College loses its 'outstanding' Ofsted rating after 10 years|first=Jane|last=Reader|date=9 March 2017|newspaper=Daily Echo (Bournemouth)|accessdateaccess-date=5 March 2019}}</ref>