Sixth Form College
In the 1970s, with Middlesex ceasing to exist as a county, it was redesignated by Surrey County Council as an Ashford Sixth Form College.
When Ashford County Grammar closed as the last 1975 11 plus intake did their O'levels, it became Spelthorne College, named after the local Borough Council within Surrey.
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