History and Origins
- Origins
The college owes its foundation to the two great traditions in British education- academic and vocational. These two traditions came together in the early seventeenth century in the Chantry House in Henley with the founding of the Free Grammar School of King James I (in 1604) and the Charity School endowed by Dame Elizabeth Periam (in 1609). The two schools were amalgamated in 1778- thus anticipating the founding of a tertiary college (combining a further education and a sixth form college)in 1987.
- Current
The two colleges from which The Henley College was formed (King James's College of Henley and the South Oxfordshire Technical College) were controlled by Oxfordshire County Council. The merger of the two led (in 1987) to a newly incorporated tertiary college responsible to the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) for running its own affairs (notably estates, finance and personnel). Later, in 2010, the college applied for, and was granted, sixth form college status.
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