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Varndean Holt, BRIGHTON, BN1 6QX

Small cul-de-sac off Draxmont Way that was built in the 1990s. The sky is now beginning to break which will lead to a beautifully clear and sunny day later on after 10cm of snow was deposited in the city overnight.

website: http://www.varndean.ac.uk/ The college was founded in 1884 in York Place, Brighton as a boys' Secondary School and moved to its current site in 1932, later attaining grammar school status, becoming Varndean Grammar School for Boys, administered by the Education Committee for the County Borough of Brighton. In 1972 the first girls were admitted to the school, and in 1975 it became a sixth form college http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varndean_College

Opened in 1955 as a secondary modern and for many years lived in the shadow of the neighbouring boys and girls grammar schools. Now probably the best state school in Brighton. About 10cm of snow blanketed the city overnight causing many schools in the area to shut and allow their pupils to start their Christmas holiday a day earlier.

The playing fields at Varndean College.

website: http://www.varndean.ac.uk/ The college was founded in 1884 in York Place, Brighton as a boys' Secondary School and moved to its current site in 1932, later attaining grammar school status, becoming Varndean Grammar School for Boys, administered by the Education Committee for the County Borough of Brighton. In 1972 the first girls were admitted to the school, and in 1975 it became a sixth form college http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varndean_College

http://www.varndean.ac.uk

A suburban dual carriageway. This often means in large towns that it was a tram route. This was not the case here, but it was a trolleybus route.

Viewed from Surrenden Road looking over the snow covered rear of the school grounds. On a clear day the view from here can extend down to the Brighton Wheel on the seafront, though on this day the constant light snow reduced visibility quite drastically. The school was built in 1932 and was originally a grammar school for boys until girls began to be admitted in 1972. In 1975 the whole school system in Brighton was overhauled and the buildings became the current sixth form college.

The original building on the left opened as a boys girl in 1932 to complement the neighbouring girls school, now Varndean Secondary School, opened the previous year. This remained the state of affairs until 1972 when girls were admitted but lasted only for three years when a reorganisation of schools turned this into a sixth form college and the old girls school into a mixed comprehensive. Three other schools, Dorothy Stringer High School, Balfour Juniors and Balfour Infans, are also nearby, a legacy of the old municipal education committee purchasing the land from Varndean Farm in 1909. The college also has its own wind turbine next to the modern extension which is just visible through the blanket of snow that appeared overnight.