Fine Arts College

Fine Arts College is an independent college in Hampstead, London, founded in 1978, with an average intake of 200 students aged 13 – 19.[1]

Fine Arts College
Address
Centre Studios
41–43 Englands Lane

Belsize Park

London
,
NW3 4YD

England
Coordinates51.5467°N 0.1646°W / 51.5467; -0.1646
Information
TypePrivate school
Established1978 (1978)
Department for Education URN100084 Tables
PrincipalCandida Cave
GenderMixed
Age13 to 19
Websitehttp://www.hampsteadfinearts.com/

The College offers over 25 A-level subjects in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and 15 subjects at GCSE. Students entering Year 9 follow an academic curriculum alongside creative subjects, art, music and drama.

Fine Arts runs a one year Portfolio course to prepare students for degree courses at university and art school.

The Principal is Candida Cave and the Head is Emmy Schwieters.

History

The College was founded in 1978 by artists Nicholas Cochrane and Candida Cave and was originally located in the YMCA on Tottenham Court Road and specialised in the teaching of Art and History of Art. In 1982, the College relocated to Belsize Park and expanded its curriculum to cover the 25 subjects it teaches today. In 1994, the GCSE department opened, followed by Year 9 entry in 2018.

In 2002 the College moved to Centre Studios, a converted Victorian dairy in Englands Lane, which remains its main site today.

In 2015 the College became part of the Dukes Education Group.[2]

Buildings

The College operates across three separate sites within about 200 yards of one another, located between Belsize Park, Chalk Farm and Swiss Cottage tube stations. The main site, Centre Studios, houses the academic departments and the Fine Art, Graphics, Music, Music Technology, Media, Textiles, Film Studies, and Drama studios. The two other sites are the Photography studios and Maths and Science departments in Lambolle Place.

Notable former pupils

References
  1. "ISA | School Details". Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. "Hampstead Fine Arts College". Dukes Education. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. "Fashion Genes: Sara & Aimee Berman". 8 January 2012.
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