The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London is a college of further and higher education, based over two centres in Tottenham

Tottenham

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 and Enfield

London Borough of Enfield

The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...

 in North

North London

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 London

London

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, England

England

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. The college was created on 1 August 2009, as a result of a merger between Enfield College and The College of North East London. Serving an area of North London, the college draws its students mainly from Haringey

London Borough of Haringey

The London Borough of Haringey is a London borough, in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of three former boroughs. It shares borders with six other London boroughs...

, Enfield and Hackney

London Borough of Hackney

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,

Following a 2008 inspection, an Ofsted report awarded the college an overall Grade 2 (good), which included Grade 1 (outstanding) on three out of the six criteria. The college is a member of the 157 Group

157 Group

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 of high performing further education colleges.

The college offers a range of foundation and further education courses including NVQs, GCSEs, A Levels, BTEC

Business And Technology Education Council (BTEC)

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s and Access course

Access course

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s. It also offers a limited provision of higher education

Higher education

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 courses in conjunction with Canterbury Christ Church University

Canterbury Christ Church University

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, Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck, University of London

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 and Middlesex University

Middlesex University

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.

Notable Alumni

Attended College of North East London before 2009 merger:

Bernie Grant MP

Bernie Grant

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 - Labour MP for Tottenham, 1987-2000

Garth Crooks OBE

Garth Crooks

Garth Anthony Crooks OBE is a retired English football player of Jamaican ancestry. He played principally for Stoke City and Tottenham, with whom he was a prolific goal scorer and an FA Cup winner at Wembley in 1981...

 - Footballer for Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City F.C.

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 and Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

Jessie Wallace

Jessie Wallace

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 - Eastenders

EastEnders

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 Actress

MC Shystie

Shystie

Chanelle Scott Calica , also known as Shystie, is an English female rapper-songwriter and actress. Her mother was born and raised in Barbados and her father born and raised in Grenada making her heritage West-Indian. She grew up in Hackney, East London...

 - MOBO Award

MOBO Awards

The Music of Black Origin Awards, established in 1995 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music....

-nominated rapper-songwriter and actress

External links

• The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London website