Scarborough TEC

Scarborough TEC, (formerly known as Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough Technical College, Scarborough Technical Institute, and Scarborough School of Art)^[1] is a further education college located on Filey Road Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It is a constituent college of the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education.^[2]

Old building on Lady Edith's Drive

Yorkshire Coast College was originally an independently controlled institution, but due to consistently poor results and long-term financial difficulties was taken over by the Grimsby Institute in January 2010.^[3]

College courses for students from Scarborough and the surrounding area include NVQs, GCSEs, BTECs, Apprenticeships and Access courses, and some higher education courses in conjunction with the University of Hull.^[2]

In November 2016, the name was changed from Yorkshire Coast College to Scarborough TEC, with the TEC standing for Training, Education, Careers.^[4]

Notable recent alumni

• Ryan Swain – TV & radio presenter, DJ and motivational speaker.
• Chris Helme – lead vocalist with The Seahorses^[5]
• Oliver Knight – singer/songwriter
• James Martin – celebrity chef and television personality.^[2]
• Jon Middlemiss Cornwall based artist and potter.^[6]
• Robert Palmer – recording artist^[7]
• Mark Richardson – drummer with Skunk Anansie^[8]
• Timothy Sheader – theatre artistic director^[9]
• Jon Snow – journalist and presenter of Channel 4 News^[10]

Alumni from period as Scarborough School of Art 1882–1907

• Fred Appleyard – landscape artist^[11]
• Frances Crawshaw – painter, botanical artist^[12]
• Ernest Dade – painter, specialising in coastal and maritime subjects, and maker of model ships^[13]
• Ian Hunter – painter and Dean of Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, London^[11]
• Frank Henry Mason – maritime artist, and creator of art deco travel and railway posters^[11]
• Albert Strange – Principal of the school for its first 35 years, yacht designer, and maritime artist^[13]
• Harry Watson – landscape and portrait artist^[11]