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- In 1987, Chorleywood College for Girls and Worcester College for the Blind closed. The two former establishments merged, taking up residence at Worcester College's site which was renamed RNIB New College Worcester and became coeducational.
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Worcester College for the blind sons of gentlemen. Secondary education for young people with a visual impairment began when Worcester College was established in 1866 for the ‘blind sons of gentlemen’. It started at the Commandery, a building which had been used as the Royalist headquarters during the Battle of Worcester.
In 1987, Chorleywood College for Girls and Worcester College for the Blind closed. The two former establishments merged, taking up residence at Worcester College's site which was renamed RNIB New College Worcester and became coeducational.
In 1838 the London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read was formed and in 1866 the Worcester College for the Blind ('for the blind sons of gentlemen') became the world's first further education provision for disabled people.
Nov 14, 2012 · Established in 1866, Worcester College for the Blind gave boys the opportunity to progress to higher education. There was no equivalent to Worcester for girls until the National Institute...
Feb 19, 2019 · An experiment in education: the history of Worcester College for the Blind, 1866-1966; Bookreader Item Preview
Dec 6, 1999 · Following the accident he attended Worcester College for the Blind, and was given a scholarship to St. Catherine's College at Oxford.
Jan 9, 2004 · "Thanks to the generosity of the late Miss Warrington who bequeathed £8,000 towards the erection of a school for those bereft of sight, the Worcester Blind College, which has been located for a...
