the original 1958 built building has been demolished, and replaced with a modern construction grafted onto the remaining half of the original building. In January 2007 building works commenced to expand the current school to increase capacity. New buildings will house additional classrooms for Geography, Art, Psychology, Textiles, Modern Languages, IT, Media Studies and a new student dining area (known as the IT Café by students). Additional expansion to 'The Boiler House' – the current performing arts area is also commencing, yielding increased classrooms a recording studio and a new theatre. There has also been expansion to the sports centre, which now houses: Sports Studies, Travel and Tourism, Sociology, Health and Social Care, Children's Learning, Care and Development. Also a large gym with state-of-the-art equipment, and a large sports hall. In September 2012 the college completed the construction of a £100,000 3G AstroTurf pitch which is also used by the neighbouring Salendine Nook High School. Academic performance In October 2011 the college was formally inspected by Ofsted, who praised the college and rated it as "a good college with outstanding features". Ofsted said that the college was showing a lot of improvement year-on-year and that the quality of teaching across all areas was good. All courses have high success rates, and students enjoy their time at the college. On 17 May 2016 the college was assessed as 'Outstanding' in all 6 inspection domains following an OFSTED review. They are the first Sixth Form College to receive such an accolade under the new (September 2016) inspection framework. Notable alumni Huddersfield New College Roger Berry, Labour MP from 1992 to 2010 for Kingswood Professor Bob Cryan, vice-chancellor of the University of Huddersfield James Duddridge, Conservative MP since 2005 for Rochford and Southend East Ian Jagger, clergyman and Archdeacon of Durham Zöe Lucker, actress Michael Moore, Fellow of the Royal Society and professor of theoretical physics at the University of Manchester Gary Ramsden, cricketer George Sheldrick, Professor of Structural Chemistry since 1978 at the University of Göttingen Huddersfield College Peter Armitage CBE, statistician and President of the Royal Statistical Society from 1982 to 1984, and Professor of Applied Statistics from 1976 to 1990 at the University of Oxford Sir William Broadbent, President from 1895 to 1896 of the Neurological Society and from 1887 to 1888 of the Clinical Society, and father of Walter Broadbent Joseph Coates, Australian schoolmaster and cricketer. Roger Fletcher, Professor