into the former temporary home of Castle Point Borough Council in a building called the White House, the Training for the Millennium Centre on Canvey and a small centre at the former Park School site in Rayleigh. During the noughties they had planned to expand by knocking both the main site and the White House down and rebuilding. In 2017 OFSTED rated SEEVIC as requires improvement however it came third in the national results for GCSE in Maths. The college offers courses such as performing arts, science, health and social care. Approximately 2,500 students attend the college. New Campus Basildon In 2008 SEEVIC opened a new centre at the Icon in Basildon, named New Campus Basildon in partnership with Prospects College and South East Essex College as part of a government initiative to increase FE provision in the town. In 2011 a second campus was opened at Church Walk, but after the merger of Thurrock and Basildon College with South East Essex College in 2010, the ICON building was closed. New Campus Basildon as an FE centre was closed and it became a Studio school in 2013, with SEEVIC as its main sponsor. SEEVIC withdrew from sponsoring the studio school in 2016 and it closed in 2017. Location The Seevic Campus is located on Kiln Road (A13) Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, England. Notable alumni Ashley Banjo Jordan Banjo Emma Blackery Bobby Lockwood Laura J. Spence, Professor of Business Ethics, School of Business and Management, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Andrew Zisserman FRS Palmer's College Palmer's College was a sixth form college for 16- to 19-year-olds in Thurrock, Essex, England. It offers a wide range of courses including A-levels, BTECs and Secretarial. It is now one of two campuses of USP College. History Palmer's was first opened in 1706 when the merchant William Palmer founded a charity school for "ten poore children" of the parish of Grays Essex, endowing it with valuable property in the town and Lombard Street in the City of London. Initially located in a small building inside the churchyard the school evolved into a boys' school. However, in response to the changing educational landscape initiated by the 1870 Education Act, the trustees of Palmer's charity re-launched the school on a new site on the hill above the town in 1874. To this a girls' school was added in 1876. The schools were grammar schools for both boys