Scarborough School of Art

The School opened in 1882 comparatively late for a provincial art school. The original building was a former dance academy but rapid expansion due to increased intake of students meant a relocation after just two years. It relocated to a former swimming bath and remained there until enemy bombing during World War II caused its closure. Its first headmaster was Albert Strange under whose direction the school flourished. In 1882 Strange had his first work accepted by the Royal Academy and he was appointed the first head of the School, a post he held until his death in 1917. As early as 1886 it was announced that Scarborough Art School was the second most successful in the country and in that year work by Strange’s students was accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy.

The School has gone through several name changes and mergers including Scarborough Technical Institute. It changed its name, after further expansion, to Yorkshire Coast College in 1992 and in 2010 it merged with the Grimsby Institute. In November 2016 it changed yet again to Scarborough TEC. Alumni include Fred Appleyard, Ernest Dade, Ian Hunter, Frank Mason and Harry Watson.