Huddersfield New College is a former grammar school and current sixth form college located in Salendine Nook on the outskirts of Huddersfield, in the English county of West Yorkshire. The current Principal is Angela Williams. It should not be confused with Huddersfield Technical College, which became Kirklees College in 2008. Like most sixth form colleges, good performance at GCSE is required to attend. It is situated to the west of the town, on New Hey Road (A640) less than a mile from junction 23 of the M62. The college was founded in 1958 when the existing Huddersfield College (founded in 1839) was merged with Hillhouse Technical School to form a new boys' grammar school at a new campus at Salendine Nook with 950 boys. Henry Ernest Atkins, the chess master, had been Principal from 1909-36. In 1959, the girls-only Longley Technical High School moved to the campus, with a new school called Huddersfield High School also on New Hey Road with 700 girls run by Huddersfield Education Committee. Princess Margaret opened the girls' school on the campus on 14 November 1958. The whole site, including Salendine Nook High School, had cost £1 million.