Barton Peveril Sixth Form College is the seventh largest sixth form college in the UK, located in Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK with approximately 2300 students. Its focus is academic, preparation for a higher education, as opposed to a vocational focus for employment in the workforce. The current Principal is Jonathan Prest, taking over from Godfrey Glyn OBE who held the post from 1996 to 2008. It is situated in the south of Eastleigh opposite Lakeside Country Park. Originally Barton Peveril School was a temporary school, founded in 1904 by the local County Education Authority, to meet the demands of the new railway town of Eastleigh. It had two long-serving head teachers, with Miss Annie Smith at the reins from the start until her retirement in 1936 and then Mr H. N. R. Moore, who again only left to retire in 1963. He was succeeded by Mr R. E. Bowyer. As the school expanded, larger premises were required, with a house named Barton Peveril purchased by 1918, which later gave its name to the institution officially recognised as Eastleigh County Secondary School, Barton Peveril.