Editing Lowestoft (section)

==Education==
Lowestoft has several primary and high schools, including four 11–16 high schools: [[Benjamin Britten Academy]], [[Ormiston Denes Academy]], [[East Point Academy]] and [[Pakefield High School]].<ref name="sccschools">[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/Schools/ListOfSuffolkSchools/AtoZofSuffolkschoolsbyvillagetown.htm A to Z of schools by village/town], Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 9 April 2011.</ref> After reorganisation, all eight middle schools in the town closed in 2011 and Pakefield High School opened.<ref name="sccsor">[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/Schools/SuffolkSchoolOrganisationReview/Lowestoft.htm School organisation review: Lowestoft], Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 9 April 2011.</ref> Post-16 education is provided at [[Lowestoft Sixth Form College]], which opened in September 2011 as part of the reorganisation, and at [[Lowestoft College|East Coast College (Lowestoft Campus)]], which offers a range of academic and vocational courses.

[[Lowestoft College|East Coast College (Lowestoft Campus)]] provides some higher education courses through an affiliation to the [[University of Suffolk]].<ref name="ucslowestoft">[http://www.ucs.ac.uk/SchoolsAndNetwork/Ourcampusnetwork/UCSLowestoft/UCS%20Lowestoft.aspx UCS Lowestoft] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514210129/http://www.ucs.ac.uk/SchoolsAndNetwork/Ourcampusnetwork/UCSLowestoft/UCS%20Lowestoft.aspx |date=14 May 2011 }}, University College Suffolk. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref> Degrees were initially validated by the [[University of East Anglia]] and the [[University of Essex]]<ref name="ucsvalid">[http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/ValidatingUniversities/ValidatingUniversities.aspx Validating Universities] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513074103/http://www.ucs.ac.uk/About/ValidatingUniversities/ValidatingUniversities.aspx |date=13 May 2011}}, University Campus Suffolk. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref> but are now validated by the [[University of Suffolk]]. The college also has courses in boat building and some to support the offshore and maritime industries that are major employers in the town.<ref name="maritimecourses">[http://www.britishmarine.co.uk/careers_home/students_and_school_leavers/training_providers__colleges/colleges_of_further_education.aspx Colleges of Further Education] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722105136/http://www.britishmarine.co.uk/careers_home/students_and_school_leavers/training_providers__colleges/colleges_of_further_education.aspx |date=22 July 2011}}, British Marine Federation. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref> Other adult education courses are run by the County Council from a base at the town library.<ref name="adulted">[http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/CommunityLearningAndSkillsDevelopment/ An introduction to community learning and skills development], Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 30 April 2011.</ref>