National College of Cyber Security
The College of National Security was a proposed cyber security school for 16-19 year-olds, scheduled to open in September 2020 at Bletchley Park.
The initiative to create the school emerged from Qufaro, a not-for-profit organisation created by representatives of Raytheon, BT Security, the Institute of Information Security Professionals, and National Museum of Computing.
The college was to be located in Block G of Bletchley Park which was being renovated in 2017 with funding by the Bletchley Park Science and Innovation Centre.
The opening of the college, originally planned for 2016, had been pushed back to 2020 as the application to open had yet to be granted.. However, in April 2020 Bletchley Park Capital Partners announced plans to sell off the freehold to the site for commercial development. Offers of between £4m and £6m were reportedly being sought for the 3 acre plot, for which planning permission for employment purposes had been granted in 2005.
