It was established in 2002, giving students in Hackney the opportunity to study at a college close to where they live.

BSix Brooke House Sixth Form College was opened on the Brooke House school site in September 2002, on a site that was previously part of Hackney College.

[1] BSix is unusual in the sixth form college sector because it offers courses at all levels and across a wide range of subjects, including vocational courses, like hair and beauty, business and art as well as a significant number of A-Levels.

Hackney's local education authority, the Learning Trust, introduced a programme to create five City Academies in the borough, all with sixth forms.

[2][3] The growth in student recruitment was not as rapid as the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), the funding body, had anticipated.