In 1987 Gosport Sixth Form College opened as part of the re-organisation of secondary education in the town.

It was announced in November 2008 in the local press that St Vincent will remain an independent sixth form college.

The initial Learning and Skills Council (LSC - Government Quango) proposal was on the basis of a consensual merger between the two institutions.

Merger talks broke down in the late summer of 2007 when significant differences of opinion over the suitability of the former HMS Daedalus site for a £40 million 'super college' for the Gosport and Fareham area emerged.

By the early summer of 2008 it became apparent that the LSC did not have the necessary powers required to secure a forced merger and the plan was scrapped in the autumn.