Bilborough College
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| Type | Sixth form college |
|---|---|
| Established | 1957 |
| Principal | Chris Bradford |
| Location | , , |
| Website | www |
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Bilborough College is a sixth form college in College Way, Bilborough, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
The college has students from across the conurbation. A third of its students come from Nottingham, another third from the surrounding Nottinghamshire and a third from South East Derbyshire and Derby city.
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History
Opened in 1957 as Bilborough Grammar School, the school became a sixth form college in 1975 when Nottingham's education system became comprehensive. The college has grown from 635 students to 2,250 full-time students enrolled to be attending the college in September 2010. The college has a 65% of female students and 35% male. The new accommodations opened officially on 21 July 2006. The new building is divided into 3 blocks (A, B and C) and 4 floors (0-3). The new building has a photographic lab, lecture theatre, theatre, shop, refectory, large art rooms, library and "sound proof" music rooms. The development, designed by CPMG Architects, has already won a design award from the local civic society, and has more recently received the Lord Mayor of Nottingham's Award for Urban Design in October 2006.
Curriculum
The curriculum is based entirely on Curriculum 2000, on Advanced Subsidiary-level (AS-level) and General Certificate of Education Advanced-Level (GCE A-level) provision. However it also caters for evening classes, with a programme provided in partnership with Broxtowe College, Nottingham. The college offers students the opportunity to study a variety of subjects:
| Visual and Performing Arts | Social Science | Language and Communication | Professional Studies | Science and PE | Mathematics and Computing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art | Government and Politics | Modern Languages | Accounting | Biology | Computing |
| Drama | History | English Language | Business Studies | Chemistry | Information and Communication Technology |
| Dance | Philosophy | English Literature | Economics | Physics | Mathematics |
| Film Studies | Psychology | General Studies | Electronics | Further Mathematics | |
| Media Studies | Religious Studies | Geography | Physical Education | Mathematical Studies Level 3 | |
| Music | Sociology | Law | |||
| Music Technology | Critical Thinking | ||||
| Performance Studies | Extended Project Qualification(EPQ) | ||||
| Photography |
International Baccalaureate
Bilborough college has been teaching the International Baccalaureate since 2009, and recently celebrated some of the best national results in the IB, including three 40+ scores.[1] The current year group (2011-13) is predicted to achieve better than this. There are currently 25 Year 13 students, and 31 students in Year 12, this is set to rise to around 40 in the next year.
OFSTED Report
The most recent Ofsted report (January 2015) gave the college 'Good' in Science, 'Requires improvement' in Social Sciences and English and 'Inadequate' in Mathematics and Statistics . Outcomes for learners, Quality of teaching, learning and assessment and Effectiveness of leadership and management were rated as 'Requires improvement', as was Overall effectiveness.
The college also earned an Ofsted Particularly Successful College awards. This award recognised the excellent results for the college in 2004 and in 2005. The overall pass rate for 2005 was 98.4%, with an A-C pass rate of nearly 75% for 'A' level results.
Alumni
- Rosie Barnes, former SDP MP
- Matt Thornhill, Nottingham Forest Player
References
External links
- Bilborough College Website
- £20.8m development
- Aluminium use in building
- Ofsted Report
- Former grammar school (BGS)
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