Balby Carr Community Sports College

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Balby Carr Community Sports and Specialist Science College
Motto Being your best
Established 2003 (previously a community school)
Type Community comprehensive school
Head Teacher Martin Craig
Location Weston Road
Balby, Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN4 8ND
England
LEA Doncaster
Students 1,251
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11 to 18
Website http://explore.balbycarr.org.uk
Coordinates: 53°29′59″N 1°08′26″W / 53.49971°N 1.14059°W / 53.49971; -1.14059

Balby Carr Community Sports College (formerly Balby Carr Community School), known to many simply as 'Balby Carr', is an 11–18 secondary school located in the Balby area of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.

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[edit] History

The school was granted specialist Sports College status in September, 2003 Balby Carr was granted Specialist Science status in early 2008.

The college has won many sports trophies and certificates.

[edit] Present

The English department has been voted the best department in the school for the past 3 years by an anual student survey. The teachers in the English department are very caring and the English students are superb!

Since receiving official sports college status, the college has been extensively redeveloped and includes several new additions to the campus such as all-weather sports pitches, campus wide WLAN access points and improved facilities for current students.

Whilst the college specialises in sports courses and sports related science courses, the old Balby Carr School still functions as it did before 2003 with students from 11–18 years being able to continue to study as before, whilst at the same time, the college is able to offer more advanced courses to older students.

A City Learning Centre (CLC) is also located on the Balby Carr campus. Doncaster South CLC was opened in 2004 to provide learners and teachers in the local area with e-learning and technology-based projects. These have included local history projects, the production of film and TV programmes (using the specialist TV Studio) and national award winning learning content for the teaching of mathematics, science and history. The CLC is a frequent collaborator with Balby Carr school and shares it's passion for child-centred education. The centre also offers dedicated conference, meeting and training facilities for business and community users.

In 2006, the school ranked as one of the lowest in Doncaster for results for youngsters at age 16, with 19% gaining 5 or more GCSEs including maths and English[1]. This improved to 23% in 2007.[2] Following an OFSTED inspection in November 2005, the school was judged to require a 'Notice to Improve'. A subsequent inspection in January 2007 noted that "the school no longer requires significant improvement. The school is improving: it is now satisfactory in virtually all aspects of its work and provides satisfactory value for money."[3]

The school stages many productions, including a production (February 2007) of the musical The Little Shop of Horrors and Our day Out by Willy Russell and most recently, The Wizard of Oz was performed (September 2008).[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC News: School tables
  2. ^ The Guardian, League tables 10 January 2008
  3. ^ OFSTED inspection report, Jan 2007
  4. ^ Balby drama

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