Bede College
| Established | 1962 (as Billingham Campus) |
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| Principal | Mr Sujinder S Sangha |
| Specialism | Sixth form college |
| Location | Marsh House Avenue Billingham County Durham TS23 3HB England |
| Local authority | North East England LSC (although in Stockton-on-Tees LEA) |
| DfE number | ???/4499 |
| DfE URN | 128519 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 30 |
| Students | c.500 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 16–19 |
| Former name | Billingham Campus |
| Website | SRC Bede Sixth Form |
Coordinates: 54°46′43″N 1°33′54″W / 54.7787°N 1.5651°W Bede College is a sixth form college located off Marsh House Avenue in Billingham, County Durham. It merged with Stockton Riverside College in May 2008[1] and has recently started the new year in a brand new 12 million pound building
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[edit] Admissions
Designed with staff and students, its new facilities will provide Billingham and the wider community with excellent education is a building to match.
Bede College provides A-Level and vocational courses. It takes its name from the famous Durham scholar The Venerable Bede. Recently, since merging with S.R.C its name has become SRC, Bede Sixth Form.
[edit] History
Three halls of the site was built in 1962 by George Wimpey as Billingham Campus on 50 acres (200,000 m2) for Teesside Education Committee. The first hall had been built in 1958. It included a five form-entry co-educational grammar-technical school, Bede Hall, and a secondary modern school. The campus was designed to have separate types of school on a more broader 'comprehensive' campus. Part of the campus was Stephenson Hall and Davy Hall. In 1965 it was agreed to combine the whole site into one comprehensive school which took place in the late 1960s.
The rest of the Billingham Campus is now Billingham Campus School and Arts College, an 11-16 comprehensive school.
[edit] Sixth form college
Bede Sixth Form College left Cleveland County Council control on 1 April 1993, and was funded by the Further Education Funding Council for England until 2001 when funded by North East LSC. It ceased to be an autonomous college in 2008. At the time it was the smallest sixth form college in England with around 500 at the college, and demographic trends made the future less rosy.
The new buildings and sport centre were built by Morgan Ashurst,[2] who won the contract in July 2008.
[edit] Academic performance
The college was one of the smallest colleges in the UK, and recently it finished third in the achievement tables of colleges in the north east of England. Many hardworking staff and students contributed to this achievement, and Dr. Richard Spencer MBE has been recognised for his efforts on several occasions, most recently by the "Award for Best Interdisciplinary Teaching" at the European Education Festival “Science on Stage” in Berlin.[3] He was awarded the honour of an MBE in the 2010 New Years Honours List for Science Communication. Geology teacher Dr. Ed Anderson has also received recognition in National Teaching Awards, and has also appeared in the local paper after his seismograph recorded the size of 2008's earthquake in Britain. Senior tutor, Janice Ronsano, has recently been short listed for a Star award for her outstanding pastoral and teaching work with students and staff.
[edit] Activities
The Bede College Choir sang Dear Lord and Father of Mankind in the film Atonement,[4] which won an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score in 2007.
[edit] Courses
[edit] AS and A Level
A level courses include :
- Theology, Philosophy and Ethics
- Mathematics
- Further Mathematics
- English Literature
- English Language
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Critical Thinking
- Film Studies
- Media studies
- Drama & Theatre Studies
- Government and Politics
- Music
- Dance
- Art and Design
- History
- Geography
- Sociology
- Geology
- Health and Social care
[edit] Vocational
- National Extended Business Diploma Level 3
- National Health and Social Diploma Level 3
- Level 1 courses
[edit] Alumni
The following list is of notable ex pupils:
- Matt Cowley - Professional Drummer.
- Heather Black - Prominent member of the RAF Skeleton Association
[edit] See also
- Stockton Sixth Form College, Stockton's other sixth form college, and not part of Stockton Riverside College
- Bede Sixth Form of the City of Sunderland College
[edit] References
- ^ "Freedom of Information - Publicaton Scheme for Colleges of Further Education". Stockton Riverside College. http://www.bede.ac.uk/foi.asp. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ New £14.25m building
- ^ http://www.stockton.ac.uk/bede/details.asp?id=217
- ^ "Soundtracks for Atonement". Imdb. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/soundtrack. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
[edit] External links
- Bede Sixth Form homepage at Stockton Riverside College
- September 2007 Consultation document about 2008 merger
- Morgan Ashurst new building
- EduBase
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