Portslade Community College
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| Motto | Unlocking Potential |
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| Type | Comprehensive |
| Principal | Stuart McLaughlin |
| Location | Chalky Road Portslade, Brighton East Sussex BN41 2WS England |
| Local authority | Brighton and Hove |
| DfE URN | 114599 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 929 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Colours | Black and coloured collar depending on house. |
| Website | www.pcc-web.com |
Coordinates: 50°51′02″N 0°13′33″W / 50.85063°N 0.22577°W
Portslade Community College (PCC) is a comprehensive school and community college situated in Portslade, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England. It is due to be replaced as from September 2011 by a new entity, Portslade Aldridge Community Academy. The school has around 900 pupils, including around 100 in the sixth form, and has been led since 2010 by the Principal, Mr Stuart McLaughlin, who will become the principal of the new Academy. [1]
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[edit] Location and history
Portslade Community College utilises three main sites[2]:
- Main school (Chalky Road site) 50°51′04″N 0°13′24″W / 50.851176°N 0.223438°W
- Sixth Form Centre 50°50′33″N 0°13′24″W / 50.842492°N 0.223202°W
- Village Centre 50°50′29″N 0°13′08″W / 50.841367°N 0.218954°W
The main Chalky Road site also houses a community library and sports centre[3][4]. The college was opened by Margaret Thatcher, while Secretary of State for Education. The Chalky Road site was previously known as Portslade Secondary Modern School for Girls, (circa 1947) and then later Mile Oak Girls School, (circa 1954)[5].
[edit] Sixth Form Centre
The sixth form centre is situated about a mile away from the main site, at the top of Portslade High Street. This site also been used in the past for both Windlesham School,and Portslade Secondary Modern, and Portslade Community College Lower School. The Sixth Form college was previously located within the old Mile Oak Approved School in the 1960s and 1970's, in Mile Oak Road[6].
[edit] Move to academy status
In 2009, an OFSTED inspection [7] judged the overall effectiveness of the school "inadequate" and found that "Standards are exceptionally low". A further inspection [8] led to the decision that the school required special measures.
The Aldridge Foundation, led by Rod Aldridge, expressed an interest in 2009 in sponsoring PCC to become an academy, in the same way that it had sponsored the academy at Falmer High School. This was approved by the Department for Education and finally agreed by the City Council in February 2011.[9]
The council report proposing the closure of PCC to make way for the academy stated that to leave PCC unchanged was "not considered acceptable as in discussions with the DfE it has been agreed that the school requires significant structural change to improve the results achieved by the school".[10] The sum of £12.7 million will be available to the academy which will enable the sixth form provision to be moved to the main site at Mile Oak, as well as providing new science facilites.
[edit] Academic results
25% of students achieved Level 2 (5+A*-C) including English and maths GCSEs, in 2009, compared with 44% across all Brighton and Hove schools. In 2010, this had risen to 35%.[11]
[edit] Adult education
The adult education centre within the college was shortlisted, as one of four colleges, for an "Education Oscars" event organised by the Centre for Excellence in Leadership[12].
In 2006, 645 adult students gained a qualification with the college[13].
[edit] References
- ^ "An Academy at Portslade Community College". Report to cabinet, 9 December 2010. Brighton & Hove City Council. http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=25362&ISATT=1. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "PCC locations". http://www.pcc-web.com/com-ed/images/map.gif. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ "Mile Oak Library". http://www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/Libraries/sites/Mile_Oak/Pages/home.aspx. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ^ "Portslade Sports Centre". http://pcc-web.com/sports/. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ "Mile Oak Girls School". http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8612.aspx. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ "Introductiopn to Mile Oak". http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__6020.aspx. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ "Portslade Community College". Ofsted report. January 2009. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/105427/(as)/114599_326045.pdf. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "Portslade Community College". Ofsted report. March 2010. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/download/(id)/120411/(as)/114599_338415.pdf. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "An Academy at Portslade Community College". Agenda for Cabinet on Feb 17 2011. Brighton & Hove City Council. http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=120&MID=2804#AI19018. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "An Academy at Portslade Community College". Cabinet report Feb 17 2011. Brighton & Hove City Council. http://present.brighton-hove.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=27272. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "Portslade Community College". Performance Tables 2010. DFE. http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_10.pl?No=8464049&Mode=Z&Type=SC&Phase=1&Year=10&Begin=s&Base=b&Num=846. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "PCC Adult Learning". http://www.pcc-web.com/com-ed/Index.asp. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ "PCC Adult Learning Introduction". http://www.pcc-web.com/com-ed/introduction.asp. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
[edit] External links
- Portslade Community College official page
- Portslade Aldridge Community Academy project page
- Performance tables 2010 - PCC: Department for Education
- PCC OFSTED school page
