Tendring Technology College

Tendring Technology College

Established	1871 (Gunfleet College)
Type	Academy
Principal	Caroline Haynes, BSc, PGCE
Vice Principal	Bob Allen, MA, MEd, PGCE
Chair	Jean Cains
Founder	Lionel Gunfleet
Specialism	Technology, Science, Humanities and Sport
Location	Rochford Way Frinton-on-Sea Essex CO13 0AZ England
Local authority	Essex
DfE URN	115348
Ofsted	Reports
Students	1944
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–19
Website	www.ttc.uk.net

Tendring Technology College is a secondary school located in England, in Essex. The college has two campuses, the Thorpe Campus in Thorpe-le-Soken, and Frinton Campus situated in Frinton-on-Sea. This is the largest distance between two campuses of the same secondary school in the United Kingdom (with the distance reaching just over 5 miles). Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9) are located in Thorpe, and Key Stage 4 (Years 10 to 11) and Sixth Form are at the Frinton Campus. Tendring Technology College currently has over 1800 pupils on roll, split between the two sites.

The college was previously led by Mike Watson, however in 2004, he went into early retirement after twenty years at the school. He was replaced by the current Executive Principal, Caroline Haynes, who recently won East Anglia's Best Head Teacher award for her hard work and dedication towards education. This is clearly shown in a recent Ofsted inspection which praised the school, with "good" or above marked in every category. The college Vice Principal is Bob Allen, who based at the Frinton Campus and Sixth Form Centre.

The College has recently secured the funding of a £2.8 million state-of-the-art Sixth Form Centre, which will be based at the Frinton Campus site. The new building will feature brand new facilities such as a media suite and social area, as well as extra teaching space. Tendring Technology College is one of only several colleges to receive such finding from the Learning Schools Council. This follows extensive upgrades to the Frinton Campus, which created new teaching space, a new Resources Centre and exterior improvements. These upgrades reached completion in 2009.

Much like the Smoot at MIT the school has developed its own unit of length. The 'Mbrown' it is named after ex-student Mitchell Brown and is equivalent to 1.78meters. The unit came to be after Mitchell Brown was used by his friends to mark out a football pitch on the school field. A football pitch is 58.9 Mbrown's by 38.2 Mbrown's (105meteres by 68meters).

The college's Business Studies department is part of the Young Enterprise scheme, and for this, there are several college productions put on every year such as talent shows and karaokes. The Sixth Form also have their annual Sixth Form Revue, which is a collection of sketches shown live on projected video. There is also a tradition that a student band performs at each show. The Revue is typically held on the last day before the college closes for Christmas. The Young Enterprise scheme has been praised as a success and regularly reach the finals of the competition.

The college's performing arts department has also put on several productions in recent years, such as Little Shop of Horrors, The Tempest, The Lion Witch and Wardrobe, and Jerry Springer The Opera.

Becky Newman a Maths teaching assistant won Teaching Assistant of the year at the National Teaching Awards 2010.

Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of the college include:

• Mitch Townsend - CEO of Aviva
• Phillip Crane - Founder of the political group "Computers and People Union (CPU)"
• Alex Porter - Former Great Britain Volleyball Team Captain
• Tim Marsh - World recored holder for most hugs in 24hours.
• Alex Nelson - Justin Beiber's personal assistant.

External links

• Official School Website
• TTC Intranet
• TTC Microsoft Sharepoint instance
• Tendring Technology Sixth Form's Basic Statistics