Beauchamp College
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| The Beauchamp College | |
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Ridge Way , , LE2 5TP England | |
| Coordinates | 52°35′17″N 1°04′21″W / 52.58817°N 1.07239°W |
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| Type | Academy |
| Established | 15th century (1964 current site) |
| Trust | Lionheart Academies Trust |
| Department for Education URN | 139624 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | Mrs Chris Swan |
| Executive Headteacher | Kath Kelly |
| Associate Principal | Sally Wicken |
| Staff | 400 (approx.) |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1734 |
| Website | http://www.beauchamp.org.uk |
The Beauchamp College (/ˈbiːtʃəm/ BEE-chəm) is an upper school and further education community college, in Oadby, a town on the outskirts of Leicester, England. It is situated on the southern edge of the built-up area of Oadby on the same campus as Gartree High School and Brocks Hill Primary School.
It is the only Oadby school to offer a pathway of 11-19, with students joining in Year 7 and progressing through to GCSE and then Level 3 courses at KS5. It was rated top state secondary in the Leicester Mercury Real Schools Guide in 2017.
History
Grammar school
The school dates back to the mid-15th century when it was Kibworth Grammar School. It was founded by Francis Edwards who owned the manor of Welham and whose daughter was the richest woman in England.[1] [2] The history of that school has recorded by Bernard Elliott.[3] In 1964 it became the Beauchamp Grammar School when it moved from School Lane, Kibworth, into new buildings in Oadby, a rapidly growing residential suburban area to the South of Leicester, about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the City of Leicester.
Comprehensive
It thus became a comprehensive Upper School for pupils aged 14 to 18, although the last pupils to have gained entry at Kibworth via the 11-plus examination did not leave until 1968. It then became fully comprehensive, serving Oadby as its main catchment area, as well as drawing from villages up to 8 miles (13 km) away.
Academy
The school converted to academy status on 1 May 2013.
Beauchamp College is the largest school in the Lionheart Academies Trust. The school was named in July 2019 as a computing hub for the National Centre for Computing Education.
Community college
Beauchamp is also a Community College, with over 2,500 part-time students taking part in a variety of recreational, cultural and academic evening classes. Many extra curricular activities are also held on a weekly basis such as Young Enterprise, Drama and sports clubs, (primarily Tennis and Football).
Funding
On 1 April 1996, Beauchamp gained the status of Technology College. It received sponsorship of over £122,000 from The Garfield Weston Foundation, Lloyds Bank, Alliance & Leicester, Midland Bank, Psion, and Sainsbury's. The college also receives a maintenance grant of around £220,000 from the DCSF. This additional funding has allowed for a number of refurbishments and new buildings at the College including a design facility, that includes an exhibition centre. Other recently completed projects include an Adult Learning Centre which provides rooms and conference rooms for hire; and an Applied Learning Centre which includes a beauty salon, performing arts studio and dance studio (all for vocational courses), as well as space for quiet study.[citation needed]
Sports centre
The sports centre was completed in 2006.
Publications
- A History of Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School by Bernard Elliott
Notable former pupils
- John Deacon (1965-1969) - Queen bassist
- Sara Dhada - candidate on The Apprentice Series Four.
- Amanda Drew - British actress.
- Wes Harding - Birmingham City footballer
- John Merricks - racing sailor. Won silver medal at Atlanta Olympics in 1996 as helm in 470 class. (c 1985-1989)
- Lathaniel Rowe-Turner - Leicester City F.C. and Torquay United player.
- David Shrigley - cartoonist.
- Amy Voce - Gem 106 presenter.
- Fagun Thakrar - British actress and designer
- Jassa Ahluwalia - British actor and presenter
- David Timson - British actor and performer
Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School
- Frank Dunlop - theatre director (1928–35)
- John MacGregor CVO, Ambassador to Austria from 2003-7 and to Poland from 2000-2, and husband of Judith MacGregor, the current Ambassador to Mexico (1958–65)
- Bill Maynard (1940–45) - British comedian and actor, and former presenter on Radio Leicester
- Peter Wilby - former editor of the New Statesman (1998–2005) and (1995-6) of The Independent on Sunday (attended 1956–63)
See also
References
- ^ "Welham | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Hill, Rev JH (1876). "The Halfords of Welham" (PDF). Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society. 4 part 2: 83–90 – via Leicester University.
- ^ "A History of Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School" (pub. priv., 1957) http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pml1/kbgs/history/