Ernesford Grange School & Community College

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Ernesford Grange School & Community College is a mixed secondary comprehensive school with 6th form in the Ernesford Grange district of Coventry, England. It is of average size nationally with over 1100 students but rising in recent years.

The school has a very mixed catchment area and as such is above the national average for proportion of students receiving free school meals and students with special educational needs. Despite the fact that most students enter the school with below average Key Stage 2 results, Key Stage 3 and 4 results are above that of similar schools. Value added scores show how well the school is doing.

It is a major part of the Riverside partnership which links several schools in the local area into a consortium to offer a wider range of subjects at A Level. The school motto is "Together we Achieve"

[edit] History

The school was built in 1972 as one of the first suburban Community Colleges in the country. Over the past few years the school has been through major changes in both structure and organisation. Many of the blocks have been rebuilt or renovated and the timetable has been rearranged. In 2005 it gained specialist school status in science and is currently the only specialist science college in the city.

[edit] Notable students

A number of former students are well known in their fields or locally, including:

John Dalziel - former student, currently a DJ on local radio station Mercia FM.
Paige Robbins - former student, now a glamour model who has appeared in many top lad's mags including Maxim.
Hannah Chappell - current student, one of England's best rhythmic gymnasts and a member of England's 2006 Commonwealth Games gymnastics squad.
Ben Ryder - performed in the International Children's Games.