Hills Road Sixth Form College

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Hills Road Sixth Form College (HRSFC) is a co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Its name comes from Hills Road, on which the college is situated.

1 History
2 Notable Alumni
3 Principals
4 External links

[edit] History

Hills Road Sixth Form College was established in 1974. From 1903 to 1973 it was previously the Cambridge County School for Boys, and the buildings are still being used although they are much extended. The college has expanded recently with a new science building in 2004 and the Margaret Ingram Guidance Centre being opened in 2005.

It provides full-time AS and A-level courses for approximately 1,800 students (mostly between the ages of 16 and 18) from the surrounding district. There are also around 4,000 part-time students in the adult education programme, mainly on evening classes. It is noted for its extremely high academic achievement in public examinations as well as all round success in many extra-curricular areas. A considerable proportion of students each year gain places at Oxbridge.

The college is state funded and students are not required to pay for their place. The students are drawn partly from state and private secondary schools within the catchment area and partly from out of area schools. Demand for places highly exceeds supply with unsuccessful applicants mainly going to local alternatives such as Long Road Sixth Form College, or Netherhall School. Hills Road has done very well in the league tables, finishing in the top three sixth form colleges, with an average of 404 A-level points per student (which is equivalent to four grade Bs) in 2005.

[edit] Notable Alumni

The school was attended by Roger (Syd) Barrett and Roger Waters of the band Pink Floyd in the late 1950s.
Hills Road was also attended by the famed thespian Tim Preece.
Ben Thapa from the up and coming male quartet G4