Birley Community College

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Birley Community College
Type	Secondary
Religious affiliation	Non-denominational
Headteacher	Andrew Vicars
Specialism	Technology (Operational)
Location	Thornbridge Avenue Sheffield S12 3AB England
LEA	Sheffield City Council
Ofsted number	107146
Students	c.1200
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	11 to 16
Website	birleycc.sheffield.sch.uk

Birley Community College is a secondary school and technology college in Birley, Sheffield.

The school has special connections with the village of Pwani Mchangani in Zanzibar.^[1] It has a very friendly environment, with children of many ethnic minorities, although the majority of the population is white. The school is split into three levels, the topmost one being the religious studies and modern foreign languages block, the first floor being the mathematics and English blocks and the bottom being science, music, design technology and ICT.

The school contains a large learning resource centre equipped with modern technology such as interactive whiteboards and computer systems.

Courses available at Birley are: maths, English, science (GNVQ, single, double & triple awards), graphics, woodworking, engineering, media studies, ICT (Dida GNVQ / ECDL Certificate), health & social care (GNVQ), art, music and modern foreign languages