Countesthorpe Community College
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| Countesthorpe Community College | |
| Motto | Learning in a supportive environment |
| Established | 1970s |
| Type | Comprehensive |
| Headteacher | Mr Brian Myatt |
| Specialism | Technology College |
| Location | Winchester Road Countesthorpe Leicestershire LE8 5PR England |
| LEA | Leicestershire |
| Ofsted number | 120268 |
| Students | 1116 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 14 to 18 |
| Website | http://www.countesthorpe.leics.sch.uk/ |
| Coordinates: | |
Countesthorpe Community College is a upper school situated on the western edge of Countesthorpe in Leicestershire near the A426. It has two main feeder schools, Thomas Estley, Broughton Astley and Leysland High School, Countesthorpe.
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[edit] History
When opened in the 1970s, the school had a poor reputation as it had a casual learning environment which caused local and national interest.[citation needed] The school takes students from the Blaby District and the Oadby and Wigston District, with some students coming from further afield. It performs at the national average at GCSE, and its A level results are above the England average.
[edit] Curriculum
The School has followed the National Curriculum since its introduction. The school is currently almost fully subscribed, but has the capacity to take more students. It offers a wide range of subjects at both GCSE and A-Level, together with BTECs and Vocational based subjects. From September 2009 the school will offer specialist diplomas.
[edit] Dining hall
Recently the school has just acquired a grant of money to expand the dining hall/area which is mostly used by years 10 and 11. The new area now allows lunch times to be easier for visitors and students alike, as it has added a large space in which a new dinner serving area has been placed, there are also many tables and chairs in which people can relax until the last two lessons of the day. The dining room is the first extension to the school since it was built. Along with the new space, students have been given two new plasma screen TVs which are situated on the far wall of the dinner hall, these two screens are linked up to most Digital Freeview music channels which allow music to be played throughout lunch, via a number of speakers dotted around the room.
[edit] School buildings
During the breaks for summer holidays and exam revision time the 16+ area, which is especially provided for the students studying at higher education has been re-decorated. Now with a bright and airy colour scheme of, pink, white and lime green, the number of issues which were raised by past students have now been acted on, such as the lack of study and suitable space to socialise and relax. The once single room has been split into two main sections. The first is a general gaming zone, in which two pool tables and a table football game are situated. Although they have been cleaned up a bit, past students have written their names on the sides of the table and a clear date can be seen on one end (1998), this just goes to show how old this game really is. On the borders of this room there are a number of high chairs situated so that students can work with either laptops or other school work on a wide surface area specially made for this purpose. In the next part if the new 16+ section, there is a coffee bar which also sells food and drink, but with the hope of promoting healthy schools, the bar only serves health drinks and other food items such as apple bars and fresh fruit.
The school has a professional 200 seat theatre (the seats are from the Theatre Royal) that is used during the school day for assemblies and drama groups and used in the evenings by local community groups.
[edit] Technology status
In 2006 the college was awarded technology status and as a result was given half a million pounds to spend on improving the equipment and teaching. This however has attracted a lot of criticism from students who say they are yet to see any sizable benefit made to the college.
[edit] Alumni
- The band members of Kasabian met at the school.
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