Ernest Bevin College

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Ernest Bevin College
Established 1970
Type Comprehensive school
Co-Principals Mike Chivers
Rukhsana Sheikh
Specialisms Sports College
Mathematics and Computing College
Location Beechcroft Road
Tooting
London
SW17 7DF
England
LEA Wandsworth
Ofsted number 101053
Students c. 1100
Gender Boys
Ages 11 to 18
Website http://www.ernestbevin.org.uk/
Coordinates: 51°26′17″N 0°10′05″W / 51.438, -0.168

Ernest Bevin College is a Sport and Mathematics specialist college in Tooting, London, England. The school is all-boys for ages 11 through 18, but has a co-educational sixth form. It has about 1100 pupils.

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[edit] History

The school was named after Ernest Bevin (1881 – 1951), a British labour leader and politician.

Ernest Bevin College has been a specialist college for Sport since 2000. As a consequence of improvement in academic achievement, the college was offered a second specialism in Mathematics and Computing in 2004.

An extension to the College sixth form is almost in completion and is due to open in time for the academic year 08/09. The proposed sixth form facilities have been said to be the most advanced in the South London area, which notably include a state of the art sports complex and a modernized gymnasium. However the extensions were previously planned to open in September 2006 but will now open in June/July 2007. Almost a full academic year late. The planned new facilities are an Olympic size swimming pool, brand new library, computer rooms with full wireless access, and a brand new gym which is promised to be accessible to not only the 6th form students but also the local community.

[edit] Dress Code

Ernest Bevin College, like most secondary schools, has a strict dress code. The school uniform for key stages 3 and 4 (years 7–11) is a white shirt, optional black V-neck jumper, black trousers, black shoes, black blazer with Ernest Bevin eagle on left pocket, and a colour-striped tie representing the student's year group.

[edit] The Tie

Red, green, purple, yellow and blue are the tie colours representing each year group. When a student joins in year 7 they are given the colour which was the colour to the year 11 the previous academic year. This tie colour remains the same for the remainder of their time in school until reaching sixth form.

[edit] Healthy Schools

Ernest Bevin College was one of the first schools to receive the healthy schools status.

[edit] Notable Alumni

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