Tendring Technology College
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| Type | Comprehensive |
| Principal | Caroline Haynes |
| Vice Principals | Malcolm Bryden Bob Allen |
| Chair | Jean Cains |
| Specialism | Technology College |
| Location | Rochford Way Frinton-on-Sea Essex CO13 0AZ England |
| LEA | Essex |
| Ofsted number | 115348 |
| Students | 1767 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11 to 19 |
| Website | http://www.ttc.uk.net/ |
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Tendring Technology College is a secondary school located in Tendring, in Essex. The school has two campuses, the Lower School in Thorpe-le-Soken, and the Upper school situated in Frinton This is the largest distance between two campuses of the same secondary school in the United Kingdom (with the distance reaching just over 5 miles). Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9) are located in Thorpe, and Key Stage 4 (Years 10 to 11) and Sixth Form (TVIC) are at the Frinton Campus. Tendring Technology College currently have over 1700 pupils on roll, split between the two sites.
The college was previously led by Mike Watson, however in 2004, he went into early retirement after twenty years at the school.[1] He was replaced by the current Principal, Caroline Haynes, who recently won East Anglia's Best Head Teacher award for her hard work and dedication towards education[2]. This is clearly shown in a recent Ofsted inspection which praised the school, with "good" or above marked in every category. The college currently have two vice principals, Bob Allen and Malcolm Bryden, who have responsibility for either campus. There are also five assistant principals, who each hold specific roles within the college.
The school has also created the Students-Voice website, a forum where students can discuss ideas with each other, and students can also be moderators. The Students Voice idea was coined by a group of students, and now is mainly a forum which has been expanded to the whole of the Eastern Region. Anyone from the Eastern Region can register, seeing as the site has now been expanded to promote links between schools and their students.
The school's business studies department is part of the Young Enterprise scheme, and for this, there are several college productions put on every year such as talent shows etc. The Sixth Form also have their annual Sixth Form Revue, which is a collection of sketches shown live and on projected video. There is also a tradition that a band performs at each show. The Revue is typically held on the last day before the college closes for Christmas. Although the Young Enterprise scheme has been praised as a success, in 2005 Business studys teacher and head on the young enterprise Mr Mark Seward unfortunately left over 50 bonsai trees outside in the cold leading to the Enterprise having to buy more. Mr Seward later said "As is life, but I must recommend that we all take this as a metaphor for life and learn lessons from this experience".
The sixth formers at the college also run a weekly magazine for the school called "Goodbye!". A parody of the popular UK magazine "Hello". Inside the mag includes articles both related and unrelated to college life. Alongside changing articles each issue depends on the situation in the college and world. Weekly features include:
- What not to wear (a section that chooses the worst dressed students of the week and offers them advise)
- Top 10 (this is a list of humorous top 10s (not always 10) changing subject each week, previous examples include beards and power rangers)
- My week in words (a diary from an anonymous student each week detailing their week and what has happened during it)
The School also took part in a transatlantic twinning program in 2001 and was twined with Bayside High School in Palisades, California. In 2002 a group of students took part in an exchange program to the school, with American and English students trading places for a week. The schools still remain close with an annual gift exchange taking part on May 22nd each year.
The school's performing arts department has also put on several productions in recent years, such as Little Shop of Horrors, The Tempest and Lion Witch and Wardrobe. The 2008 production will be Oliver. The performance was fantastic, all the cast and crew doing brilliant. There are twelve tutor groups in each year. At the end of each academic year, there is a staff karaoke contest which has taken place for the past three years.
[edit] Notable Alumni
James Crossley (Hunter)- of Gladiators fame
Nick Rogers - The Bill and Eastenders
Danielle Dax - experimental/avant-garde punk band The Lemon Kittens
Tim Marsh - Singer in British Hardcore/concept band "Room 101"
[edit] External links
- Official School Website
- TTC Intranet
- TTC Microsoft Sharepoint instance
- Students' Voice Website
- Students' Voice Forum
- Tendring Technology Sixth Form's Basic Statistics
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