| Established | 1967 |
|---|---|
| Type | Voluntary controlled school |
| Religion | C of E |
| Principal[update] | Mr Callum Orr |
| Founder | Thomas Rawlins |
| Specialism | Arts |
| Location | Loughborough Road Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 8DY England |
| Local authority | Leicestershire |
| DfE URN | 120301 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1478 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 14–18 |
| Houses | Bradgate, Beaumanor, Swithland, Outwoods, Beacon, and Buddon |
| Colours | School uniform now for year 10s and 11s only. Each house also have their own colour. |
| Diocese | Leicester |
| Former name | Rawlins Grammar School |
| Website | RCC |
Rawlins Community College is a secondary school of about 1500 students situated in Quorn, Leicestershire, England.
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Rawlins has Media Arts College status and is partnered with the Number 2 Middle School in Luzhou, China.
There is a young adult special needs centre attached, which is known as Stride. There is also after-school classes for various subjects including IT. Swimming lessons are also available from the school using Rawlins swimming pool.
Rawlins Community College is also proud of its Community Education Programme, it was the first college in the Leicestershire to offer GCSE Japanese as a Community Class.
Thomas Rawlins founded the school in 1691.
It became the Thomas Rawlins Grammar School, or also known just as Rawlins Grammar School.
Leicestershire was ahead of the curve when it came to the comprehensive transformation of the 1960s and 1970s, with its Leicestershire plan, implementing three-tier education with upper schools from the age of 14. It was initially known as Rawlins School and Community College from 1967, then Rawlins Upper School and Community College from the late 1970s.
It is one of the few Leicestershire schools to retain the 14-18 age bracket.
At the beginning of the 2006 autumn term, Rawlins was divided into six houses: Bradgate (Purple), Beaumanor (Red), Swithland (Blue), Outwoods (Green), Beacon (Orange), and Buddon (Yellow).
In 2009 autumn term there will be vertical tutor groups with Year's 10, 11, 12 and 13 all in one form. Each form will be assigned a house, and there are about 20 forms from each house.
Raw TV broadcasts programmes from news to event coverage and general entertainment programming via the VLE. There are currently two regular programmes; the Raw TV News and The Conrad Show. Other shows currently air as one off specials and cover anything from sporting events to Rawlins film makers. RawTV was featured on BBC East Midlands Today in December 2008, as RawTV is one of the only student run college TV networks in the country. The student's that run RawTV work in partnership with other local schools. Programmes are edited by students on Apple Final Cut Pro.
It gets GCSE results slightly under the England average, but at A-level, it gets results similar to a grammar school, with the best A-level results for Leicestershire LEA in 2009. Charnwood is one of the more affluent areas of Leicestershire.