Beauchamp College

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The Beauchamp College

Established	15th century (1964 current site)
Type	Community comprehensive
Headmaster	Mr Hugh Howe
Chair of Governors	Mrs Chris Swan
Specialism	Technology, Applied Learning
Location	Ridge Way Oadby Leicestershire LE2 5TP England Coordinates: 52°35′17″N 1°04′21″W / 52.58817°N 1.07239°W / 52.58817; -1.07239
Local authority	Leicestershire
DfE URN	120265 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Staff	300 (approx.)
Students	2029
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	14–18
Website	The Beauchamp College

The Beauchamp College (/ˈbiːtʃəm/ beecham) is a comprehensive upper school and further education community college, in Oadby, a town on the outskirts of Leicester, England. It is next door to the Gartree High School. All upper schools in Oadby and Wigston are built next door to other secondary schools. It is situated on the south-west side of Oadby (relative to the A6), near Glen Gorse Golf Club.

History

Grammar school

The school started life as Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School (KBGS), a long-established grammar school on School Lane in Kibworth, which dated back nearly 600 years to the mid 15th century. The history of that school by Bernard Elliot is available on the web at http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~pml1/kbgs/history/. It became an Upper School in 1964 as the Beauchamp Grammar School when it moved into new buildings in Oadby, a rapidly growing residential suburban area to the South of Leicester, about four miles from the City of Leicester.

Comprehensive

In 1968 it became fully comprehensive, serving Oadby as its main catchment area as well as drawing from villages up to eight miles away.

Community college

Beauchamp is also a Community College, with over 2500 part-time students taking part in a variety of recreational, cultural and academic evening classes. Many extra curricular activities are also held on a weekly basis such as Young Enterprise, Drama and sports clubs, (primarily Tennis and Football).

Funding

On 1 April 1996, Beauchamp gained the status of Technology College. It received sponsorship of over £122,000 from The Garfield Weston Foundation, Lloyds Bank, Alliance & Leicester, Midland Bank, Psion, and Sainsbury's. The college also receives a maintenance grant of around £220,000 from the DCSF. This additional funding has enhanced the quality of provision, and allowed for a number of refurbishments and new buildings at the College including a cutting-edge new design facility, that includes an exhibition centre. Other recently completed projects include an Adult Learning Centre which provides rooms and conference rooms for hire; and an Applied Learning Centre which includes a beauty salon, performing arts studio and dance studio (all for vocational courses), as well as space for quiet study.

Sports centre

The sports centre was completed in 2006, includes two full size basketball courts, two fully electronic scoreboards and a state-of-the-art dance studio. There are also vending machines which provide nutritional bars along with energy drinks. The fitness centre, run by Active Life, is open to the public on a membership fee basis.

Publications

A History of Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School by Bernard Elliott

Notable alumni

Sara Dhada - candidate on The Apprentice Series Four.
Amanda Drew - British actress.
John Merricks - world class racing sailor. Won silver medal at Atlanta Olympics in 1996 as helm in 470 class. (c 1985-1989)
Lathaniel Rowe-Turner - Leicester City F.C. and Torquay United player.
David Shrigley - cartoonist.
Amy Voce - Gem 106 presenter.
Fagun Thakrar - British actress and designer
Jassa Ahluwalia - British actor and presenter

Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School

Queen bassist John Deacon (as a grammar school for six years) 1962-9
Frank Dunlop - theatre director (1928–35)
Elizabeth France CBE, Chairman of the Office for Legal Complaints since 2009, and Data Protection Registrar from 1994-2002 (1961-8)
John MacGregor CVO, Ambassador to Austria from 2003-7 and to Poland from 2000-2, and husband of Judith MacGregor, the current Ambassador to Mexico (1958–65)
Bill Maynard (1940–45) - British comedian and actor, and former presenter on Radio Leicester
Peter Wilby - Editor of the New Statesman, and former editor from 1995-6 of the Independent on Sunday (1956–63)

External links

v t e Schools in Leicestershire (including Leicester)

Primary	Bishop Ellis Catholic Desford Glen Hills Highcliffe Kibworth Samworth Sir John Moore CofE

Middle	Abington Academy Brockington College Brookvale High School Bushloe High School Gartree High School Ibstock Community College Ivanhoe College Leysland High School Lutterworth High School Manor High School Market Bosworth High School The Roundhill Academy St. Martin’s Catholic Voluntary Academy South Charnwood High School Stonehill High School Welland Park Academy Winstanley Community College

Upper & secondary	Ashby School Babington Community College Beauchamp College Beaumont Leys School Belvoir High School Bosworth Academy Charnwood College City of Leicester College Countesthorpe Community College Crown Hills Community College De Lisle College English Martyrs Catholic School Fullhurst Community College Groby Community College Guthlaxton College Hamilton Community College Hind Leys Community College Humphrey Perkins School John Cleveland College John Ferneley College Judgemeadow Community College King Edward VII Science and Sport College Lancaster School Limehurst Academy Long Field Academy Longslade Community College Lutterworth College Madani High School The Martin High School Moat Community College New College Leicester Rawlins Community College Robert Smyth Academy Rushey Mead School St Paul's Catholic School Samworth Enterprise Academy Sir Jonathan North Community College Soar Valley College William Bradford Community College Woodbrook Vale Wreake Valley Academy

Sixth form	Gateway College Regent College Welbeck Defence Sixth Form College Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College

Independent	Dixie Grammar School Emmanuel Christian School Fairfield Preparatory School Grace Dieu Manor School Leicester Grammar School Leicester High School for Girls Loughborough Grammar School Loughborough High School Our Lady's Convent School Ratcliffe College Sathya Sai School

Further education	Brooksby Melton College Leicester College Loughborough College South Leicestershire College

Special	Ellesmere College RNIB College

Former	Burleigh Community College Garendon High School King Edward VII School Mary Linwood Comprehensive School Riverside Business and Enterprise College Rosebery Primary School

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