Carlton Bolling College
 | |
| Motto | Achievement for all |
|---|---|
| Established | 1977 [1] |
| Type | Community school |
| Headteacher | Christine Robinson [2] |
| Specialism | Maths & Computing |
| Location |
Undercliffe Lane Bradford West Yorkshire BD3 0DU England Coordinates: 53°48′07″N 1°44′19″W / 53.80208°N 1.73867°W |
| Local authority | City of Bradford |
| DfE URN | 107413 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Staff | 200 |
| Students |
1409 c.300 Sixth Form [2] |
| Ages | 11–18 [2] |
| Website | www.carltonbolling.co.uk |
Carlton Bolling College is an 11–18 co-educational Community school, located in Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It has more than 1,400 pupils.
Admissions
Staff focus on their aim and motto 'Achievement for all' and encourage every student to achieve their best and set targets to improve their performance. In September 2006, Carlton Bolling College acquired specialist college status for mathematics and computing.[3] It is situated just off Otley Road (A658).
A large proportion of the school is from ethnic minorities.
History
There were originally two single-sex grammar schools. Carlton Grammar School (for boys) was on Manor Row in Carlton House. The former school site was destroyed in a fire in 1949. Bolling Girls' Grammar School opened in 1931 on Sheridan Street next to Bolling Hall, although the address later became Flockton Road in East Bowling. By the early 1970s, the girls' school had 650 girls, with 100 in the sixth form; the boys' school had 500 boys with 60 in the sixth form. They merged in 1977 to become Carlton Bolling School.[1] The former girls' school is now Bowling College, an adult education college, and Flockton House.
In the 1990s, when known as the Carlton Bolling Upper School (for ages 13-18) under the leadership of Mervyn Flecknoe, the school had very low exam results: in 1992 only 7% received 5 A-C GCSEs. In 1996 it had some of the worst truancy figures in England.
On 15 March 1993, the school featured in a Panorama documentary called A Class Apart about the emergence of an underclass in Asian communities in Britain, narrated by Martin Bashir. The headteacher, Mr Flecknoe, complained to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission that the college was statistically misrepresented in a negative light. The BCC upheld three of his complaints.
Academic performance
In March 2007, Carlton Bolling College was inspected by Ofsted and were ranked the first school in Bradford to get an outstanding result.[4][5][6]
In 2008, Carlton Bolling College 47.6% of students achieved 5 or more A*-C grades at GCSE levels and 26% including English & Maths. Its average A/AS-Level points per students score was 442.1.[7]
Over the last 2 years the College's academic results have improved dramatically. From 29% 5A*-C with English and Mathematics in summer 2009, the results last summer were at 36%. This significant uplift has continued this summer to 43%. This is a 14% improvement over 2 years and demonstrates the new-found drive and determination for success the College has developed. The 5A*-C results have been even more dramatic in their improvement- 49% summer 2009; 72% summer 2010 and this summer have risen to an impressive 84%. At Advanced level, this dramatic improvement is also evident.Summer 2010 student A levels average C,C,C; this summer it has risen to an average of B,B,C per student with students moving on to a variety of university courses such as Law, Medicine, Engineering, Business, ICT, Health related studies, teaching and many more.
Notable alumni
- Colin Brazier, news presenter for The Live Desk (Sky)
- Steve Rhodes, cricketer (wicket keeper) who played for England
Carlton Grammar School
- Colin Baron, Director-General of Weapons Research at the MoD from 1976–81, and who with John Twinn invented and developed the (cheap but not so effective) Rapier missile system, used in the Falklands War by the 12th Regiment Royal Artillery
- Dave Brady, folk musician
References
- Sunday Times 5 February 1989
- The Times, 14 November 1987
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "A collection of references relating to Carlton Grammar School, Bradford, England".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Edubase
- ↑ "Local Government Cronicle - 100 MORE SPECIALIST SCHOOLS".
- ↑ "Ofsted 2007 Inspection Report".
- ↑ "Telegraph & Argus OFSTED News article".
- ↑ "Telegraph & Argus OFSTED News article (video)".
- ↑ "BBC Education League table - Performance results for Carlton Bolling College". BBC News. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010.