Charnwood College

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Charnwood College
Established	2013
Principal	Mark Sutton
Specialism	Sports
Location	Thorpe Hill Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 4SQ England Coordinates: 52°46′12″N 1°14′25″W / 52.76996°N 1.24018°W / 52.76996; -1.24018
Local authority	Leicestershire
DfE URN	120236
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–19
Houses	Challenge Discovery Endeavour Venture
Website	www.burleighcommununitycollege.org

Charnwood College is located on Thorpe Hill in Loughborough.

History

Charnwood College provides an excellent all-through education for students aged 11–19 across Loughborough. It was officially launched in Summer 2012 by bringing together the former Burleigh Community College and Garendon High School to create one college providing seamless education. It was the first time two schools had come together in Leicestershire.

Students and education

The college offers all-through education for 11-19 year olds.

Campus

Charnwood College has a large 50 acre campus, with extensive sports facilities including a swimming pool, two gymnasiums, two work-out gyms, a dry play pitch and three multisports halls. It also has multiple specialist teaching blocks and extensive IT equipment. There is also an off campus boarding house, called Field House which attracts students from around the world.

Lipdub

Charnwood College is the first school in the United Kingdom to have an official LipDub video to showcase the campus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGx9Z0-_H1E&feature=plcp

References

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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