Hamilton Community College

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Hamilton Community College
Established 1959
Type Comprehensive
Principal John Morris[1]
Specialism Technology College
Location Keyham Lane West
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE5 1RT
England Coordinates: 52°39′08″N 1°03′08″W / 52.6521°N 1.0523°W / 52.6521; -1.0523
Local authority Leicestershire
Students 941
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–16
Website hamiltoncc.co.uk

Hamilton Community College is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Leicester, England, taking children between the ages of eleven and sixteen.[2]

The school was awarded the status of a specialist Technology College in September 2001.[1] With a capacity of 1200, it currently has some 941[3] children on roll, of whom 33 per cent have special educational needs. In 2013, 68 per cent of the school's fifteen-year-old pupils achieved five or more GCSE passes at grades A* to C, with 50 per cent of pupils doing so including GCSE English and Maths.[4]

The head teacher (with the title of 'principal') is John Morris.[1]

Former principal from August 1995 - August 2005 was Eddie DeMiddler.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Message from the Principal at hamiltoncc.co.uk (accessed 25 June 2008)
  2. Hamilton Community College at dcsf.gov.uk (accessed 25 June 2008)
  3. OFSTED Report 2010 at hamilton.leicester.sch.uk/OFSTED2010.pdf (accessed 9 March 2012)
  4. School's Website at hamiltoncc.co.uk

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