I would like to welcome you to our College website, which will give you a flavour of the exciting opportunities we offer and how we celebrate the rich diversity of our learning community and all our achievements. We are located on a wonderful green site surrounded by acres of playing fields. As a Specialist Sports College we benefit from fantastic sporting facilities and excellent ICT, which allows us to continually develop a more imaginative and modern curriculum.

Our students benefit from highly qualified, hard working and committed staff who recognise the importance of working as a team. Challenging lessons are taught across a wide range of academic and vocational courses and there is a strong system of support, which helps students to manage their learning and develop positive relationships. Our Sixth Form is popular and offers a good range of courses.

Our focus for this year is to further improve the quality of our learning ensuring that every student realises their potential and is proud of their success. We are planning for our students to take on far greater responsibilities in the leadership and management of the college and to be integral to our plans for transforming learning.

We have strong links with local primary schools and we find out as much as we can about our new students from primary school teachers, school records, parents and the students themselves. We want to know our students’ strengths and what they want to achieve at secondary school so that our staff are well prepared and the students warmly welcomed. This careful preparatory work invariably results in a smooth and happy transition for our new students.

Teachers track the progress and achievement of individual students so that all staff are kept aware of particular needs that may develop. It is very important to us that our students are secure and happy and that their school life is a memorable experience which will form the basis of a rich and rewarding later life. We have the highest expectations of our students and continually look for opportunities to widen their horizons and encourage their aspirations.