Bilborough College

Biborough College
Type	Sixth form college
Established	1975
Principal	Chris Bradford
Location	Nottingham, Notts, England
Website	www.bilborough.ac.uk

Bilborough College is a particularly successful sixth form college in College Way, Bilborough, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

The college has students from across the conurbation. A third of its students come from Nottingham, another third from the surrounding Nottinghamshire and a third from South East Derbyshire and Derby city. The vast majority of students stay on for two years, even those who struggle at AS are given a chance to improve in year 13.

History

Opened in 1957 as Bilborough Grammar School, the school became a sixth form college in 1975 when Nottingham's education system became comprehensive. The college has grown from 635 students to 1600 full-time students enrolled to be attending the college in September 2016. The college has a 65% of female students and 35% male. The new accommodations opened officially on 21 July 2006. The new building is divided into 3 blocks (A, B and C) and 4 floors (0-3). The new building has a photographic lab, lecture theatre, theatre, shop, refectory, large art rooms, library and "sound proof" music rooms. The development, designed by CPMG Architects, has already won a design award from the local civic society, and has more recently received the Lord Mayor of Nottingham's Award for Urban Design.

Curriculum

The curriculum is based entirely on Curriculum 2000, on Advanced Subsidiary-level (AS-level) and General Certificate of Education Advanced-Level (GCE A-level) provision. The college offers students the opportunity to study a variety of subjects:

Visual and Performing Arts	Social Science	Language and Communication	Professional Studies	Science and PE	Mathematics and Computing
Art	Government and Politics	Modern Languages	Accounting	Biology	Computing
Drama	History	English Language	Business Studies	Chemistry	Information and Communication Technology
Dance	English Literature	Economics	Physics	Mathematics
Film Studies	Psychology		General Studies	Electronics	Further Mathematics
Media Studies	Religious Studies		Geography	Physical Education	Mathematical Studies Level 3
Music	Sociology		Law
Music Technology			Critical Thinking
Performance Studies			Extended Project Qualification(EPQ)
Photography

International Baccalaureate

Bilborough college has been teaching the International Baccalaureate since 2009, and recently celebrated some of the best national results in the IB, including three 40+ scores. The IB is no longer being offered to new students from 2016.

OFSTED Report

Bilborough College were inspected again (September 2016) the report is due for publication in late October. The learner survey results are already viewable online and are very positive. Verbal feedback from Ofsted left staff very pleased whilst everyone awaits the report.

The previous Ofsted report (January 2015) gave the college 'Good' in Science.

The college also earned an Ofsted Particularly Successful College awards. This award recognised the excellent results for the college in 2004 and in 2005.

Alumni

Rosie Barnes, former SDP MP
Matt Thornhill, Nottingham Forest Player

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Education in Nottinghamshire

Primary schools	Ambleside Primary School Hempshill Hall Primary School The Nottingham Academy Serlby Park Academy Southwell Minster School

Secondary schools	Alderman White School All Saints' Catholic Academy Arnold Hill Academy Ashfield School The Becket School Bluecoat Beechdale Academy The Bramcote School The Brunts Academy The Bulwell Academy The Carlton Academy Carlton le Willows Academy Chilwell School Christ the King Catholic Academy Colonel Frank Seely School Djanogly City Academy The Dukeries Academy East Leake Academy The Elizabethan Academy Ellis Guilford School The Farnborough Academy Fernwood School Garibaldi College George Spencer Academy Hall Park Academy The Holgate Academy Joseph Whitaker School Kimberley School Kirkby College Magnus Church of England Academy The Manor Academy Meden School National Academy The Newark Academy The Nottingham Academy The Nottingham Bluecoat Academy Nottingham Emmanuel School Nottingham Free School Nottingham Girls' Academy Nottingham University Samworth Academy The Oakwood Academy Outwood Academy Portland Outwood Academy Valley Quarrydale Academy Redhill Academy Retford Oaks Academy Rushcliffe School Samworth Church Academy Selston High School Serlby Park Academy Sherwood Academy South Nottinghamshire Academy South Wolds Academy Southwell Minster School Sutton Community Academy Toot Hill School Top Valley Academy Trinity School Tuxford Academy West Bridgford School

Independent schools	Dagfa House School Dawn House School Hollygirt School Jamia Al-Hudaa Nottingham High School Nottingham Girls' High School Worksop College Worksop College Preparatory School

Further education	Bilborough College Central College Nottingham New College Nottingham North Nottinghamshire College St John's College Vision West Nottinghamshire College

Higher education	University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Law School

Defunct institutions	Al Karam Secondary School Clifton Hall Girls' Grammar School Bramcote Hills Sport & Community College Henry Mellish School Ordsall Hall School Portland School Rufford School

Universities and colleges in the East Midlands

Universities	Bishop Grosseteste De Montfort Derby Leicester Lincoln Loughborough Northampton Nottingham Nottingham Trent

Further education colleges	Boston Brooksby Melton Central College Nottingham Chesterfield Derby Grantham Leicester Lincoln Loughborough Moulton New College Nottingham New College Stamford North Nottinghamshire Northampton Riseholme South East Derbyshire South Leicestershire Stephenson Tresham Vision West Nottinghamshire College

Sixth form colleges	Bilborough East Northamptonshire Gateway Harington Regent Leicester Welbeck Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I

Special needs colleges	Alderwasley Hall Sixth Form Centre Portland College RNIB College, Loughborough

Coordinates: 52°58′01″N 1°14′05″W / 52.96694°N 1.23472°W / 52.96694; -1.23472

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