Brislington Enterprise College
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Brislington Enterprise College is a large, co-educational general Community school
based in the Brislington
area of the English city of Bristol
.
It is a Business and Enterprise specialist college
and Teaching Development Agency designated training school.
BEC has recently had new buildings completed. The new buildings and artificial turf
are worth around 20,000,000, and have been designed and built by Skanska
. The artificial turf is currently open for to the college. The new buildings were opened at the beginning of September 2008 and officially opened in October 2008 by Kevin McCloud
. The sixth form common room was opened much later at the end of the 08/09 year due to the old "clc building" being reallocated as the ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Centre. The old buildings have now been demolished and landscaped.
The school has learning communities named: cougar, panther, leopard, lynx, serval, puma and jaguar. Each community operates as a 'school-within-a-school', leading to improved human-scale learning.
Its grounds are also home to City Learning Centre
@ Brislington.
BEC appeared on the Channel 4
episode, Dispatches
: The Children Left Behind, on 11 February 2008. as well as a number of episodes for teachers tv
Community school
The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a...
based in the Brislington
Brislington
Brislington is an area in the south east of the city of Bristol, England. It is on the edge of Bristol and from Bath. The Brislington Brook runs through the area in the woodlands of Nightingale Valley...
area of the English city of Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
.
It is a Business and Enterprise specialist college
Business and Enterprise College
Business and Enterprise Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields...
and Teaching Development Agency designated training school.
BEC has recently had new buildings completed. The new buildings and artificial turf
Artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface manufactured from synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial applications as well...
are worth around 20,000,000, and have been designed and built by Skanska
Skanska
Skanska AB, is a multinational construction and development company based in Sweden, where it also is the largest construction company. The company's head office is in Solna, north of Stockholm.-History:...
. The artificial turf is currently open for to the college. The new buildings were opened at the beginning of September 2008 and officially opened in October 2008 by Kevin McCloud
Kevin McCloud
Kevin McCloud is a British designer, writer and television presenter best known for his work on the Channel 4 series Grand Designs. He lives in a 15th-century farmhouse in Frome, Somerset, with his wife Suzanna "Zani" who runs an online interior decoration business, and their two children, Milo ...
. The sixth form common room was opened much later at the end of the 08/09 year due to the old "clc building" being reallocated as the ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Centre. The old buildings have now been demolished and landscaped.
The school has learning communities named: cougar, panther, leopard, lynx, serval, puma and jaguar. Each community operates as a 'school-within-a-school', leading to improved human-scale learning.
Its grounds are also home to City Learning Centre
City Learning Centre
A City Learning Centre is a facility in the United Kingdom which provides state-of-the-art ICT-based learning opportunities for the pupils at the host school, for pupils at a network of surrounding schools and for the wider community...
@ Brislington.
BEC appeared on the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
episode, Dispatches
Dispatches (TV series)
Dispatches is the British television current affairs documentary series on Channel 4, first transmitted in 1987. The programme covers issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment, usually featuring a mole in an organisation.-Awards:*...
: The Children Left Behind, on 11 February 2008. as well as a number of episodes for teachers tv
Teachers TV
Teachers TV was a website and former free-to-air Distance education television channel which provided video and support materials for those who work in education in the UK, including teachers, school leaders, governors, teacher trainers, student teachers and support staff.Its aims included raising...