Christ's College, Guildford
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Christ's College, Guildford is a Church of England
comprehensive school
in Guildford
, Surrey
, England, situated on the Bellfields
housing estate.
The school was previously called Larch Avenue School, later being renamed Bishop Reindorp
School, and took its current name in 2003. The school has a Sixth Form and the students range in age from 11 years to 18 years.
The main intake of students is from the area surrounding the school, but the school attracts students from as far as Woking
and Ash
.
The College received a positive report from Ofsted
in 2008 with the School having a 17% improvement in the maths department. January 2009 saw the opening of a new campus for Christ's College which would also be home to a ski centre.
As of February 2010, the Department for Education reported that the school had 516 students.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in Guildford
Guildford
Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
, Surrey
Surrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England, situated on the Bellfields
Bellfields
Bellfields is a suburb in the north of Guildford, Surrey lying adjacent to Slyfield Industrial Estate and Stoughton. The area includes a council estate...
housing estate.
The school was previously called Larch Avenue School, later being renamed Bishop Reindorp
George Reindorp
George Edmund Reindorp was an Anglican bishop. He was the 5th Bishop of Guildford in the Church of England and subsequently the 75th Bishop of Salisbury.Reindorp was educated at Felsted School and Trinity College, Cambridge...
School, and took its current name in 2003. The school has a Sixth Form and the students range in age from 11 years to 18 years.
The main intake of students is from the area surrounding the school, but the school attracts students from as far as Woking
Woking
Woking is a large town and civil parish that shares its name with the surrounding local government district, located in the west of Surrey, UK. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and the London commuter belt, with frequent trains and a journey time of 24 minutes to Waterloo station....
and Ash
Ash, Surrey
Ash is a village and civil parish in the borough of Guildford, Surrey, with a population of 17,549 according to the 2001 census. It is at the far west of the Guildford borough, and the urban development in the parish runs directly into Aldershot, which is on the western side of the River...
.
The College received a positive report from Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
in 2008 with the School having a 17% improvement in the maths department. January 2009 saw the opening of a new campus for Christ's College which would also be home to a ski centre.
As of February 2010, the Department for Education reported that the school had 516 students.