City of Leicester College
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The City of Leicester College is situated on Downing Drive, Evington
, Leicester
. It is a mixed secondary school for ages 11–18. It has around 1400 pupils. It is a business and enterprise centre containing lots of areas for students to work with technology.
It is in the east of Leicester on Downing Drive, off Spencefield Lane (B667).
The college provides education for ages between 11-18 for different levels from GCSEs to BTECs in a wide variety of course but specialises in Business, within the college each day consists of five different periods the student is split up into from which most lesson will be an hour long but some lessons may be provided to the student as a double lesson, the school opens at 8.25 and is closed at 3.10 and provides students with a half hour break and 45 minute lunch.
sixth form. After 1944 it became City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School. After 1966 when the grammar school left, the former building on Humberstone Gate was used by Charles Keene College for a few years and is now Leicester headquarters of Age Concern, the school then moved to Downing Drive and situated on the current Wyvern side of the building as the Gill side used to be a different school and the school is joined together containing both the old buildings from Gill and Wyvern with a mix of new buildings such as the new shared sports hall and music/ design blocks.
status as a Business and Enterprise College
in September 2003. With this was built the Business and Enterprise Centre (BEC) at the Wyvern Building.
Evington
Evington is an electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England. It used to be a small village centred around Main Street and the Anglican church of St Denys but was close enough to Leicester to become one of the outer suburbs in the 1930s...
, Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
. It is a mixed secondary school for ages 11–18. It has around 1400 pupils. It is a business and enterprise centre containing lots of areas for students to work with technology.
Admissions
It is made up of two buildings, the main being the Gill Building containing rooms catering for the different subjects the college teaches which are English, Music, Geography, Religious Education and ICT and is 200 metres down the road from the other building, Wyvern which houses lessons such as Maths, Business, Art and Technology and ICT. The current headmistress as of 2010 is Anne Gregory.It is in the east of Leicester on Downing Drive, off Spencefield Lane (B667).
The college provides education for ages between 11-18 for different levels from GCSEs to BTECs in a wide variety of course but specialises in Business, within the college each day consists of five different periods the student is split up into from which most lesson will be an hour long but some lessons may be provided to the student as a double lesson, the school opens at 8.25 and is closed at 3.10 and provides students with a half hour break and 45 minute lunch.
History
It used to be the City Boys' School which was founded in 1920 in buildings on East Bond Street. In 1928 the school moved to Humberstone Gate in the former buildings of the Wyggeston Hospital Girls School, built in 1878, which moved to a site in Regent Road now the Regent CollegeRegent College, Leicester
Regent College is one of three sixth form colleges located in Leicester, England.The principal currently at post is Paul Wilson-History:It was previously known as Wyggeston Grammar School for Girls. This school was originally situated in Humberstone Gate from 1878 as Wyggeston Hospital Girls'...
sixth form. After 1944 it became City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School. After 1966 when the grammar school left, the former building on Humberstone Gate was used by Charles Keene College for a few years and is now Leicester headquarters of Age Concern, the school then moved to Downing Drive and situated on the current Wyvern side of the building as the Gill side used to be a different school and the school is joined together containing both the old buildings from Gill and Wyvern with a mix of new buildings such as the new shared sports hall and music/ design blocks.
Comprehensive
It became known as the City of Leicester School when it became a mixed comprehensive in 1976. It merged with the Spencefield School in 1985. The Spencefield building on Downing Drive became the lower school which is now the Gill building, named after former Headmaster Mr. Gill.Specialist status
It gained specialistSpecialist school
The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...
status as a Business and Enterprise 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...
in September 2003. With this was built the Business and Enterprise Centre (BEC) at the Wyvern Building.
New building
This school is on the "hitlist" to be rebuilt, as it is rapidly becoming outdated. It is hoped that the rebuild will start in late 2011.Academic performance
It gained results slightly above average in 2010 for both A level and GCSE, the 7th best in Leicester at GCSE. At A level it was 3rd best in Leicester; the nearby Saint Paul's Catholic School gets Leicester's best A level results.City of Leicester Boys' Grammar School
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See also
- It is not to be confused with the former City of Leicester College of Education in ScraptoftScraptoftScraptoft is a village in Leicestershire, England that is effectively a suburb of Leicester. It has a population of about 1,500. It lies north of the A47 road east of Leicester, and runs directly into the built up area of Thurnby and Bushby to the south...
, which was taken over by De Montfort UniversityDe Montfort UniversityDe Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...
and then bulldozed in 2006. The school are due for a refurbishment later this year.