Hamilton Community College
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Hamilton Community College is a co-educational comprehensive
secondary school
in Leicester
, England
, taking children between the ages of eleven and sixteen.
The school was awarded the status of a specialist Technology College
in September 2001. With a capacity of 1200, it currently has some 1060 children on roll, of whom 33 per cent have special educational needs. In 2009, 62 per cent of the school's fifteen-year-old pupils achieved five or more GCSE passes at grades A* to C.http://www.hamiltoncc.co.uk
The head teacher (with the title of 'principal') is John Morris.
Former principal from August 1995 - August 2005 was Eddie DeMiddler.
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...
secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in 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...
, England
England
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, taking children between the ages of eleven and sixteen.
The school was awarded the status of a specialist Technology College
Technology College
Technology College is a term used in the United Kingdom for a secondary specialist school that focuses on design and technology, mathematics and science. These were the first type of specialist schools, beginning in 1994. In 2008 there were 598 Technology Colleges in England, of which 12 also...
in September 2001. With a capacity of 1200, it currently has some 1060 children on roll, of whom 33 per cent have special educational needs. In 2009, 62 per cent of the school's fifteen-year-old pupils achieved five or more GCSE passes at grades A* to C.http://www.hamiltoncc.co.uk
The head teacher (with the title of 'principal') is John Morris.
Former principal from August 1995 - August 2005 was Eddie DeMiddler.